City Council Ward Redistricting & More
The proposed City Council redistricting creates some major changes for Midtown. The colorful picture below shows the changes. All of Midtown will end up in Ward 6 (Lilligran) and will join all of Phillips West, Ventura Village, Loring Heights, and part of Whittier, East Phillips, and Cedar Riverside. In the picture the red line represents the current district and the yellow/black line the proposed.
The proposed Minneapolis Parks & Recreation Board districts (and presumably the Minneapolis Public School Board) changes have no significant impact on Midtown. Midtown would remain in District 3 (MPRB - Vreeland, MPS - Samatar). You can see the changes below. The dark red line is current boundaries and the red/black line is the proposed.
Visit the City's Redistricting website for more information.
State-wide redistricting plans were announced yesterday. While there were significant changes to many US Congressional districts, most of Minneapolis will remain in US District 5 with Keith Ellison as the incumbent. Midtown will become State Senate 62 district and House district 62A. Minneapolis is set to lose 2 House seats.
Proposed districts:
Current districts:
The Legislative Redistricting website had some interesting stats:
| House District: 62A | Senate District: 62 | ||||
| Population: 39,496 | Population: 79,225 | ||||
| White: 14,339 | White: 33,943 | ||||
| Hispanic: 9,974 | Hispanic: 19,435 | ||||
| African American: 10,957 | African American: 18,927 | ||||
| Asian: 1,405 | Asian: 2,681 | ||||
| American Indian: 2,187 | American Indian: 2,981 |
Visit the State's redistricing website for more information.
