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-- understanding your congressional community -- helping make your voice heard by policy-makers -- helping policy-makers better understand constituent/residents needs Welcome to the Kansas Congressional District KS-04 Congressional Communities Briefing Resource. Congressional District 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 section is intended as a briefing resource for KS-04 constituents and stakeholders. 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. 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. 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 Examine Congressional Districts and Congressional Communnities using iVDA .. goto top Use the iVDA tool, the interactive map frame below, to gain insights into Congressional Communities characteristics, patterns and needs. Help create 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? The start-up view shows congressional districts with a bold boundary and zoom-in to CD KS-04 .. click on these layers in the legend panel at left of map window for more details: - CD118 Code - Cong Comm Code .. click + zoom button below map window to zoom-in .. click and hold mouse then drag mouse slide map window .. with Cong Comm Code layer selected, click in any CC to view demographic profile in lower left panel. .. click on the "Cong Comm %CVAP A22 Totpop" layer .. enter the location "WSU KS" in the searchbar above map window and click enter. - a blue triangle marker shows for the Wichita State University *WAU KS) location. - the map view zooms to that location and shows that WSU is located in CD KS-04 - see the extended demographic profile for that CC 2004007 in the lower left panel 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. 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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