Washington’s wards 2, 7 and 8 will have to shift boundaries to be within legally prescribed population levels, 2010 census data shows.
The District as a whole grew by 5 percent since the 2000 census to a little more than 600,000 residents. That means each of the city’s eight wards will have to be within plus or minus 5 percent of 75,000 residents.
Ward 2 showed the city’s biggest growth, climbing 11,000 residents to 79,915 — or a little more than 1,000 residents more than its allowed to have. Ward 8’s population dropped by 215 residents to 70,927 — or about 1, 200 residents fewer than its allowed to have. Ward 7 grew by 541, but it wasn’t enough to keep pace with the city’s growth. It will have to find about 150 residents to meet the minimum.
Wards 8 and 2 will have to shift boundaries to be within legally prescribed population levels, 2010 Census data shows.
The District as a whole grew by 5 percent to a little more than 600,000 residents. That means each of the city’s eight wards will have to be within plus or minus 5 percent of 75,000 residents.
Ward 2 showed the city’s biggest growth, climbing 11,000 residents to 79,915 or a little more than 1,000 residents more than its allowed to have. Ward 8’s population dropped by 215 residents to 70,927, or about 200 residents fewer than its allowed to have.
That means to the two wards will have to shift boundaries to get into the legal limit. But since they don’t share a boundary, a domino effect of shifting ward boundaries is likely. Residents and council members will now gear up for a battle over line drawing.
