STATE POPULATION and

U.S. REPRESENTATIVE

By Ted Peterson

This web site is set up to handle the population each representative represent

for the years 2002-2004.

Column #1 2000 Population. Column #2 Number of US Representative.

Column #3 Number of people each represent. Column #4 Population Rank.

Note. 3 states have not elected a US Representative at this time. Colorado, and New York have not declared the person that won the election in November. They will soon. Louisiana did not have a winner and will have a new election in December.

	1	2	3	4	5
Alabama	4,447,100	7	635,300	5R 2D	23
Alaska	626,932	1	626,932	1R	48
Arizona	5,130,632	8	641,329	6R 1D	20
Arkansas	2,673,400	4	668,350	1R 3D	33
California	33,871,648	53	639,088	20R 33D	1
Colorado	4,301,261	7	614,466	X 4R 2D	24
Connecticut	3,405,565	5	681,113	3R 2D	29
Delaware	783,600	1	783,600	1R	45
Florida	15,982,378	25	939,295	18R 7D	4
Georgia	8,186,453	13	629,727	8R 5D	10
Hawaii	1,211,537	2	605,769	2D	42
Idaho	1,293,953	2	646,977	2R	39
Illinois	12,419,293	19	653,647	10R 9D	5
Indiana	6,080,485	9	686,271	6R 3D	14
Iowa	2,926,324	5	585,265	4R 1D	30
Kansas	2,688,418	4	672,105	3R 1D	31
Kentucky	4,041,769	6	673,363	5R 1D	25
Louisiana	4,468,976	7	638,425	X 4R 2D	22
Maine	1,274,923	2	637,462	2D	40
Maryland	5,296,486	8	662,206	2R 6D	19
Massachusetts	6,349,097	10	634,910	10D	13
Michigan	9,938,444	15	662,563	9R 6D	8
Minnesota	4,919,479	8	614,935	4R 4D	21
Mississippi	2,844,658	4	711,165	2R 2D	32
Missouri	5,595,211	9	617,725	5R 4D	17
Montana	902,195	1	902,195	1R	44
Nebraska	1,711,263	3	570,421	3R	38
Nevada	1,998,257	3	666,086	2R 1D	35
New Hampshire	1,235,786	2	617,893	2R	41
New Jersey	8,414,350	13	647,258	6R 7D	9
New Mexico	1,819,046	3	606,349	2R 1D	36
New York	18,976,457	29	654,361	X 10R 18D	3
North Carolina	8,049,313	13	619,178	7R 6D	11
North Dakota	642,200	1	642,200	1D	47
Ohio	11,353,140	18	630,730	12R 6D	7
Oklahoma	3,450,654	5	690,131	4R 1D	27
Oregon	3,421,399	5	684,280	1R 4D	28
Pennsylvania	12,281,054	19	646,371	12R 7D	6
Rhode Island	1,048,319	2	524,160	2D	43
South Carolina	4,012,012	6	668,669	4R 2D	26
South Dakota	754,844	1	754,844	1R	46
Tennessee	5,689,283	9	632,143	4R 5D	16
Texas	20,851,820	32	651,619	15R 17D	2
Utah	2,233,169	3	744,390	2R 1D	34
Vermont	608,827	1	608,827	1I*	49
Virginia	7,078,515	11	643,501	8R 3D	12
Washington	5,894,121	9	654,902	3R 6D	15
West Virginia	1,808,344	3	602,781	1R 2D	37
Wisconsin	5,363,675	8	670,459	4R 4D	18
Wyoming	493,782	1	493,782	1R	50

The number of US Representative is by the US Census each 10 year on April 1. The number at this time is based on the population as of April 1, 2000. The population was 280,849,847 not counting Washington DC. 435 representative makes the norm at 645,632. Each state has to have 1. In the states with 1 (6) Montana had the most (902,195). Wyoming at only 493,782. On states with more than 1, Rhode Island with 2 at 524,160 each. Utah with the most (754,844). Idaho came close to the norm (646,977).

1I* is not a D or R. Belong to another party.

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