January 2023

Boundaries of the eight Governor's Council districts for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as signed into law on November 22, 2021, with Chapter 92 of the Acts of 2021. These boundaries began to be used with the fall 2022 elections and are based on demographic data from the 2020 U.S. Census.Member names based on the results of the November 2022 election were populated in January 2023.See full metadataMap service also available.

The 2023 cartographic boundary KMLs are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files. Congressional districts are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the states based on census population counts, each state is responsible for establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all other congressional districts in a state as practicable. The 118th Congress is seated from January 2023 through December 2024. In Connecticut, Illinois, and New Hampshire, the Redistricting Data Program (RDP) participant did not define the CDs to cover all of the state or state equivalent area. In these areas with no CDs defined, the code "ZZ" has been assigned, which is treated as a single CD for purposes of data presentation. The cartographic boundary files for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) each contain a single record for the non-voting delegate district in these areas. The generalzied boundaries of all other congressional districts are based on information provided to the Census Bureau by the states by August 31, 2022.

January 2025

This map service contains both polygon and linear features for the boundaries of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives districts, which were signed into law on November 4, 2021, with Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2021. These boundaries began to be used with the fall 2022 elections and are based on demographic data from the 2020 U.S. Census.Member names from the results of the November 2022 election were populated in January 2023 and updated in February 2024. An update to the attributes due to a special election in the 6th Worcester District was added in June 2024.Member names from the results of the November 2024 election were populated in January 2025.See full metadataFeature service also available.

Massachusetts U.S. Congressional Districts, based on 2010 U.S. Census data. Data up-to-date for the 116th Congress in 2019.This service has been superseded by the 118th Congressional Districts.

Application from MassGIS displaying Legislative Districts within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Congress and state Senate and House of Representatives). The data displayed in this map include:U.S. Congressional Districts (118th)Massachusetts Senate Legislative Districts (2021) Massachusetts House Legislative Districts (2021)

Massachusetts State House of Representatives 2021 District Boundaries (linear features), as signed into law on November 4, 2021, with Chapter 83 of the Acts of 2021. These boundaries will be used beginning with the fall 2022 elections. These districts were based on demographic data from the 2020 U.S. Census.Member names from the results of the November 2022 election were populated in January 2023 and updated in February 2024. An update to the attributes due to a special election in the 6th Worcester District was added in June 2024.Member names from the results of the November 2024 election were populated in January 2025.See full metadataMap service also available.

The Massachusetts House Legislative Districts (2012) datalayer reflects the state House of Representatives district boundaries as defined by Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 57: Section 4. These 160 districts were those used in the elections from 2012 and prior to 2022, when they were superseded by the 2021 House Districts.Staff at the Massachusetts House of Representatives developed this layer with its contractor, Caliper Corp. (Newton, MA), using Maptitude for Redistricting software. MassGIS appended the 1:100,000 coastline and state outline and added the attribute fields. Election results are obtained from the Secretary of State.

This map service contains both polygon and linear features for the boundaries of the Massachusetts State Senate districts, which were signed into law on November 4, 2021, with Chapter 82 of the Acts of 2021. These boundaries began to be used with the fall 2022 elections and are based on demographic data from the 2020 U.S. Census.Member names with the results of the November 2022 election were entered in January 2023 and updated in February 2024.Member names from the results of the November 2024 election were populated in January 2025.See full metadataFeature service also available.

January 2025

Massachusetts State Senate district boundaries based on 2010 U.S. Census data. These 40 districts were those used in the elections from 2012 and prior to 2022, when they were superseded by the 2021 Senate Districts.

This polygon layer contains the three elective districts for state legislators who represent Cambridge in the Massachusetts Senate.Explore all our data on the Cambridge GIS Data Dictionary.Attributes NameType DetailsDescription SENATOR type: Stringwidth: 35precision: 0 Name of current state representative for the district

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