Will your Pensacola city councilor change? Here's how the proposed new districts break down

Pensacola City Council members will decide Thursday whether to approve new City Council districts drawn from 2020 Census data by the city's redistricting commission.

Each of the seven districts, which will make up the City Council's political boundaries for the next 10 years, saw shifts from the current boundaries though generally remain in the same areas of the city they previously occupied.

The Pensacola Redistricting Commission put forward the new boundary changes after several months of meetings to divide the city's 54,312 residents into seven districts.

The biggest district under the proposed boundaries will be District 5, currently represented by Councilwoman Teniadé Broughton. That district covers the north-central area of the city, as the southern portion of the district was pushed north from Cervantes Street to a new boundary at Blount Street.

Its population will be 8,022 residents, making up 14.77% of the city's population. It will be one of two city districts where the majority of the voting-age population identifies as part of a minority racial group.

The district will have a Black population of 48.42% of voters and 1.72% of voters identify as two or more races, while white voters will make up 42.88% of the district.

A breakdown of the demographic information for the new districts provided by the redistricting commission only included the numbers of voters who identified themselves African American, white or African American and another race.

District 7, currently represented by Councilman Delarian Wiggins, will also be a majority-minority district among the voting-age population with 49.85% Black voters, 1.34% two or more races and 42.19% white.

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District 7 will have a total population of 7,657, which is 14.29% of the total city population.

District 6, currently represented by Councilwoman Ann Hill, sees the biggest change as the new boundaries absorb territory from Districts 7, 5 and 4 covering all of downtown Pensacola, including all of the central waterfront area. District 7 keeps the waterfront area of Sanders Beach but loses Community Maritime Park and the Bruce Beach area to District 6.

District 6 will have a population of 7,762, which is 14.93% of the city. The voting-age demographics of the district will be 76.93% white, 15.14% Black and 0.65% two or more races.

District 4, currently represented by Councilman Jared Moore, will lose most of its East Hill area to District 6, including Bayview Park, but keep the parts of East Hill along Bayou Texar north of Lakeview Avenue with the core of the district remaining in East Pensacola Heights and Cordova Park.

District 4 will have a population of 7,751, which is 14.27% of the city's population. The voting-age demographics of the district will be 85.09% white, 4.9% Black and 0.55% two or more races.

District 3, currently represented by Councilman Casey Jones, remains largely unchanged with its boundaries covering multiple subdivisions along Scenic Highway while losing some area near the Pensacola International Airport to District 1.

District 3 will have a population of 7,619, which is 14.03% of the city's population. The voting-age demographics of the district will be 85.2% white, 4.39% Black and 0.34% two or more races.

District 1 and District 2 will also see a change as the Cordova Mall will move from District 2 to District 1, making Ninth Avenue the boundary between the two districts.

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District 2, currently represented by Councilwoman Sherri Myers, will have a population of 7,787, which is 14.34% of city residents. The voting-age demographics of the district will be 66.78% white, 18.41% Black and 1.05% two or more races.

District 1, currently represented by Councilwoman Jennifer Brahier, will have a population of 7,714, which is 14.2% of city residents. The voting-age demographics of the district will be 81.9% white, 6.19% Black and 0.6% two or more races.

No council members asked questions about the redistricting plan during the council's agenda meeting Tuesday

The council meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at City Hall.

Jim Little can be reached at jwlittle@pnj.com and 850-208-9827.

This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: New Pensacola council districts will be decided Thursday