First Report on State Gain or Loss of Congressional Seats

Six States will see their Congressional Delegations Grow in the Next Congress, according to the First Results from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Decennial Survey of America’s Population, in what the Bureau’s Director said was the Smallest Shift in any Decade in almost a Century.

Texas is set to Add Two U.S. House Seats to its Delegation after a Decade in which the State Added more than 4 Million New Residents. Texas had been Expected to Add as many as Three Seats.

Colorado, Florida, North Carolina, and Oregon will Add One more Seat. Some expected Florida to get Two Seats.

Montana will add a Second District, 30 years after it Lost that Second Seat in a previous round of Apportionment.

States Losing Seats are almost All in the Rust Belt.

Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, continued to Lose Sseats as Residents move to other States.

New York lost their Seat by 89 People.

West Virginia’s Population Dropped by a Larger Share than any other State over the Last Decade, Shrinking by 3.2 Percentage Points.

And for the First time since it joined the Union, California’s Congressional Delegation will Shrink by One Seat.

Karen Battle, Chief of the Census Bureau’s Population Division, said California had experienced more Net Domestic Migration Out of the State than into the State.

The New Population Figures represent a Smaller Shift than many Experts had anticipated.

Three States that had been Expected to Lose Seats: Alabama, Rhode Island, and Minnesota, each avoided Losing Influence in Washington, D.C.

The Population of the U,S. Grew to about 331.5 Million Residents over the Last Decade, the Slowest Growth Rate of any Ten-year Period since the 1930s.

The Population grew by just 7.4% over the Last Decade, the Second-Slowest Growth Rate of any Decade since the First Census was Conducted in 1790.

But these Numbers are Tainted, with the Cutting Short of the Door-to-Door Count because of Covid-19.

I wonder, will the Losing Seats States' go to Court, to Challenge the Count?










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