United States Congressional Apportionment

1789-1910

	1789	1790	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890	1900	1910
Alabama	--	--	--	1	3	5	7	7	6	8	8	9	10	10
Arizona	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1
Arkansas	--	--	--	--	--	1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	7
California	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	2	3	4	6	7	8	11
Colorado	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	1	2	3	4
Connecticut	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	5	5
Delaware	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Florida	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	4
Georgia	3	2	4	6	7	9	8	8	7	9	10	11	11	12
Idaho	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	1	1	2
Illinois	--	--	--	1	1	3	7	9	14	19	20	22	25	27
Indiana	--	--	--	1	3	7	10	11	11	13	13	13	13	13
Iowa	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	2	6	9	11	11	11	11
Kansas	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	3	7	8	8	8
Kentucky	--	2	6	10	12	13	10	10	9	10	11	11	11	11
Louisiana	--	--	--	1	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	6	7	8
Maine	--	--	--	7*	7	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4
Maryland	6	8	9	9	9	8	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6
Massachusetts	8	14	17	13*	13	12	10	11	10	11	12	13	14	16
Michigan	--	--	--	--	--	1	3	4	6	9	11	12	12	13
Minnesota	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	2	3	5	7	9	10
Mississippi	--	--	--	1	1	2	4	5	5	6	7	7	8	8
Missouri	--	--	--	--	1	2	5	7	9	13	14	15	16	16
	1789	1790	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890	1900	1910
Montana	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	1	1	2
Nebraska	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	1	3	6	6	6
Nevada	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	1	1	1	1	1
New Hampshire	3	4	5	6	6	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
New Jersey	4	5	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	7	7	8	10	12
New Mexico	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1
New York	6	10	17	27	34	40	34	33	31	33	34	34	37	43
North Carolina	5	10	12	13	13	13	9	8	7	8	9	9	10	10
North Dakota	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	1	2	3
Ohio	--	--	1	6	14	19	21	21	19	20	21	21	21	22
Oklahoma	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	5	8
Oregon	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	1	1	1	2	2	3
Pennsylvania	8	13	18	23	26	28	24	25	24	27	28	30	32	36
Rhode Island	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3
South Carolina	5	6	8	9	9	9	7	6	4	5	7	7	7	7
South Dakota	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	2	2	3
Tennessee	--	1	3	6	9	13	11	10	8	10	10	10	10	10
Texas	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	2	4	6	11	13	16	18
Utah	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	1	2
Vermont	--	2	4	6	5	5	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2
Virginia	10	19	22	23	22	21	15	13	11	9**	10	10	10	10
Washington	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	2	3	5
West Virginia	--	--	--	-	--	--	--	--	--	3**	4	4	5	6
Wisconsin	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	3	6	8	9	10	11	11
Wyoming	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	1	1	1
	1789	1790	1800	1810	1820	1830	1840	1850	1860	1870	1880	1890	1900	1910
U.S. House Total:	65	106	142	186	213	242	232	237	243	293	332	357	391	435

1920-present

In 1911, the membership of the U.S. House was set at 433; with the subsequent admission of Arizona and New Mexico as states, membership increased to 435, where it has remained (execpt for a brief period from 1959 to 1963 following the admission of Alaska and Hawaii, during which House membership was 437).

Congressional Apportionment, 1789-1910

	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
Alabama	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7
Alaska	--	--	--	1	1	1	1	1	1
Arizona	1	1	2	2	3	4	5	6	8
Arkansas	7	7	7	6	4	4	4	4	4
California	11	20	23	30	38	43	45	52	53
Colorado	4	4	4	4	4	5	6	6	7
Connecticut	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Delaware	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Florida	4	5	6	8	12	15	19	23	25
Georgia	12	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	13
Hawaii	--	--	--	1	2	2	2	2	2
Idaho	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Illinois	27	27	26	25	24	24	22	20	19
Indiana	13	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	9
Iowa	11	9	8	8	7	6	6	5	5
Kansas	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4
Kentucky	11	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	6
Louisiana	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7
Maine	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
Maryland	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8
Massachusetts	16	15	14	14	12	12	11	10	10
Michigan	13	17	17	18	19	19	18	16	15
Minnesota	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Mississippi	8	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	4
Missouri	16	13	13	11	10	10	9	9	9
	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000
Montana	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
Nebraska	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Nevada	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3
New Hampshire	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
New Jersey	12	14	14	14	15	15	14	13	13
New Mexico	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
New York	43	45	45	43	41	39	34	31	29
North Carolina	10	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	13
North Dakota	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1
Ohio	22	24	23	23	24	23	21	19	18
Oklahoma	8	9	8	6	6	6	6	6	5
Oregon	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5
Pennsylvania	36	34	33	30	27	25	23	21	19
Rhode Island	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
South Carolina	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
South Dakota	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1
Tennessee	10	9	10	9	9	8	9	9	9
Texas	18	21	21	22	23	24	27	30	32
Utah	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Vermont	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Virginia	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11
Washington	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	9	9
West Virginia	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	3	3
Wisconsin	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8
Wyoming	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000

Notes

Delegate counts in italics represent temporary counts assigned by Congress until the next decennial census or by the U.S. Constituion in 1789 until the first U.S. Census.

^* The state of Maine was formed out of portions of Massachusetts in 1820.

^** The state of West Virginia was formed out of portions of Virginia in 1861.

See also

• United States Congress
• United States House of Representatives

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