ANALYSIS & COMMENTARY

Analysis: Texas’ population has changed much faster than its political maps

Texas’ population has grown 40% this century, and 91% of the new Texans are people of color. Federal judges now have to decide whether those monumental changes are reflected in the state’s political maps.

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune
Posted 12/8/21

With new political maps like these, it would have been surprising if the U.S. Department of Justice had decided not to sue the state of Texas. Texas has about 8.3 million more residents than it …

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