The
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
has had six United States congressional districts since 2023, when the 6th district was created as a result of the
2020 census. The 5th district was added as a result of the
1980 census
The 1980 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States to be 226,545,805, an increase of 11.4% over the 203,184,772 persons enumerated during the 1970 census. It was the first ce ...
, and boundaries were redrawn following the population changes to each district, as determined by the
1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...
,
2000
2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year.
Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...
,
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
, and
2020 censuses.
Current districts and representatives
List of members of the United States House delegation from Oregon, their terms, their district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of six members, including five
Democrats and one
Republican.
Historical Results
File:2002-2010 Oregon United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2002
File:2002-2010 Oregon United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2004
File:2002-2010 Oregon United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2006
File:2002-2010 Oregon United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2008
File:2002-2010 Oregon United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2010
File:2012-2020 Oregon United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2012
File:2012-2020 Oregon United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2014
File:2012-2020 Oregon United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2016
File:2012-2020 Oregon United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2018
File:2012-2020 Oregon United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2020
File:2022 Oregon United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.png, 2022
Historical and present district boundaries
Table of United States congressional district boundary maps in the State of Oregon, presented chronologically.
All redistricting events that took place in Oregon between 1973 and 2013 are shown.
Obsolete districts
*
Oregon Territory's at-large congressional district, obsolete since statehood
*
Oregon's at-large congressional district (1859–1893)
See also
*
List of United States congressional districts
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, wi ...
*
Lists of Oregon-related topics
These are lists of Oregon-related topics, attempting to list every list related to the state of Oregon.
* If the ''type'' is ''list'', the article is primarily a list of articles. If ''type'' is ''context'', each entry contains summary informatio ...
*
Oregon State Senate
The Oregon State Senate is the upper house of the State legislature (United States), statewide legislature for the US state of Oregon. Along with the lower chamber Oregon House of Representatives it makes up the Oregon Legislative Assembly. Ther ...
, with a map of state senate districts
References
External links
Maps of Oregon congressional districts from the
U.S. Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on March ...
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Politics of Oregon
Congressional districts
Congressional districts, also known as electoral districts in other nations, are divisions of a larger administrative region that represent the population of a region in the larger congressional body. Countries with congressional districts includ ...