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Kansas Congressional District 04 Congressional Communities
  -- understanding your congressional community
  -- helping make your voice heard by policy-makers
  -- helping policy-makers better understand constituent/residents needs

This page, which will be evolving over time, is intended for constituents of Kansas 4th Congressional District (KS-04) who are interested in joining or learning more about Congressional Communities, a 501(c)3 nonprofit. There is no fee for membership. The organization in non-partisan. If you have a question, please e-mail Warren Glimpse or call 888-364-7656.

Kansas Congressional District 04 Congressional Communities
The 18 Congressional Communities within KS-04 focus on establishing ongoing dialogues with Congressman Ron Estes and his staff, as well as Kansas state legislative district members and their staff, on action-oriented topics of interest. It is where we the constituents seek help on matters that relate to government operation. It is important to emphasize that the issues we focus on are generally matters affecting the community as a whole - ones of concern to each CC's participants, a group.
  • Our Issues .. below
  • Our Collaborations .. below
  • Your Participation .. below
  • Benefits & Resources .. below

Web Sessions. Join us in our Monday zoom meetings focused on KS Congressional District 04. Mondays at 6:00 pm Central Time. No fee. No registration. Non-partisan. Upcoming web sessions - click link at session time to join:
  • Monday, October 21, 2024 6:00 pm CT
  • Monday, October 28, 2024 6:00 pm CT

Join in a web session .. learn how you can examine school and school district geodemographic characteristics.
.. drill-down characteristics of township and towns.
.. census tract and neighborhood/small area geodemographics
.. how you can finally benefit from easy access to Census 2020 demographics
.. learn about your area economy and how it is trending

Welcome to the Kansas Congressional District KS-04 Congressional Communities Briefing Resource. KS-04 is comprised of 18 Congressional Communities (CCs) as shown in the map below. These CCs are part of approximately 7,350 CCs covering the U.S. wall-to-wall which nest within and exactly sub-divide each Congressional District. This page is intended as a briefing resource for KS-04 constituents and stakeholders.

Kansas congressional districts now average about 735,000 people, and like every other district, there is no organization to the districts. Every ten years, we simply pile more people into each district, expecting representatives and their staff, which haven't grown in a half-a-century, to effectively represent us. However, the reality is that the size and diversity of Congressional Districts make it difficult to communicate effectively with Congress, and difficult for members and their district staff to understand and gauge constituent needs. The Congressional Communities structure brings much needed organization through subdivisions of Congressional Districts, thereby helping Americans have their voice heard by Congress. A CC coalesced voice on matters ranging from a block grant to fix a problem, noise abatement, environmental fixes to transportation solutions can be more effective than single voices. See more about congressional communities below.

About My Congressional Communnity .. goto top
ProximityOne is working with Congressional Communities to provide constituents insights into their communities to help us all have a more vibrant and effective Congress. Where is your Congressional Community, what can you learn about its geographic area, how and why has it been defined? To get to KS-04, and your CC in particular enter your address in the search bar below and press enter. The mapview will zoom to your CC in context of the CD .. your location is shown by the blue marker


Kansas KS-04 Congressional Communities .. goto top
..CD KS-04 shown with bold brown boundary
.. CCs shown with bolder black boundary and 7-character code
.. counties shown with lighter black boundary


  • Click here to view Wichita area zoom-in
  • Click here to start using CC-CD interactive mapping

Characteristics of CD KS-04 CCs .. goto top
To see a concrete example of the benefit of the Congressional Communities model, compare the information about the district against that of the CCs. The table below shows some aspects of how CC demographics differ.
.. the blue highlighted row shows the overall district; other rows show its component Congressional Communities
.. see that the diversity (4th column) ranges from 29.4 to 72.0.
    - note how only two CCs (2004005 and 2004010) have diversity that are close to the district’s.
.. see that the percent Hispanic (7th column - Pct Hispanic) ranges from 5.1 to 45.6.
.. CC 2004013 is totally urban; CC 2004001 is totally rural aside from Pratt, KS.
.. Other areas we can explore at the district at the CC level, particularly when the CC becomes fully active:
    - examining access to healthcare resources in your CC
    - how can your CC have a voice on the Farm Bill, Medicare participation, housing issues, water access,
        broadband access, others
    - how do these topics vary from CC to CC?
The following graphic if from the full national scope interactive table.



