The Reapportionment Ad Hoc Committee will hold a Public Hearing to solicit comment on proposed City Council Ward boundary changes on June 15, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 201 West Gray Street.

The City Charter requires the committee present a proposal to the City Council equalizing the population among the wards after they receive the results of the Federal Decennial Census. Currently the difference between the largest and the smallest ward is 4,386, which is 27.41% of the average ward population of 16,003. The goal of the committee is to lower percent range of the difference from the average ward population among the wards to no more than 10%.

The City Council appointed the Reapportionment Ad Hoc Committee on March 26, 2022.  The committee held its first meeting on May 25, 2022. At that meeting, the committee drafted a plan to equalize Norman’s population among the wards and voted to hold a meeting to receive public input on the plan. The proposed plan reduces the overall range of the percent difference from the average ward size to 10%. The proposed plan modifies all of the wards. In addition to equalizing the population, the committee strives to create compact wards with easily identified boundaries and avoid splitting precincts where possible. They also focus on keeping neighborhoods and areas of common interest intact.

 

Ward population statistics:

Ward	Current Ward Population	Current % Deviation	Proposed Ward Population	Proposed % Deviation
1	15,018	-6.16%	16,664	4.13%
2	14,845	-7.24%	15,256	-4.67%
3	14,824	-7.37%	15,592	-2.57%
4	14,129	-11.71%	16,630	3.92%
5	16,610	3.79%	16,856	5.33%
6	18,515	15.70%	15,322	-4.26%
7	18,309	14.41%	16,067	0.40%
8	15,776	-1.42%	15,639	-2.27%

 

Ward population is based on the Public Law 91-171 redistricting data released by the United States Census Bureau August 12, 2021. 

See a map of proposed wards at: https://www.normanok.gov/media/14790. See more information and digital mapping at: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/05b27692479d4ad68439f9473341b907.

 

Should citizens have questions please contact Joyce Green at 405-366-5467 or joyce.green@normanok.gov.

 

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