2021 Proposed Congressional Redistricting Map - Rep. Jon Eubanks

Arkansas Representative Jon Eubanks

Arkansas House and Senate recently voted to adopt a new redistricting map. HB1922 and SB743 are identical bills which divide the state into the following four congressional districts.

District one will include the counties of Arkansas, Baxter, Boone, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Lonoke, Marion, Mississippi, Monroe, Phillips, Poinsett, Prairie, Randolph, St. Francis, Searcy, Sharp, Stone, and Woodruff. It will also include a portion of Pulaski County.

The second congressional district will include the counties of Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Perry, Saline, Van Buren, White, and a large portion of Pulaski County.

The third congressional district will include the counties of Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington, and a portion of Sebastian County.

The fourth congressional district will include the counties of Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Drew, Franklin, Garland, Grant, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Little River, Logan, Miller, Montgomery, Nevada, Newton, Ouachita, Pike, Polk, Pope, Scott, Sevier, Union, Yell and portion of Pulaski and Sebastian Counties.

It should be noted that a map fully depicting all four congressional districts proposed in the legislation has been posted at www.arkansashouse.org.

Census figures showed Benton County had the state’s fastest growth, with its population increasing by 28.5% since 2010 to 284,333. The second fastest growing, Washington County, saw its population increase by about 21% to 245,871. Pulaski County, where Little Rock is located, remained the state’s most populous county and grew by 4.3% to 399,125 people. The Little Rock metropolitan area, which includes Conway and North Little Rock, grew by nearly 7% to 748,031.