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| 5 |
Number of members who make up the State Redistricting Commission and the Pierce County Districting Committee
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| 7 |
Number of Council Districts in Pierce County
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| 10 |
Number of Congressional Districts apportioned to Washington State
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| 12 |
Number of Electoral College votes, second largest in the West after California (55)
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| 13.47 |
Percent Pierce County grew from 2000 census
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| 14.1 |
Percent Washington State grew from 2000 census
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| 16 |
Number of fire districts in Pierce County
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| 17 |
Number of school districts in Pierce County
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23
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Number of decennial censuses conducted. 2010 marks the 23rd decennial census |
| 23 |
Number of cities and towns in Pierce County
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| 49 |
Number of Legislative Districts in Washington State
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| 382 |
Current number of Pierce County precincts
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| 435 |
Number of Congressional Districts in the United States
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| 1790 |
Year first census was taken. Article 1, Section 2 of the US Constitution established the apportionment of the US House of Representatives
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| 1902 |
Year US Census Bureau is created
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| 1913 |
Year Congress increased the number of seats in the House of Representatives to 435
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| 1981 |
Year, May 1, 1981 first meeting of the Pierce County Council
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| 137,236 |
People, Washington's new ideal legislative district size
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| 409,985 |
Number of registered voters in Pierce County
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| 672,454 |
People, Washington's new ideal congressional district size. Slightly smaller than the national average of 710,189
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| 795,225 |
Population of Pierce County
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| 6,724,540 |
Population of Washington State
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| 308,745,538 |
Population of the United States. A 9.7% increase over the 2000 census
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