Pennsylvania Congressional District Boundaries and Legislator Data

Geospatial boundaries for Pennsylvania's U.S. House of Representatives districts are attributed with legislator names and party affiliations. The dataset is provided by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania via data.pa.gov. It was last updated in August 2025.

Use Cases

• Mapping district boundaries and calculating their Shape Area or Shape Length for geographic analysis.
• Analyzing the distribution of political Party affiliation across Legislative Districts.
• Joining with voter or demographic data using the Legislative District or GPID fields for political science research.
• Creating a directory of representatives using the Last Name, First Name, and Home County columns.

Strengths

• Contains 11 distinct columns including geometry, legislator details, and party data.
• Includes explicit geospatial geometry data (Geom column) for mapping.

Limitations

• The total number of rows (districts) is unknown, limiting assessment of completeness.
• Sample data is unavailable, preventing preview of data quality and structure.
• The dataset's creation date and temporal coverage are not specified.

Provenance

Source

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, data.pa.gov.

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated on 2025-08-12.

Geography

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA.