After the 2011 census, the population had risen to 97, an increase of 21%.
It was the first serious effort the Republicans had made in the district since its creation after the 1980 census.
Of those, over 250 were built after the 2000 census.
District changes must be put off to a date well in the future - like 2011, after the next federal census.
The most critical change in the politics of this district, however, will come when the new lines are drawn after the 1990 census.
California had added seven seats in the House after the 1990 census.
After the 2004 census the population was 94.500 inhabitants of the district.
After the 1980 census, the 39th became majority black and has not since elected a white senator.
After the 1960 census and the 1962 election, that number went back to 435.
At some point after the 1860 census, the couple moved out and began looking for land they could farm on their own.