2023 Citizen Voting Age Population (CVAP) Data for California from the 2019-2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5 Year Estimates at the State Legislative Districts - Lower (SLDL) level ##Redistricting Data Hub (RDH) Retrieval Date 06/03/25 ##Sources CVAP Data retrieved from the Census Citizen Voting Age Population by Race and Ethnicity website: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/voting-rights/cvap.2023.html Boundary shapefile retrieved from the Census Cartographic Bounary File website: https://www.census.gov/geographies/mapping-files/time-series/geo/cartographic-boundary.2023.html#list-tab-1883739534 ##Fields Field Name Description GEOID20 Unique Identifier NAME Full Geographic Name of the State Legislative Districts - Upper (SLDL) STATE Name of the State DIST SLDL District STATEFP State FIPS Code SLDL SLDL District Number C_TOT23 Citizen Estimate for Total CTOT23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for Total C_NHS23 Citizen Estimate for Not Hispanic or Latino CNHS23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for Not Hispanic or Latino C_AMI23 Citizen Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone CAMI23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone C_ASI23 Citizen Estimate for Asian Alone CASI23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for Asian Alone C_BLA23 Citizen Estimate for Black or African American Alone CBLA23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for Black or African American Alone C_NHP23 Citizen Estimate for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Alone CNHP23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Alone C_WHT23 Citizen Estimate for White Alone CWHT23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for White Alone C_AIW23 Citizen Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native and White CAIW23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native and White C_ASW23 Citizen Estimate for Asian and White CASW23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for Asian and White C_BLW23 Citizen Estimate for Black or African American and White CBLW23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for Black or African American and White C_AIB23 Citizen Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native and Black or African American CAIB23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native and Black or African American C_2OM23 Citizen Estimate for Remainder of Two or More Race Responses C2OM23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for Remainder of Two or More Race Responses C_HSP23 Citizen Estimate for Hispanic or Latino CHSP23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for Hispanic or Latino C_AIA23 Citizen Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone or In Combination CAIA23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone or In Combination C_ASN23 Citizen Estimate for Asian Alone or In Combination CASN23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for Asian Alone or In Combination C_BLK23 Citizen Estimate for Black or African American Alone or In Combination CBLK23MOE Citizen Margin of Error for Black or African American Alone or In Combination CVAP_TOT23 CVAP Estimate for Total CVAPTOT23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for Total CVAP_NHS23 CVAP Estimate for Not Hispanic or Latino CVAPNHS23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for Not Hispanic or Latino CVAP_AMI23 CVAP Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone CVAPAMI23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone CVAP_ASI23 CVAP Estimate for Asian Alone CVAPASI23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for Asian Alone CVAP_BLA23 CVAP Estimate for Black or African American Alone CVAPBLA23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for Black or African American Alone CVAP_NHP23 CVAP Estimate for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Alone CVAPNHP23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Alone CVAP_WHT23 CVAP Estimate for White Alone CVAPWHT23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for White Alone CVAP_AIW23 CVAP Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native and White CVAPAIW23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native and White CVAP_ASW23 CVAP Estimate for Asian and White CVAPASW23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for Asian and White CVAP_BLW23 CVAP Estimate for Black or African American and White CVAPBLW23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for Black or African American and White CVAP_AIB23 CVAP Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native and Black or African American CVAPAIB23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native and Black or African American CVAP_2OM23 CVAP Estimate for Remainder of Two or More Race Responses CVAP2OM23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for Remainder of Two or More Race Responses CVAP_HSP23 CVAP Estimate for Hispanic or Latino CVAPHSP23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for Hispanic or Latino CVAP_AIA23 CVAP Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone or In Combination CVAPAIAMOE CVAP Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone or In Combination CVAP_ASN23 CVAP Estimate for Asian Alone or In Combination CVAPASN23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for Asian Alone or In Combination CVAP_BLK23 CVAP Estimate for Black or African American Alone or In Combination CVAPBLK23MOE CVAP Margin of Error for Black or African American Alone or In Combination ALL_TOT23 Total Estimate for Total ALLTOT23MOE Total Margin of Error for Total ALL_NHS23 Total Estimate for Not Hispanic or Latino ALLNHS23MOE Total Margin of Error for Not Hispanic or Latino ALL_AMI23 Total Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone ALLAMI23MOE Total Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone ALL_ASI23 Total Estimate for Asian Alone ALLASI23MOE Total Margin of Error for Asian Alone ALL_BLA23 Total Estimate for Black or African American Alone ALLBLA23MOE Total Margin of Error for Black or African American Alone ALL_NHP23 Total Estimate for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Alone ALLNHP23MOE Total Margin of Error for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Alone ALL_WHT23 Total Estimate for White Alone ALLWHT23MOE Total Margin of Error for White Alone ALL_AIW23 Total Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native and White ALLAIW23MOE Total Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native and White ALL_ASW23 Total Estimate for Asian and White ALLASW23MOE Total Margin of Error for Asian and White ALL_BLW23 Total Estimate for Black or African