Thursday, October 14, 2010

The Most Bizarrely Shaped Congressional Districts

Alabama - 6th


California - 3


California - 38


Florida - 3


Florida - 4


Illinois - 4


Maryland - 3


North Carolina - 1


North Carolina - 2


North Carolina - 12


New Jersey - 12


Pennsylvania - 6


Pennsylvania - 12


Pennsylvania - 18


Tennessee - 3


Tennessee - 7


Texas - 19


West Virginia - 2


And the most bizarrely shaped congressional district is . . .

Arizona - 2!


Congratulations, Arizona! That's one weird-looking district!

Second place goes to . . .

Illinois - 17!


Nice work, everyone! Keep those bizarrely shaped districts coming! 

2 comments:

  1. Might be able to pull them out analytically by comparing the perimeter to the area...

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  2. I've been thinking about this a bit myself. My judgments regarding bizarreness are based on visual impressions only. I think your idea works, though I don't have the mathematical ability to show that it does. Thank you for the comment.

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