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Census 2000 Apportionment Data Released
Part 2: Actual state population data as released by Census Bureau

State Population and Apportionment Figures from Census 2000

Table 1.  Apportionment Population and Number of Representatives, by State:  Census 2000
 State Apportionment Population Number of Apportioned Representatives Based on Census 2000 Change From 1990 Census Apportionment
     
    Alabama 4,461,130 7 0
    Alaska 628,933 1 0
    Arizona 5,140,683 8 +2
    Arkansas 2,679,733 4 0
    California 33,930,798 53 +1
    Colorado 4,311,882 7 +1
    Connecticut 3,409,535 5 -1
    Delaware 785,068 1 0
    Florida 16,028,890 25 +2
    Georgia 8,206,975 13 +2
    Hawaii 1,216,642 2 0
    Idaho 1,297,274 2 0
    Illinois 12,439,042 19 -1
    Indiana 6,090,782 9 -1
    Iowa 2,931,923 5 0
    Kansas 2,693,824 4 0
    Kentucky 4,049,431 6 0
    Louisiana 4,480,271 7 0
    Maine 1,277,731 2 0
    Maryland 5,307,886 8 0
    Massachusetts 6,355,568 10 0
    Michigan 9,955,829 15 -1
    Minnesota 4,925,670 8 0
    Mississippi 2,852,927 4 -1
    Missouri 5,606,260 9 0
    Montana 905,316 1 0
    Nebraska 1,715,369 3 0
    Nevada 2,002,032 3 +1
    New Hampshire 1,238,415 2 0
    New Jersey 8,424,354 13 0
    New Mexico 1,823,821 3 0
    New York 19,004,973 29 -2
    North Carolina 8,067,673 13 +1
    North Dakota 643,756 1 0
    Ohio 11,374,540 18 -1
    Oklahoma 3,458,819 5 -1
    Oregon 3,428,543 5 0
    Pennsylvania 12,300,670 19 -2
    Rhode Island 1,049,662 2 0
    South Carolina 4,025,061 6 0
    South Dakota 756,874 1 0
    Tennessee 5,700,037 9 0
    Texas 20,903,994 32 +2
    Utah 2,236,714 3 0
    Vermont 609,890 1 0
    Virginia 7,100,702 11 0
    Washington 5,908,684 9 0
    West Virginia 1,813,077 3 0
    Wisconsin 5,371,210 8 -1
    Wyoming 495,304 1 0
     
Total Apportionment Population1 281,424,177 435
Internet Release date:  December 28, 2000

1 Includes the resident population for the 50 states, as ascertained by the Twenty-Second Decennial Census under Title 13,United States Code, and counts of overseas U.S. military and federal civilian employees (and their dependents living with them) allocated to their home state, as reported by the employing federal agencies. The apportionment population excludes the population of the District of Columbia.

NOTE: As required by the January 1999 U.S. Supreme Court ruling (Department of Commerce v. House of Representatives,525 U.S. 316, 119 S. Ct. 765 (1999)), the apportionment population counts do not reflect the use of statistical sampling to correct for overcounting or undercounting.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau.

Internet Release date: December 28, 2000 

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