Redistricting in Indiana

Here’s how new congressional maps shift voting power in every state

By Janie Boschma, Renée Rigdon, Byron Manley and Ethan Cohen, CNN. Additional reporting and design by Melissa DePalo, Eleanor Stubbs and Christopher Hickey, CNN

Last updated: November 8, 2022

Every 10 years, states redraw the boundaries of their congressional districts to reflect new population counts from the census. Indiana Republicans drew a new congressional map that doesn’t dramatically change the state’s district lines, but does strengthen Republicans’ hand.

The most significant change was making the 5th District in the northern Indianapolis suburbs much more Republican. Previously, it had been the most competitive district in the state and had been trending toward Democrats.

How the districts voted in 2020, by presidential vote margin in percentage points

Democratic

30+
15+
5+

Competitive

Within 5

Republican

5+
15+
30+

Old map 9 districts

In the old congressional map, there are 2 Democratic, 1 competitive and 6 Republican districts.

Change

Change in Democratic districts: 0

Change in Competitive districts: -1-1C

Change in Republican districts: 1+1R

New map 9 districts

In the new congressional map, there are 2 Democratic, 0 competitive and 7 Republican districts.

How the new map shifts voting power by demographic

Indiana’s new map is very similar to the old one. It will continue to have nine seats in the House. In eight of Indiana’s congressional districts, the majority of residents are White. In one district — the 7th District, which is home to Indianapolis — no demographic group represents a majority.

Number of White-majority districts
Old Map
8
New Map
8
A chart showing the number of White-majority districts has remained the same with 8.
No group has majority
1
1
A chart showing the number of districts where no group has a majority has remained the same with 1.

The group that represents the majority in each district

White
No group has majority

About the data

Sources: US Census Bureau, Edison Research, each state’s legislature or other redistricting authority

Methodology note: Block-level demographic data from the 2020 census is reaggregated into each new district’s boundaries.