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TEXAS CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS. 337
Pop.
'Dist. Co.- 1940.
105 Erath ..... 20,760
Hood ...... 6,674
Total .... 27,434
106 Eastland . . 30,345
107fEastland .. 30,345
Callahan .. 11.568
Total -. 41,913
108 Palo Pinto. 18,456
Stephens ... 12,356
Total 30,812
109 Young ..... 19,004
Jack ...... 10,206
Total ... 29,210
110 Archer .... 7,599
Clay ...... 12,524
Total . - 20,123
111 Wchita .. 73,604
(2 Reps )
ll2fWichita ... 73,604
Wilbarger .. 20,474
Total 94,078
113 Baylor .... 7,755
Haskell . 14,905
Th'kmorton. 4,275
Total..... 26.935Pop Pop
*Dist. Co - 1940 *Dist. Co.- 1940
114 Foard ..... 5,287 Terry ..... 11,160
Hardeman . 11,07 Yoakum ... 5,354
King ..... 1,066
Knox ..... 10090 Total. .. 130.204
Total ...27,466 120 Bailey ..... 6,318
Briscoe .... 4,056
115 Jones .. 23,378 Castro .... 4,631
Shackelford 6.211 Floyd ..... 10,659
Total 29,589 Hale ...... 18,813
Lamb ..... 17,606
116 Taylor 44,147 Parmer .... 5,890
117 Fisher .... 12,932 Swisher ... 6,528
Mitchell ... 12,477 Total. .. 74,501
Nolan ..... 17,309 121 Childress .. 12,149
Total . . 42,718 Cottle ..... 7,079
118 Borden .... 1,396 Hall ...... 12,117
Dickens ... 7,847 Motley .... 4,994
Garza ..... 5,678 Total 67,704
Scurry 11,545
Stonewall .. 5,589 122 Collingsw'th 10,331
Kent ... 3,413 Donley .... 7,487
Gray .... 23,911
Total . 35,468 Wheeler .. 12,411
119 Cochran ... 3,735 Total .. 54,140
Crosby .... 10,046
Dawson ... 15,367 123 Armstrong . 2,495
Gaines .... 8,136 Carson . 6,624
Hockley ... 12,693 Deaf Smith 6,056
Lubbock .. 51,782 Oldham ... 1,385
Lynn .... 11,931 Potter ..... 54,265Pop.
*Dist Co-- 1940
Randall .. 7,185
Total 78,010
124 Dallam 6,494
Hansford .. 2,783
Hartley .. 1,873
Hemphill 4,170
Hutchinson 19,069
Lipscomb .. 3,764
Moore ..... 4,461
Sherman ... 2,026
Ochlltree .. 4,213
Roberts ... 1,289
Total .. 50,142
125 Brown .... 25,924
Coleman ... 20,571
Total 46,495
126fDelta .... 12,858
Franklin ... 8.378
Hopkins .. 30.274
Total 51,510
127 Bastrop 21,610
"Flotorial districts are
indicated by 'f "Texas Congressional Districts, Population, 1940
The Texas Congressional districts (as of May 1, 1947) are shown below, grouped by coun-
ties, with population figures as of the census of 1940, on which any reapportionment prior to
the census of 1950 would have to be based. The last redistricting of congressional districts wason basis of the census
Pop.
District 1- 1940
Bowie ......... 50,208
Cass .......... 33,496
Delta .......... 12,858
Franklin ...... 8,378
Harrison ...... 50,900
Hopkins ....... 30,274
Lamar ........ 50,425
Marion ........ 11,457
Morris ........ 9,810
Red River..... 29,769
Titus ......... 19,228
Total.......306,803
District 2-
Angelina ...... 32,201
Hardin ....... 15,875
Jasper ........ 17,491
Jefferson ......145,329
Liberty ........ 24,541
Newton ....... 13,700
Orange ........ 17,382
Sabine ....... 10,896
San Augustine.. 12,471
Shelby ........ 29,235
Tyler .......... 11,948
Total.......331,069
District 3-
Camp ........ 10,285
Gregg......... 58,027
Panola........ .22,513
Rusk ......... 51,023
Smith ........ 69,090
Upshur ...... 26,178
Van Zandt ..... 31,155
Wood ......... 24,360
Total.......292,631
District 4-
Collin ......... 47,190
Fannin ........ 41,064
Grayson ...... 69,499
Hunt ......... 48,793
Kaufman ...... 38,308
Rains ...... 7,334
Rockwall ...... 7,051
Total....... 259,239
District 5-
Dallas ........398,564of 1930. (Acts of Forty-third Legislature, 1933, Ch. 135, p. 344.)
