Just as we reported in September based on some raw data figures, The Northeast and Midwest would lose House seats while the South and Southwest would gains.
Census Announces List of States’ Congressional Seat Gains/Losses
The Census Bureau just completed its one duty specifically described in the Constitution — to count the number of people living in the United States and apportion them to determine how many Congressional seats go to each state.
Here’s the breakdown of the 18 states which gained or lost seats.
GAINS:
Arizona +1
Florida +2
Georgia +1
Nevada +1
South Carolina +1
Texas +4
Utah +1
Washington +1
LOSSES:
Illinois -1
Iowa -1
Louisiana: -1
Massachusetts -1
Michigan -1
Missouri -1
New Jersey -1
New York -2
Ohio -2
Pennsylvania -1
The Census Bureau rearranged the country’s political map on Tuesday, giving more Congressional seats to the South and the West, and taking away from the Northeast and the Midwest. The state population counts are the first results released from the 2010 Census, and are used to reapportion seats in Congress, and, in turn, the Electoral College.
The United State population grew to 308,745,538 over the last decade, an increase of 9.7 percent, the slowest rate of growth since 1940.
See the data and full story at Which States Will Gain or Lose Seats in Congress
| STATE | POPULATION (Change since 2000) |
SEATS (Change) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 12,830,632 | 3.3% | 18 | –1 | D | |
| Iowa | 3,046,355 | 4.1% | 4 | –1 | † | |
| Louisiana | 4,533,372 | 1.4% | 6 | –1 | S | |
| Massachusetts | 6,547,629 | 3.1% | 9 | –1 | D | |
| Michigan | 9,883,640 | -0.6% | 14 | –1 | R | |
| Missouri | 5,988,927 | 7.0% | 8 | –1 | S | |
| New Jersey | 8,791,894 | 4.5% | 12 | –1 | C | |
| New York | 19,378,102 | 2.1% | 27 | –2 | S | |
| Ohio | 11,536,504 | 1.6% | 16 | –2 | R | |
| Pennsylvania | 12,702,379 | 3.4% | 18 | –1 | R | |
| STATE | POPULATION (Change since 2000) |
SEATS (Change) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 4,779,736 | 7.5% | 7 | +0 | R | |
| Alaska | 710,231 | 13.3% | 1 | +0 | 1 | |
| Arkansas | 2,915,918 | 9.1% | 4 | +0 | D | |
| California | 37,253,956 | 10.0% | 53 | +0 | C | |
| Colorado | 5,029,196 | 16.9% | 7 | +0 | S | |
| Connecticut | 3,574,097 | 4.9% | 5 | +0 | D | |
| Delaware | 897,934 | 14.6% | 1 | +0 | 1 | |
| Hawaii | 1,360,301 | 12.3% | 2 | +0 | C | |
| Idaho | 1,567,582 | 21.1% | 2 | +0 | C | |
| Indiana | 6,483,802 | 6.6% | 9 | +0 | R | |
| Kansas | 2,853,118 | 6.1% | 4 | +0 | R | |
| Kentucky | 4,339,367 | 7.4% | 6 | +0 | S | |
| Maine | 1,328,361 | 4.2% | 2 | +0 | R | |
| Maryland | 5,773,552 | 9.0% | 8 | +0 | D | |
| Minnesota | 5,303,925 | 7.8% | 8 | +0 | S | |
| Mississippi | 2,967,297 | 4.3% | 4 | +0 | S | |
| Montana | 989,415 | 9.7% | 1 | +0 | 1 | |
| Nebraska | 1,826,341 | 6.7% | 3 | +0 | * | |
| New Hampshire | 1,316,470 | 6.5% | 2 | +0 | S | |
| New Mexico | 2,059,179 | 13.2% | 3 | +0 | S | |
| North Carolina | 9,535,483 | 18.5% | 13 | +0 | R‡ | |
| North Dakota | 672,591 | 4.7% | 1 | +0 | 1 | |
| Oklahoma | 3,751,351 | 8.7% | 5 | +0 | R | |
| Oregon | 3,831,074 | 12.0% | 5 | +0 | S | |
| Rhode Island | 1,052,567 | 0.4% | 2 | +0 | D | |
| South Dakota | 814,180 | 7.9% | 1 | +0 | 1 | |
| Tennessee | 6,346,105 | 11.5% | 9 | +0 | R | |
| Vermont | 625,741 | 2.8% | 1 | +0 | 1 | |
| Virginia | 8,001,024 | 13.0% | 11 | +0 | S | |
| West Virginia | 1,852,994 | 2.5% | 3 | +0 | D | |
| Wisconsin | 5,686,986 | 6.0% | 8 | +0 | R | |
| Wyoming | 563,626 | 14.1% | 1 | +0 | 1 | |
| STATE | POPULATION (Change since 2000) |
SEATS (Change) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 6,392,017 | 24.6% | 9 | +1 | C | |
| Florida | 18,801,310 | 17.6% | 27 | +2 | R | |
| Georgia | 9,687,653 | 18.3% | 14 | +1 | R | |
| Nevada | 2,700,551 | 35.1% | 4 | +1 | S | |
| South Carolina | 4,625,364 | 15.3% | 7 | +1 | R | |
| Texas | 25,145,561 | 20.6% | 36 | +4 | R | |
| Utah | 2,763,885 | 23.8% | 4 | +1 | R | |
| Washington | 6,724,540 | 14.1% | 10 | +1 | C | |
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