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New County commission district boundaries effective Jan. 1
Doña Ana County, NM - At last year's Nov. 23 meeting, the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the Concept F redistricting map for the commission district boundaries. This is authorized under County Resolution 2021-123. The new map below, went into effect Jan. 1, 2023.
In Aug. 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau released the data needed to perform redistricting, which is required by law, after the once in a decade headcount. The data showed that County Commission District 4 had the largest population growth over the last 10 years. Below is the graph of the 2020 Census results by County commission district.
| DISTRICT NUMBER |
2020 POPULATION |
2010 POPULATION |
PERCENTAGE CHANGE |
| 1 |
40,869 |
43,124 |
-5.2% |
| 2 |
42,928 |
41,309 |
3.9% |
| 3 |
40,466 |
41,074 |
-1.5% |
| 4 |
52,544 |
41,020 |
28.1% |
| 5 |
42,754 |
42,706 |
0.1% |
Redistricting is the regular process of adjusting the lines of voting districts in accordance with population shifts. For many states, this means redrawing congressional and state legislative district lines every ten years following the decennial census. In the modern era of redistricting, all district lines must be reviewed after the census to meet strict requirements for population equality and voting rights protections.
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