The impact of 2020 census data on congressional seats
The 2020 U.S. Census is ready with a final count of the country’s population and the states that will gain or lose congressional seats for the next decade.
The South Carolina House will return to Columbia to meet in a special session about redistricting in early December. House Speaker Jay Lucas said the House will first meet at 2 p.m. Dec. 1 with the primary focus on approving the new state House, Senate and U.S. House districts based on 2020 U.S. Census data.
The 2020 U.S. Census numbers mean less state funding for 35 of South Carolina’s 46 counties.
Senators are asking the public to submit proposed maps on new districts in South Carolina based on the 2020 U.S. Census as a special House committee wraps up a series of public meetings on redistricting across the state. Lawmakers are using the Census data to draw maps for the 46 state Senate districts, 124 state House districts and seven U.S. House districts.
The U.S. became more diverse and more urban over the past decade, and the white population dropped for the first time on record, the Census Bureau said Thursday as it released a trove of demographic data that will be used to redraw the nation’s political maps.
The 2020 U.S. Census is ready with a final count of the country’s population and the states that will gain or lose congressional seats for the next decade.
(CNN) — A college degree is getting so expensive that it might not be worth the money anymore. At least that’s what Goldman Sachs (GS) thinks. Many students are better off not going to mediocre colleges — ones that rank in the bottom 25% of all universities — Goldman says in a new report. They earn less, on average, than…