[House Document 107-12] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] 107th Congress, 1st Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Document 107-12 APPORTIONMENT POPULATION AND STATE REPRESENTATION __________ COMMUNICATION from THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES transmitting HIS REPORT ON THE APPORTIONMENT POPULATION FOR EACH STATE AS OF APRIL 1, 2000, AND THE NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES TO WHICH EACH STATE WOULD BE ENTITLED, PURSUANT TO 2 U.S.C. 2a(a) AND 13 U.S.C. 141(b)January 6, 2001.--Referred jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Reform, and ordered to be printed __________ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 89-000 WASHINGTON : 2001 The White House, Washington, January 4, 2001. Hon. J. Dennis Hastert, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Mr. Speaker: Pursuant to title 2, United States Code, section 2a(a), I am transmitting the statement showing the apportionment population for each State as of April 1, 2000, and the number of Representatives to which each State would be entitled. Sincerely, William J. Clinton. APPORTIONMENT POPULATION AND NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY STATE: CENSUS 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number of apportioned Change from State Apportionment Representatives 1990 Census population based on census apportionment 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 population\1\........................ 281,424,177 435 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \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.