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  1. The number of voting seats in the House of Representatives has been 435 since 1913, capped at that number by the Reapportionment Act of 1929—except for a temporary (1959–1962) increase to 437 when Alaska and Hawaii were admitted into the Union.

  2. Oct 8, 2021 · Congressional seats were apportioned among the 50 states based on the 2020 Census population counts. Apportionment results from 1790 to 2020 are also shown.

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  4. May 2, 2023 · April 26, 2021. Historical apportionment data for the nation and states. Table. 2020 Census Apportionment Results. April 26, 2021. Congressional seats were apportioned among the 50 states based on the 2020 Census population counts. Apportionment results from 1790 to 2020 are also shown. Table. 2010 Census Apportionment Results. December 2010.

  5. Apr 26, 2021 · Congress adopted the current method, the Method of Equal Proportions, in 1941. It was first used after the 1940 Census and has been used after each subsequent census, as mandated in Title 2, United States Code. A high-level visual explanation is available in the apportionment video.

  6. Apart from the 1920 Census, an appor-tionment has been made by the U.S. Congress based on each decennial census from 1790 to 2020. The 2020 Census apportionment population was 331,108,434, and the resulting apportionment shifted seven House seats among 13 states. Six states gained seats and seven states lost seats.

  7. Apr 26, 2021 · Apportionment is the process whereby the 435 districts in the U.S. House of Representatives are allotted to the states on the basis of population. [1] . Six states (Texas, Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon) gained seats. Seven states (California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia) lost seats.

  8. www2.census.gov › programs-surveys › decennial2020 Census Apportionment

    • Congressional apportionment is the process of distributing the 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states based on state population counts from each decennial census. • Congress decides the method used to calculate apportionment.