August 13, 2013

Congressional District Compactness

Governing Magazine recently posted data on its website that allows users to make state-by-state comparisons of congressional district compactness. Governing used data from Azavea, a geospatial software firm, that offers compactness measures based on four different methodologies. Azavea also identified the ten most gerrymandered districts nationwide.

Connecticut ranked between 11th and 18th in district compactness across the four methodologies.