Census Bureau on 2020 U.S. Population Totals
(Washington, DC) — The U.S. Census Bureau results mean seven seats in the House of Representatives will shift among 13 different states. Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon will all gain one seat and Texas will gain two seats. California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia will all lose one seat. The Constitutional purpose of the census is congressional apportionment, or the process of distributing seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on population.
The 2020 Census found that 331-million, 449-thousand, 281 people are currently living in the U.S. Acting Census Bureau Director Ron Jarmin says this population growth rate is the second slowest in U.S. history. He said the most populated state in the U.S. remains to be California, with over 39 million people, and Wyoming has the smallest population with 576-thousand people.
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