Census Bureau Announces 2020 Apportionment Results

Ron Jarmin, the acting director of the U.S. Census Bureau, announces the apportionment results based on the 2020 Census. There will be seven seats shifting among 13 states, the smallest shift since the current apportionment method was adopted in 1941. Texas will gain two seats, while Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon will each gain one seat. California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia will each lose one seat. The average population per representative in the House increases from 710,767 to 761, 169. close