American and White ALLBLW23MOE Total Margin of Error for Black or African American and White ALL_AIB23 Total Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native and Black or African American ALLAIB23MOE Total Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native and Black or African American ALL_2OM23 Total Estimate for Remainder of Two or More Race Responses ALL2OM23MOE Total Margin of Error for Remainder of Two or More Race Responses ALL_HSP23 Total Estimate for Hispanic or Latino ALLHSP23MOE Total Margin of Error for Hispanic or Latino ALL_AIA23 Total Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone or In Combination ALLAIA23MOE Total Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone or In Combination ALL_ASN23 Total Estimate for Asian Alone or In Combination ALLASN23MOE Total Margin of Error for Asian Alone or In Combination ALL_BLK23 Total Estimate for Black or African American Alone or In Combination ALLBLK23MOE Total Margin of Error for Black or African American Alone or In Combination VAP_TOT23 VAP Estimate for Total VAPTOT23MOE VAP Margin of Error for Total VAP_NHS23 VAP Estimate for Not Hispanic or Latino VAPNHS23MOE VAP Margin of Error for Not Hispanic or Latino VAP_AMI23 VAP Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone VAPAMI23MOE VAP Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone VAP_ASI23 VAP Estimate for Asian Alone VAPASI23MOE VAP Margin of Error for Asian Alone VAP_BLA23 VAP Estimate for Black or African American Alone VAPBLA23MOE VAP Margin of Error for Black or African American Alone VAP_NHP23 VAP Estimate for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Alone VAPNHP23MOE VAP Margin of Error for Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Alone VAP_WHT23 VAP Estimate for White Alone VAPWHT23MOE VAP Margin of Error for White Alone VAP_AIW23 VAP Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native and White VAPAIW23MOE VAP Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native and White VAP_ASW23 VAP Estimate for Asian and White VAPASW23MOE VAP Margin of Error for Asian and White VAP_BLW23 VAP Estimate for Black or African American and White VAPBLW23MOE VAP Margin of Error for Black or African American and White VAP_AIB23 VAP Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native and Black or African American VAPAIB23MOE VAP Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native and Black or African American VAP_2OM23 VAP Estimate for Remainder of Two or More Race Responses VAP2OM23MOE VAP Margin of Error for Remainder of Two or More Race Responses VAP_HSP23 VAP Estimate for Hispanic or Latino VAPHSP23MOE VAP Margin of Error for Hispanic or Latino VAP_AIA23 VAP Estimate for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone or In Combination VAPAIAMOE VAP Margin of Error for American Indian or Alaska Native Alone or In Combination VAP_ASN23 VAP Estimate for Asian Alone or In Combination VAPASN23MOE VAP Margin of Error for Asian Alone or In Combination VAP_BLK23 VAP Estimate for Black or African American Alone or In Combination VAPBLK23MOE VAP Margin of Error for Black or African American Alone or In Combination ##Processing CVAP data for California was retrieved with a Python script from the Census. The data is available nationally for the State Legislative Districts - Upper (SLDL). To extract the data for California the national data was grouped by state and then extracted to a new file for each state. The data was pivoted from narrow to wide data based on GEOIDs so that one row is one State Legislative Districts - Upper (SLDL), and each field represents either an estimate or margin of error for a particular racial/ethnic category. The fields were renamed to fit character length requirements. The shapefile was zipped into a folder with supporting files, ACS documentation, and this README. Processing was primarily completed using the pandas library. To improve the usefulness of the data, we have add three categories to correspond with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) racial categories. The "Alone or In Combinations" categories for American Indian or Alaska Native (fields with "AIA"), Asian (fields with "ASN"), and Black or African American (fields with "BLK") represent an encompassing racial category that is inclusive of all categories that include that race. For example, CVAP_AIA22 would be the sum of the "Alone" CVAP_AMI22, CVAP_AIB22, and CVAP_AIW22. For CVAP_BLK22, the field would be the sum of the "Alone" CVAP_BLA22, CVAP_AIB22, and CVAP_BLW22. For CVAP_ASN22, the field would be the sum of the "Alone" CVAP_ASI22 and CVAP_ASW22. These fields are also noted in the description as being "Alone or In Combination". No other estimate categories were modified. For the estimates that were modified to fit OMB racial/ethnic categories, we also modified the Margins of Error as well. To create the new MOEs for the derived estimates, we summed the squared values of each MOE for the necessary fields, and then took the square root of the summed value. The fields that are represented with these modified MOEs correspond to the modified racial categories described above. They are rounded to the nearest hundredth. For more information on OMB racial categories, please see this link: https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/omb/bulletins_b00-02/#n_1_ All of the racial estimates provided are Non-Hispanic. Breakdowns for Hispanic/Non-Hispanic by race are not provided in the CVAP special tabulation. Null values or empty cells in the CSV file retrieved from the Census are assigned the value -999999. The tabular data for California was joined with geospatial data from Census TIGER files on the unique identifier field (GEOID20) and extracted as a shapefile. Processing for the join used pandas and geopandas libraries. ##Additional Notes For more information on the ACS CVAP documentation please refer to the ACS link above in Sources as well as the ACS technical documentation included in this folder (also available at this link: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial/rdo/technical-documentation/special-tabulation/CVAP_2019-2023_ACS_documentation.pdf ). Please note that this dataset is derived from data collected in the five year range of 2019-2023. The Census recommends against using different datasets that contain overlapping years. For more information please see https://www.census.gov/newsroom/blogs/random-samplings/2022/03/period-estimates-american-community-survey.html For more information on the geospatial data, please refer to the Census Cartographic Boundary link above. The CVAP shapefile for California is available in NAD83 projection. Please direct questions related to processing this dataset to info@redistrictingdatahub.org.