Pop
District 6- 1940.
Brazos ........ 26,977
Ellis ......... 47.733
Freestone ...... 21,138
Hill ........... 38,355
Leon .......... 17,733
Limestone ..... 33,781
Navarro ...... 51,308
Robertson ..... 25,710
Total .....262,735
District 7-
Anderson ...... 37,092
Cherokee ...... 43,970
Grimes ....... 21,960
Henderson ..... 31,822
Houston ....... 31,137
Madison ..... 12,029
Montgomery ... 23,055
Nacogdoches ... 35,392
Polk ..... 20,635
San Jacinto .... 9,056
Trinity ........ 13,705
Walker ........ 19,868
Total...... 299,721
District 8-
Harris ........528,961
District 9-
Austin ........ 17,384
Brazoria ...... 27,069
Calhoun ....... 5,911
Chambers ..... 7,511
Colorado ...... 17,812
Fayette ....... 29,246
Fort Bend...... 32,963
Galveston ..... 81,173
Goliad ........ 8,798
Jackson ....... 11,720
Lavaca ....... 25,485
Matagorda .... 20,066
Victoria ....... 23,741
Waller ........ 10,280
Wharton ...... 36,158
Total.......355,317
District 10--
Bastrop ....... 21,610
Blanco ........ 4,264
Burleson ...... 18,334
Burnet ........ 10,771
Caldwell ...... 24,893Pop
1940
Hays .......... 15,349
Lee ........... 12,751
Travis .......111,053
Washington ... 25,387
Williamson . .. 41,698
Total ....286.110
District 11-
Bell ........... 44,863
Bosque ........ 15,761
Coryell ........ 20,226
Falls .. ....... 35,984
McLennan .....101,898
Milam ........ 33,120
Total .....251,852
District 12-
Hood .......... 6,674
Johnson ....... 30,384
Parker ...... 20,482
Somervell ..... 3,071
Tarrant .... 225,521
Total ... 286,132
District 13-
Archer ........ 7,599
Baylor ........ 7,755
Clay ......... 12,524
Cooke ......... 24.909
Denton ........ 33,658
Foard ......... 5,237
Hardeman ..... 11,073
Jack .......... 10,206
Knox .......... 10,090
Montague .... 20,442
Throckmorton . 4,275
Wichita ....... 73,604
Wilbarger ..... 20,474
Wise ........... 19,074
Young ......... 19,004
Total ..... 279,924
District 14-
Aransas ....... 3,469
Atascosa ...... 19,275
Bee ........... 16,481
Brooks ........ 6,362
Comal ......... 12,321
De Witt........ 24,935
Duval ......... 20,565
Gonzales ...... 26,075
Guadalupe ..... 25,596
Jim Wells..... 20,239Pop
1940.
Karnes ........ 19,248
Kenedy ........ 700
Kleberg ....... 13,344
Live Oak....... 9,799
McMullen ..... 1,374
Nueces ........ 92,661
Refugio ...... 10,383
San Patricio.... 28,871
Wilson ........ 17,066
Total .....368,764
District 15--
Cameron ...... 83,202
Dunmit ....... 8,542
Frlo ........... 9,207
Hidalgo .......106,059
Jim Hogg...... 5,449
La Salle ....... 8,003
Maverick ...... 10,071
Medina ........ 16,106
Starr .......... 13,312
Webb ......... 45,916
Willacy ........ 13,230
Zapata .......... 3,916
Zavala ......... 11.603
Total .....334,616
District 16--
Brewster ...... 6,478
Crane ........ 2,841
Crockett ....... 2,809
Culberson ... 1,653
Ector ........ 15,051
El Paso .......131,067
Glasscock ..... 1,193
Hudspeth ...... 3,149
Jeff Davis .. 2,375
Loving ........ 285
Midland ....... 11,721
Pecos ......... 8,185
Presidio ....... 10,925
Reagan ........ 1,997
Reeves ........ .8,006
Terrell ........ 2,952
ton ......... 4,297
d 9,575
Winkler ....... 6,141
Total .... 230700
District 17-
Callahan . . 11,568
Comanche . 19.245
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