1、1 This report originally was authored by David C. Huckabee, who has retired from CRS.2 See Table 1 for each states data. These allocations are based on a 435 seat House ofRepresentatives. The 435-seat House was established in 1929 by the Permanent ApportionmentAct, (46 Stat. 21, 26-27) which ended t
2、he 19th century practice of increasing the House size afterevery census but one. There have been no permanent increases in the House size for most of the20th century. Congressional Research Service The Library of CongressCRS Report for CongressReceived through the CRS WebOrder Code RS20768January 9,
3、 2001House Apportionment 2000: States Gaining,Losing, and on the Margin1Royce CrockerSpecialist in American National GovernmentGovernment and Finance DivisionSummaryOn December 28, 2000, the Commerce Department released 2000 Censuspopulation figures and the resulting reapportionment of seats in the
4、House ofRepresentatives. The apportionment population of the 50 states in 2000 is 281,424,177,a figure 13.4% greater than in 1990. Twelve seats will shift among 18 states in the 108thCongress as a result of the reapportionment. (In the 103rd Congress, 19 seats shiftedamong 21 states after the 1990 C
