It is based on population. A census is done every 10 years to determine the population. Then, the state is divided into numbered districts. The Representatives are then elected by the people in each district.
House of Representatives
In the Senate, each state gets 2 representatives. In the House of Representatives, the number of representatives per state is based on the population. This is determined from the census every ten years.
In the Senate, each state gets 2 representatives. In the House of Representatives, the number of representatives per state is based on the population. This is determined from the census every ten years.
The house of Representatives. There are 435 total. The senate has two representatives from each state.
The Great Compromise stated that representation in the House of Representatives should be determined through population. While the Senate would have an equal number of representatives from each state, the House of Representatives would include one representative for each 30,000 individuals in a state.
In the United States, representation in the House is based on population, as determined by the Census. Which is what makes the Census such a big deal; with a fixed number of representatives, if one state loses population while another gains, that state may lose a representative to the other state!
it is decided by the population of a state
The number of Representatives per state is determined by the population of each state. (Today, there are about 435 members at the House of Representatives session in all!!)
The number of Representatives from each state is based on the population of that state.
The members of the House, for each state, is determined by that state's population.
A state's number of representatives in the US House of Representatives is determined by its population.
Each state is entitled to one of the 435 representatives in the US House of Representatives, regardless of the state's population. The other 385 representatives are apportioned according to each's state's population as a percentage of the total US population, determined by the most recent census. This is known as "proportional representation."