Upper (Senate) and Lower (House) State Legislative Districts (SLDs) exist in all states except Nebraska (unicameral) and are defined/redistricted by respective states based on Census 2020.

 

In this section, you will learn to examine the geospatial and demographic relationships of SLDs.  See related interactive table.

 

iVDA is one part of a broader VDA GIS resource framework.  See more about VDA GIS.

 

In the iVDA frame below, the start-up view shows the U.S. by state and county.

 

Upper Chamber SLDs -- what is my SLDU & its Characteristics?

In the iVDA frame below, proceed as follows:

In the Legend Panel, left of the Map Window, scroll down to "St Leg Districts Upper" layer and click the name

.. the layer name turns blue

enter an address in the searchbar and press enter

.. enter "Winfield, KS" not case sensitive, no quotes

.. the map view zooms to the SLDU containing the SLDU places a blue triangle at the location.

.. view the SLDU demographic profile in lower left panel.

 

Lower Chamber SLDs-- what is my SLDL & its Characteristics?

In the iVDA frame below, proceed as follows:

In the Legend Panel, left of the Map Window, scroll down to "St Leg Districts Lower" layer and click the name

.. the layer name turns blue

enter an address in the searchbar and press enter

.. enter "Winfield, KS" not case sensitive, no quotes

.. the map view zooms to the SLDL containing the SLDL places a blue triangle at the location.

.. view the SLDL demographic profile in lower left panel.

 

Visual Data Analytics Web GIS
iVDA is presented below in an interactive mapping window .. watch video

Below is a static graphic example of using iVDA as described above for SLDU (Senate).

See the SLDU KS 32 is highlighted in map; Winfield, kS shown by blue marker.

Demographic profile shows in lower left panel .. hundreds of demographic attributes.

.. pointer shows that total population in 76,272.