Comparative Demographic Analyses of KS-04 Congressonial Communities with KS-04 .. goto top
CCs nest within CDs, exhausting the CD land/water area. These reports provide a comparative analysis of demographic characteristics of a CC relative to its CD. Using the Demographic Analysis (DA) compare your CC with other CCs of CD. These are both HTML documents designed to optionally print to 8.5" x 11" dimensions. The tabular looks more like a spreadsheet while the narrative report provides a comparation more in a flowing narrative and adds contextual detail.

KS CD 04 Congressional Communities Demographic Profiles .. click a CC or interest
  • KS-04 CC 001 .. click to see that the dependency ratio is 84.99 for this CC compared to 70.44 for KS 04.
  • KS-04 CC 002
  • KS-04 CC 003
  • KS-04 CC 004
  • KS-04 CC 005
  • KS-04 CC 006
  • KS-04 CC 007
  • KS-04 CC 008
  • KS-04 CC 009
  • KS-04 CC 010
  • KS-04 CC 011
  • KS-04 CC 012
  • KS-04 CC 013
  • KS-04 CC 014
  • KS-04 CC 015
  • KS-04 CC 016
  • KS-04 CC 017
  • KS-04 CC 018

  • CD 2004 compared to Kansas

For example, the CC 2004_001 narrative report tells us that the dependency ratio in 2020 was 84.99 for CC KS 04001 compared to 70.44 for CD118 KS 04 -- both compared 63.6 for the U.S. overall. Read the narrative report to see why this might be important to your CC.

About Congressional Districts .. goto top
The U.S. 435 118th Congressional Districts (Jan 3, 2023 to Jan 3, 2025) have an average population of approximately 763,000 population, larger than three states. See related 118th CD demographics interactive table.

Patterns of Kanass Population Change 2020-2023 by County .. goto top
Benefit from tools and data provided through the Congressional Community organization to understand demographic change.


Congressional Communities .. goto top
The Congressional Communities program is an initiative of the nonprofit Congressional Communities organization. As a resident, constituent, of a congressional district, how do you make your voice heard on key issues affecting you, your household and your local living environment in Congress? Congressional Communities, subdivisions of Congressional Districts, can help Americans better have their voice heard by Congress. Congressional communities are developed by assembling 2020 census blocks and block groups by the Congressional Communities team. Congressional districts are sub-divided into CCs, sets of contiguous blocks/block groups, that are typically around 40,000 population based on a range of socioeconomic, geopolitical features, geographic and other factors. A set of Census 2020 and American Community Survey demographics are developed for each CC. These demographics help CC stakeholders better understand characteristics and needs of their CCs and other CCs.

The sum of the total population (and other demographic attributes) for all CCs nesting in a CD equals the CD total population. The CD demographics are the aggregates of the associated CCs, yet the CCs have their own unique characteristics. Unlike census tracts, averaging 4,000 population, CCs nest within CDs and better reflect neighborhood-plus characteristics. Unlike cities, CCs include rural and suburban areas and sub-divide larger cities.

Our Issues . goto top

"Our issues" are established by individuals participating in individual CCs. Issues are topics that are raised in the zoom meeting. An opening issue for many KS CD 04 CCs might be the Farm Bill or housing.

Our Collaborations . goto top

"Our collaborations" are mainly zoom meetings that revolve around "Our issues".

Participation. goto top

Participation is open to individuals, normally a resident of that CC. There are no fees. Click here to sign-up and participate in the Congressional Communities program.

Benefits & Resources . goto top

under development

Support Using these Resources .. goto top
Learn more about accessing and using demographic-economic data and related analytical tools to meet the mission of indiviual CCs. Join us in a web session. There is no fee or registration. Each informal session is focused on a specific topic. The open structure also provides for Q&A and discussion of application issues of interest to participants.


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