Two plans to redraw Warren County’s five political districts have emerged from a second round of meetings with regional planners.

Either would need an OK from the county board following a public hearing, where both are expected to be displayed. Both move predominately black sections of population inside and outside the county into districts based inside Vicksburg to make up for losses shown inside the city in the 2010 census.

In the first, District 2 gains land along U.S. 80 between the city limits and Bucks Drive, extending north to Culkin Road and south along Mississippi 27 to Stenson Road. District 3 would gain in two spots — along U.S. 61 South to the city limits, bounded to the south by Grange Hall Road, and a piece south of East Clay Street between Old Highway 27 and Mississippi 27.

In the second, District 2’s growth east of the city would be split in half by keeping the city limits-to-Bucks Drive strip of territory in District 1. District 3’s growth along U.S. 61 South is paired with more neighborhoods between Halls Ferry Road and Wisconsin Avenue, which are moved from District 5 in the second plan. A wedge south of Old 27, covering the two northernmost blocks of Oak Park subdivision, would remain in District 1 in both plans under consideration.

All five supervisors and technical staff have mulled options with Central Mississippi Planning and Development District at CMPDD offices in Jackson. Their goals are to balance the most and least populous districts within a 10 percent range mandated by the U.S. Department of Justice and to not dilute minority voting strength. The first plan shrinks the overall variance to 6.97 percent with District 5 the most populous. The second cuts it to 8.27 percent with District 1 remaining the densest, as it was when the census was released.

County officials plan to hold this year’s elections under the current lines. A public hearing will be set once the board agrees on a final map. From there, it goes to the DOJ for approval, as per Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Census results showed the northeastern District 1 with 11,671 people, nearly 70 percent white. District 3, which covers central city, came in smallest at 8,293 and 71 percent black. District 2, which covers north Vicksburg and hugs U.S. 61 North to the Yazoo River, had 8,499 people, about 69 percent black. Districts 4 and 5, covering the southern half of the city and county, came in at 10,142 and 10,168, respectively. District 4’s population is 52.4 percent white, and District 5’s is 62.5 percent white.

Supervisors are elected from each of the five districts, as are members of the Vicksburg Warren School District board. Three districts denote constable and justice court seats, where borders of each are expected to shift due to the census.