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Rose Fellow Johnson cited in North County Times

Rose Institute Fellow Doug Johnson was cited in a May 28 article in the North County Times titled “Will redistricting pair Issa and Bilbray?” The article speculated as to the different possible outcomes of the Citizens Redistricting Commission. In the article, Johnson says that “anything is possible” when it comes to redistricting in California this… Continue Reading

Rose Institute Fellow Doug Johnson featured on KNBC’s “News Conference”

The Rose Institute’s Doug Johnson was featured on KNBC’s “News Conference” segment in an interview about California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission’s draft redistricting maps. Johnson is an expert of redistricting and California politcs. He and redistricting commissioner Maria Blanco engaged in a dialoge concerning the goals of the redistricting commission, the challenges faced, and what work… Continue Reading

Rose Institute Fellow Doug Johnson featured on KNBC’s “News Conference”

The Rose Institute’s Doug Johnson was featured on KNBC’s “News Conference” segment in an interview about California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission’s draft redistricting maps. Johnson is an expert of redistricting and California politcs. He and redistricting commissioner Maria Blanco engaged in a dialoge concerning the goals of the redistricting commission, the challenges faced, and what work… Continue Reading

Updated Population Growth Viewer Now Live

The Rose Institute is pleased to announce an update to its interactive map application for California population growth. In addition to viewing raw population change at the Census block group level, users can now see how California has grown at both the county and congressional district levels–both percentage changes and raw changes. As expected, the… Continue Reading

Missouri releases new congressional maps

Every ten years, Missouri’s lawmakers redraw the state’s congressional map in order to address population changes as reflected by the annual census. While the process is always highly politically charged, the state’s loss of one of its nine congressional seats this year added to the political sharpness of the process. The new map was debated… Continue Reading

Arkansas’s new congressional map released

On April 14, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe (D) signed into law the proposed redistricting plan for the state’s four congressional districts.  The House and Senate voted a day earlier (61-19 and 23-11, respectively) to approve the plan. Arkansas was officially the first state to complete its decennial congressional redistricting plan, with many more states to… Continue Reading

A First Look at Inland Empire Census Data

By David W. Meyer ’12 The recent release of the 2010 Census data confirms that the population of the Inland Empire has grown considerably in the last decade. Since the 2000 count, Riverside County has grown by about 40 percent, while San Bernardino County has grown by about 20 percent. The majority of the growth… Continue Reading