All properties and areas hereafter annexed to the City of Pullman shall, upon such annexation, become a part of the ward described and named in this chapter to which said annexed area is adjacent. If an annexed area is adjacent to more than one ward, the annexed area shall become a part of the ward with the lesser actual or estimated population according to the most recent figures from the United States Census Bureau. (Ord. 22-12 §2, 2022; Ord. A-974 §5, 1971).