New legislative map puts Wrangell, Ketchikan, Petersburg together

 

September 16, 2021



Working to carve up Alaska into 40 legislative districts of approximately equal population, a state board has released its draft maps based on the 2020 U.S. Census that move Wrangell, Petersburg and Ketchikan into the same House district.

Wrangell has shared a district with Ketchikan the past decade, while Petersburg has been part of the Sitka district.

Population shifts, particularly increases in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, forced the Alaska Redistricting Board to move boundaries across the state to keep legislative districts roughly equal in population size.

The combined population of...



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