Metropolitan Council Districts Current

This layer defines the district boundaries for the Metropolitan Council members.<br/><br/>NOTES:<br/>- The Metropolitan Council Districts were enacted on May 19, 2023, using plan MC2023-2.<br/>- Council member names and spellings are taken directly from the Metropolitan Council web site and press releases.<br/>- Hanover, New Prague, Northfield, and Rockford have been removed from the district boundaries.<br/>- Cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Edina, Maplewood and Woodbury have populations split into more than one Council District. <br/>- The actual descriptions of Metropolitan Council District boundaries were taken from Minnesota Statutes 2022, 473.123 http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/473/123.html<br/>- The 2023 plan files, details and components passed by the 2023 MN Legislature can be found at https://www.gis.lcc.mn.gov/redist2020/MetCouncil/mc2023_2/. <br/>- For the map and data available from the Metropolitan Council, district boundaries were adjusted to conform to existing geography employed by the Metropolitan Council.<br/>- Adjustments for district boundaries that fall on city/township boundaries are updated on a quarterly basis with data from counties.<br/>- Met Council Districts are defined every 10 years.