Commissioner District Reapportionment
Under the county’s voter-approved Charter, four of the five members of the Board of County Commissioners are elected by district. The Charter also requires a review of the population among the four commissioner districts every 10 years following the U. S. Census Bureau’s decennial count. If the population of any one commissioner district is more than 105% of than any other, new commissioner district boundary lines must be drawn. This part of the process is called “reapportionment.” At the end of the reapportionment process, the population of the newly redrawn districts must not be more than 103% of any other. This page provides information about the reapportionment process.
Latest News
Board appoints Joe Nelson to oversee reapportionment process
Release date: 02/02/2022New population numbers are prompting the process for redrawing commissioner district boundaries this year. View this press release
Project Timeline
Guiding Documents and Information
- Washington County Charter
- Current Districts Boundary Map
- 2020 Racial and Ethnic Diversity Map - District 1
- 2020 Racial and Ethnic Diversity Map - District 2
- 2020 Racial and Ethnic Diversity Map - District 3
- 2020 Racial and Ethnic Diversity Map - District 4