Alabama's 7th congressional district

Alabama's 7th congressional district
Alabama's 7th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Terri Sewell D–Birmingham
Area	8,780 sq mi (22,700 km2)
Distribution	72.16% urban[1] 27.84% rural
Population (2019)	670,015[2]
Median household income	$38,023[3]
Ethnicity	63.45% Black 33.01% White 2.61% Hispanic 1% Asian 0.16% Native American
Occupation	53.4% White-collar 28.6% Blue-collar 18% Gray-collar
Cook PVI	D+20[4]

Alabama's 7th congressional district is a United States congressional district in the state of Alabama that elects a representative to the United States House of Representatives. The district includes the counties of Choctaw, Dallas, Greene, Hale, Lowndes, Marengo, Pickens, Perry, Sumter and Wilcox. Parts of Clarke, Jefferson, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa counties are in the district. The district also has parts of the cities of Birmingham, Montgomery and Tuscaloosa/Northport city areas.

The 7th congressional district is the only congressional district in Alabama to be represented by a Democrat. The representative is Terri Sewell. The district was created in 1843 and has only been represented by a Republican for 6 years. When the districts were being drawn again in 2010 the Republicans in Alabama drew the district to have many of the Democratic Party counties in Alabama so there would only be one Democratic congressional district in Alabama. This is called gerrymandering.^[5]

1. ↑ "Congressional Districts | 113th 114th Congress Demographics | Urban Rural Patterns".
2. ↑ Bureau, Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. ↑ "My Congressional District".
4. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
5. ↑ Anderton, Kevin. "Middle School Students Solve The Issue Of Gerrymandering And Win $10,000 Prize [Infographic]". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-01-14.