Sentence examples for based on total population from inspiring English sources

They want the justices to read the "one person, one vote" principle to prohibit states from drawing legislative districts based on total population, currently the most popular method.

In April, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that drawing districts based on total population (as opposed to population of eligible voters) satisfied the "one person, one vote" principle in the Equal Protection Clause.

Most state and local governments draw districts based on total population.

"A number of federal and state formulas are based on total population," said Mr. Gillaspy, the Minnesota demographer.

The ruling left open the possibility that other methods of district apportionment not based on total population might be constitutional.

Almost all state and local government draw districts based on total population.

*Percentages based on total state population.

Based on total student population in 2009, approximately 4.4% (2,049/46,302) of students responded to the survey.

The annual numbers of human Brucellosis cases along with incidence rates during 2006 2010, calculated based on total county population and reported per 100,000, were collected from annual reports by the IMCDC.

If regional pollution were reduced by 20% but 3.6% more children (based on total county population) lived near a major roadway, an estimated 5,900 more cases of asthma would occur; if 3.6% fewer children lived by a major roadway with the same reduction in pollution, the estimated number of cases would drop by 5,900.

Kennedy's comments suggested that he could well come down in the middle, leaning towards a ruling that would allow states to draw district lines based either on total population or on registered voters.