How does the US census affect the number of members each state has in the house of representatives?

Answer 1

Based on the census, we find out how many people are living where, which determines where we draw the congressional districts. Based the number of people living there, we may have to decrease or increase the number of districts within a state.

Answer 2

After each census the number of Congressional seats awarded to each state is re-apportioned to allow for changes in population. Since each seat in Congress represents one electoral vote, the number of votes a state gets may change. The actual districts within the states do not affect the electoral voting except for the number of votes a state has.

Answer 3

A census tells/shows where people live. If a state's population goes down enough then the number of electoral votes go down depending on the decrease . If the population goes up enough then that state gets more electoral votes depending on the increase.

Answer 4

Families move from time to time, birth rates and death rates vary from place to place, and, therefore, populations grow and shrink at different rates from place to place. The main reason for the decennial (once every ten years) census in the U. S. is to keep track of how much the population has grown or shrunk in each place so that the quantity per state and the sizes of the congressional districts, each of which is represented by one of the 435 members of the U. S. House of Representatives, can be adjusted to keep the number of people per district as close as reasonably possible to being equal from district to district.

The U. S. Constitution specifies that the number of electors appointed by each state is equal the the total number to Representatives plus Senators that the state has in the U. S. Congress.

Answer 5

Each state has electoral votes equal to the total of the 2 representative the state has in the U.S. Senate plus the number of representative the state has in the House of Representatives. Since every state has two senators and at least one representative to the House, every state has at least 3 electoral votes. The number of representative in the U.S. House of Representatives is fixed at 435. Every 10 years the U.S. Census Bureau takes a census of the population in each state. The 435 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives is then reapportioned among the 50 states based on the population in each state. The District of Columbia gets 3 electoral votes. Therefore, the total number of electoral votes is fixed at 538 - 100 (senators) + 435 (representatives) + 3 (for DC). The number of electoral votes for individual states may increase or decrease based on the results of the census results.

Answer 6

A state has electoral votes equal to the number of US Senators (each state has 2) plus the number of congressmen in the US House of Representatives. If a state gains or loses seats in the House of Representatives, due to shift in population, then an equal number of electoral votes will shift. The Census is held every ten years, and the House Congressional districts are assigned according to the Census results.

Answer 7

changes to refelct shifts in population are then made in the number of reprentatives per states

Answer 8

The congressional districts are apportioned by population, so every 10 years, the new census requires a redistricting in those states that lose or gain a Congressional seat.