Unequal and Disproportionate Representation

Table

Proper Representation in the Federal House and

Existing Representation in the several State Houses

 

 

State  Republics

Population

Max. No. of Reps. Rounded  up

Min. District Size (House)*

Min. No.  of Reps. Rounded down

Max. * District Size (House)*

Rep. in State House (actual)

District Size State House*

California

37,253,956

1,242

29,995

1,241

30,019

80

465,674

Texas

25,145,561

839

29,971

838

30,365

150

167,637

New York

19,378,102

646

29,997

645

30,043

150

129,187

Florida

18,801,310

627

29,986

626

30,034

120

156,678

Illinois

12,830,632

428

29,978

427

30,043

118

108,734

Pennsylvania

12,702,379

424

29,958

423

30,029

203

62,573

Ohio

11,536,504

385

29,965

384

30,042

99

116,530

Michigan

9,883,640

330

29,950

329

30,041

110

89,851

Georgia

9,687,653

323

29,993

322

30,086

180

53,820

N. Carolina

9,535,483

318

29,986

317

30,080

120

79,462

New Jersey

8,791,894

294

29,904

293

30,006

80

109,899

Virginia

8,001,024

267

29,966

266

30,078

100

80,010

Washington

6,724,540

225

29,887

224

30,020

98

68,618

Massachusetts

6,547,629

219

29,898

218

30,034

160

40,923

Indiana

6,483,802

217

29,879

216

30,017

100

64,838

Arizona

6,392,017

214

29,869

213

30,009

60

106,534

Tennessee

6,346,105

212

29,934

211

30,076

99

64,102

Missouri

5,988,927

200

29,945

199

30,095

163

36,742

Maryland

5,773,552

193

29,915

192

30,077

141

40,947

Wisconsin

5,686,986

190

29,932

189

30,809

99

57,444

Minnesota

5,303,925

177

29,966

176

30,135

134

39,582

Colorado

5,029,196

168

29,936

167

30,114

65

77,372

Alabama

4,779,736

160

29,873

159

30,061

105

45,521

S. Carolina

4,625,364

155

29,841

154

30,834

124

37,301

Louisiana

4,533,372

152

29,825

151

30,222

105

43,175

Kentucky

4,339,367

145

29,927

144

30,134

100

43,394

Oregon

3,831,074

128

29,930

127

30,165

60

63,851

Oklahoma

3,751,351

126

29,773

125

30,018

101

37,142

Connecticut

3,574,097

120

29,784

119

30,034

151

23,670

Iowa

3,046,355

102

29,866

101

30,162

100

30,464

Mississippi

2,967,297

99

29,973

98

30,278

122

24,322

Arkansas

2,915,918

98

29,754

97

30,061

100

29,159

Kansas

2,853,118

96

29,720

95

30,328

125

22,825

Utah

2,763,885

93

29,719

92

30,042

75

36,852

Nevada

2,700,551

91

29,676

90

30.006

42

64,299

N. Mexico

2,059,179

69

29,843

68

30,282

70

29,417

W. Virginia

1,852,994

62

29,887

61

30,377

100

18,530

Nebraska

1,826,341

61

29,940

60

30,448

49

37,272

Idaho

1,567,582

53

29,577

52

30,145

70

22,394

Hawaii

1,360,301

46

29,572

45

30,229

51

26,673

Maine

1,328,361

45

29,519

44

30,190

151

8,797

N. Hampshire

1,316,470

44

29,919

43

30,615

400

3,291

Rhode Island

1,052,567

36

29,238

35

30,073

75

14,034

Montana

989,415

33

29,982

32

30,906

100

9,894

Delaware

897,934

30

29,931

29

30,997

41

21,901

South Dakota

814,180

28

29,078

27

30,154

70

11,631

Alaska

710,231

24

29,593

23

30,079

40

17,756

North Dakota

672,591

23

29,243

22

30,572

94

7,155

Vermont

625,741

21

29,797

20

31,287

150

4,172

Wyoming

563,626

19

29,665

18

31,312

60

9,394

Totals

308,143,815

10,297

29,926*

10,247

30,072*

5460

56,437*

 

* - Averages Only.  Some numbers were rounded up and others down.

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  • I understand that the Constitution calls for "not to exceed thirty thousand" per representative, but what law(s) govern how many each state has? The US constitution gives each state the right to govern themselves. So, for instance, how does Virginia or North Carolina decide what number of Representativves it has?   Currently as you point out, North Carolina has 120.  Also, given the magic number of thirty thousand per representative, , how can you have a minimumn and a maximumn. If NC has a population of 9,535,483 at the last enumeration ( census ) then the numer is fixed at 318. No variable until the next census.  But then, you are using a federal magic number; Thirty thousand.  This is not a stae number.   How is/are the state numbers determined, now?  How and why are we using a Federal enumeration for states? 

  •  On the Federal level, North Carolina only has thirteen Federal house Districts. According to your numbers it should have 318.

    • That's correct. This table is incomplete. There is a better one HERE.

      Representation - Proper Numbers in the House
      Proper Representation in Congress In the 1870 census it was reported that the population of the United States was 39,818,449. This meant there should…
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