MPC staff provides support to several local legislative bodies undergoing redistricting. Redistricting, or reapportionment, is a process whereby a legislative body works to rebalance the population within each of its districts to obtain equal representation through roughly equal population.

Download Redistricting Datasets
Excel and GIS users interested in developing their own redistricting plans or conducting other types of population analysis can download the Census Bureau’s 2010 Redistricting datasets. These datasets include population, race, and housing unit counts at several geographic scales.

Follow the 2010 Redistricting Efforts on Knoxredistricting.org
The Knox County Election Commission has set up a website, www.knoxredistricting.org, which will serve as a redistricting information clearinghouse for the following legislative bodies:

• Knoxville City Council
• Knox County Commission
• Knox County School Board
  

As each of these bodies proceeds through its redistricting process, this site will be used to provide background data, give notice of upcoming meetings, and post redistricting plans as they are developed.

Previous Redistricting Efforts
In April of 2009, the Knox County Commission began a redistricting process following a change to the Knox County Charter which reduced thenumber of Commissioners from 19 to 11. MPC provided staff support to the Commission’s Redistricting Committee and documented their efforts to develop new districts. Supporting data, presentations, and plans can viewed on this page.