Each news day in Arkansas for several weeks has mentioned the 88th General Assembly’s job of redistricting our state’s Congressional Districts.

The Arkansas Geographic Information Office developed a short animation of the Congressional Districts for the state going back over that last six decades.  We hope this look at the past will help the public understand the amount of change that has taken place in sixty years, as we look forward to the new districts for this decade.

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Quicktime version here.

Learn more about the changes at Wikipedia.