Proportional Representation

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        Proportional Representation 

• Definition: To divide or allocate in equal proportions
• The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for
  every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative.
• Congress is authorized to limit the size of the Congressional Districts, but do not have the authority to limit the number Congressional Districts.
• The size of the congressional districts should remain relatively small (e.g., no larger than 60,000). Instead, the average district size is approximately 700,000 and growing.
• The number of federal Representatives should grow proportionately with the general population. Instead, Congress has fixed the total number of Representatives at 435 ever since 1913. 
• The Congressional districts should be equivalently sized across the nation pursuant to the one-person-one-vote principle. Instead, some House districts are currently nearly twice the size of others.
• Based on the population of the states in the 2010 Census and Constitutionally mandated 30,000 to 1 ratio the states are entitled to the following number of representatives.

States Reps California          1,241 Texas                 831 New York           646 Florida                627 Illinois                428 Pennsylvania      423 Ohio                    385 Michigan            329 Georgia              323 North Carolina   318 New Jersey        293 Virginia              267 Washington        224 Massachusetts      218 Indiana                 216 Arizona                213 Tennessee             212 Missouri               200 Maryland              192 Wisconsin             190 Minnesota             177 Colorado               168 Alabama               159 South Carolina      154 Louisiana              151 Kentucky              145 Oregon                 128 Oklahoma             125 Connecticut           119 Iowa                      102 Mississippi            99 Arkansas               97 Kansas                  95 Utah                      92 Nevada                 91 New Mexico         69 West Virginia        62 Nebraska               61 Idaho                     52 Hawaii                   45 Maine                    44 New Hampshire     44 Rhode Island          35 Montana                 33 Delaware                30 South Dakota          27 Alaska                     24 North Dakota          22 Vermont                  21 Wyoming               19