Tuesday, December 21, 2010

US Census

Washington will get not only a new election district 10, but their participation in federal funds should, as the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday that the state was one of the fastest growing countries in the last 10 years.
The new headquarters of the Congress will give the state has influence on Capitol Hill. Only 11 other states have more MPs in the House.
Official State now has a population of 6,753,369 at 14.1 percent, more than 830,000 people in the last 10 years.
Washington not only the fastest growing state in the West Coast, was numerically the state's fastest-eighth year of growth in the nation and in terms of percentage growth in the fastest 13th Washington has also increased faster than the national average of 9.7 percent.
In the census of 2000, Washington ranked 15th among all states in terms of population. With the 2010 census, which now takes the 13
Although most attention has been focused on the new headquarters of the Congress, more than 400 billion U.S. dollars annually federal funding state and local governments has been on population formulas.
"The stakes in the results, we are announcing today are high," said Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, former Governor of the State of Washington. "The 2010 census the basis for our political and economic system are years ahead."
The Census Bureau is part of the Department of Commerce.
Washington Governor Chris Gregoire has been very carefully the impact of the census was taken in the state.
"Welcome to a critical moment in the history of our nation, not only to the additional representation in the capital of our country, I am looking forward to the State of Washington for federal funding programs such as Medicaid and shares much support education is also increasing," said Gregory.
The experts could have predicted at the beginning of the State of Washington, another seat in Congress instead. This is the third time in the last four censuses in which Washington won one seat
Each district in the state will be affected by redistricting. Most of the speculation is the new District 10 will focus on the Olympics and could have substantial effects on 3 classes, 6, 8 and 9 districts have. Pierce County could be divided into four districts, in some scenarios.
An independent redistricting Commission on new conventions and legislative boundaries. Washington is one of seven states where redistricting from the hands of the legislature was removed.
The board has two Democrats, two Republicans and one non-voting chairman. It will take three of the four commissioners on the new boundaries of the constituencies of the Congress and will be supported if the legislators could still make minor adjustments.
Before 1983, the legislature had manipulated the redistricting, but the question is very biased and at a time when a federal judge, a special master for the development of the new limits had to be appointed.
Voters in 1983 approved a constitutional amendment creating the independent commission.
The Committee is not until the detailed census work will be published in the spring. The new limits in force for the elections in 2012.
Although the Commission to be non-partisan in practice this is not necessarily the case.
"It is a political process," said Matt Barreto, associate professor of political science at the University of Washington.
surrounded by-a tenth conference in Washington group of large states on Capitol Hill, said Barreto.
"We could have a far greater impact, especially when our upward trend, as most demographers continue to believe," he said. "Potentially we could get seats."
While the Commission is a large scope, there are several basic rules, "said Barreto. The average population density of a community center, now 710 767, to almost 647 000 in the 2000 census. The Commission shall, subject to mean the "community of interests" standard, which Barker said would, "you may not be able to a district that stretches from the coast to move to Yakima."
Barreto also said the general rule is not in any redistribution that the incumbent to ensure protected.
Both parties have the political will to monitor the redistribution.
"We do not know exactly where the new headquarters of the Congress for some time," said Luke Esser, chairman of the state Republican Party. "But where is located, we are ready to elect a Republican Congress to represent the new District 10 in 2012."

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