Memorandum from Suitts to North Carolina Reapportionment Group; Proposed House Districts Within Cumberland County Populations

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February 10, 1982

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- Gingles
Case
- Thornburg v. Gingles
U.S. state
- North Carolina
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- Case Files
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Case Files, Thornburg v. Gingles Hardbacks, Briefs, and Trial Transcript. Memorandum from Suitts to North Carolina Reapportionment Group; Proposed House Districts Within Cumberland County Populations, 1982. 19c4caf8-d692-ee11-be37-000d3a574715. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/17095b54-0b95-4b31-b8f5-6975ebdb277a/memorandum-from-suitts-to-north-carolina-reapportionment-group-proposed-house-districts-within-cumberland-county-populations. Accessed October 24, 2025.

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FROM:

RE:

,5 TARIETTA STREET, N.W.

MEMOMNDUM

North Carolina ReaPPortionment

Steve Suitts

Proposal for Cumberland CountY

ATLANTA. GEORGIA3O3O3 (404f 522-t7Ca

Group

DATE: February 10, 1982

House Districts

Here's four districts that fit within Cumberland County
around House District #53 of our proposed plan #1.

Why? You nay ask. It's a long story which Leslie
can answer at our meeting.

S.T. S.



PROPOSED HOUSE DISTRICTS WITHIN
TO BE ADDED TO PROPOSED HOUSE

PI,AN NO. 1

CT'I{BERLAND COT'NTY
DISTRICT #53 OF

HOUSE DISTRICT A

Tract Nunber Total Population Black Population

94

1,175

360

938

20L

95

628

450

Lr388

?,52

644

6,205

TOTAT MINORITY

5

6

7

9

1&

19. 01

19.02

19. 03

20

32.0L

32.03

TOTATS

Deviation

2 1907

5, 135

6,942

6,091

2' r7 40

2,072

5 ,166

5,067

7,L02

z rz39

4,228

49,589

1t

Black t

138

19E



PROPOSED HOUSE DISTRICTS WITHIN CUMBERLAI{D COUNTY
TO BE ADDED TO PROPOSED HOUSE DISTRICT #53 OF

PLAI.I NO. 1

25.03 3,252

25.04 4,484

34 (Manchester)
26,303

5, 098

6,092

5,158

HOUSE DISTRICT B

Tract Nunber Total Population Black Population Black t

377

973

8,085

z,4L6

1,735

908

ToTALS 48,367 L4 r494 304

Deviation 1t Total Minority 36*

35

36

37



PROPOSED HOUSE DISTRICTS WITHIN CUMBERLAT.ID COT'NTY
TO BE ADDED TO PROPOSED HOUSE DISTRICT f53 OF

PLAI.I NO. 1

HOUSE DISTRICT C

Tract Nuurber Total Population Black Population Black I

z2 2,834

32.02 5,596

33. 01 2 ,239

33.02 4 ,269

35.05 6,140

33.04 7,326

35.05 6 ,822

34 (71st) 14,516

ToTALS 49,74?

Deviation 2$

1 ,303

1,843

z5z

3 ,422

918

2,638

L,932

7,568

19,876

Total Minority

40t

47*



PROPOSED HOUSE DISTRICTS WITHIN
TO BE ADDED TO PROPOSED HOUSE

PIA}I NO. 1

CUMBERIAI,ID C0UNTY
DISTRICT #53 OF

HOUSE DISTRICT

Tract Number

15

16. 01

L6.02

L7

25.01

25 .0?

26

z7

28

29

50

31

TOTATS

Deviation

Population PopulationTotal

2,323

3,994

4 ,5L2

6,349

4, 489

3,453

4,338

3,828

3,705

2,952

4,210

5,310

Black

499

122

804

s08

956

347

1,396

L,283

647

1,064

1r585

641

Black t

z0*

248

49,463

L*

9,852

Total Minority

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