City of Chicago New Ward Boundaries

As required by federal and state law, the City of Chicago recently redrew ward boundaries for all 50 wards. This is done every ten years after the Census data is collected in order to create wards with approximately the same number of residents.

I worked closely with the members of the African American Caucus and my neighbors including 4th Ward Alderman Will Burns, 11th Ward Alderman James Balcer, 20th Ward Alderman Willie Cochran and 25th Ward Alderman Danny Solis to ensure that our ward's boundaries are coherent and correspond, to the greatest extent possible, to local neighborhood boundaries.

Given the significant loss of population in our ward, I am satisfied with our new boundaries. While we lost our Back of the Yards and Englewood territory, we picked up a significant portion of the Douglas and the South Loop communities which are part of the 2nd Ward.

The new ward boundaries will take full effect after the March primary elections at which point, I will be hosting town hall meetings to welcome new residents and hear their ideas and concerns. Until then, I will continue serving the needs of all current Third Ward residents regardless of whether or not their residences will be in the Third Ward after the redistricting takes effect.

To view an interactive map of the redistricting for all 50 wards, please click here. To view the actual ordinance that was passed by the City Council on January 19th, 2012, that contains specific boundary information, please visit http://chicityclerk.com/2012_ redistrict.php