Monday, November 28, 2011

PA's Congressional Districts

Facts:
1. The Representative for the Fourth Congressional District is Democrat Jason Altmire.
2. The district with the most counties is the Fifth Congressional District with 17 counties.
3. We live in Delaware county, which is in the Seventh Congressional District.
4. Philadelphia County spreads through 5 different Congressional Districts.
5. The Fourteenth Congressional District only has one county in it, Allegheny County.
6. There are only 7 Democratic Representatives in all of the 19 Congressional Districts.
7. The 2010 census showed that Philadelphia county is now the most populous county in the state.
8. Philadelphia county is also part of the Delaware Valley area.
9. Delaware County was created on September 26, 1789, and named for the Delaware River.
10. Montgomery County is a suburban county northwest of Philadelphia, and is also part of the Delaware Valley. 

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