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2021 King County Districting Committee

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2021 King County Districting Committee

The 2021 King County Districting Committee is responsible for redrawing King County Council Districts using 2020 Census data. By law, district boundaries must be realigned every 10 years to reflect changes in population distribution. 

The King County Districting Committee held a public hearing on November 30, 2021, in order to receive comment on the Districting Master’s draft redistricting plan. On December 1, 2021, the Committee considered the public comment and provided direction to the Districting Master to amend the draft plan in part. On December 1, 2021, the Districting Master transmitted the Amended Final Draft Districting Master Plan to the Committee. On December 8, the Committee adopted the Amended Final Draft Districting Master Plan.

The Committee transmitted the adopted plan to the Clerk of the Council on December 21, 2021. The boundaries as drawn in the adopted plan are now the new King County Council district boundaries. 

The committee held a series of community listening sessions over the summer and town hall meetings in the fall. Learn more about the meetings here. 

The King County Districting Committee is an independent, non-partisan committee made up of volunteers that includes four members appointed by the King County Council and a fifth member selected by the committee who also serves as chair.

Regular meetings of the Districting Committee are held on the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. More details are available here. 

The committee welcomes your questions, input, and public comment throughout the redistricting process at districting@kingcounty.gov. 

View the new Council district boundaries:
Read the redistricting plan report:
Review the growth in Council districts over the past decade:
Learn about the 2011 King County Council districts:
Sign up for meeting notices and updates:

Project Milestones

Part 1 | Establishing Committee and Core Functions:

Council appoints Committee Members (January)

Committee Members select a Chair (March)

Committee Members select an independent GIS expert to serve as Districting Master (April)

Part 2 | Planning and Phase 1 Community Outreach:

Adopt draft work plan (May)

Adopt outreach plan (June)

Gather stakeholder and community input (July-August)

Part 3 | Data Analysis, Map Drafting and Phase 2 Community Outreach:

Census data available (mid-August)

Hold work sessions to draft boundary lines (September - October)

Gather stakeholder and community input on draft maps (in progress, October)

Phase 4 | Finalize and Adopt the Plan:

Work to incorporate feedback and finalize map (November)

Final Public Hearing: November 30

Adopt the plan December 8

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