The total number of seats in the House of Representatives was fixed at 435 by the Reapportionment Act of 1929, creating one congressional district for each 674,000 residents (approximately). Each state is guaranteed at least one Representative, regardless of population. The remaining 385 seats are apportioned according to the individual states' populations as a percentage of the total US population, determined by the most recent census.
This is in contravention of the US Constitution, but Congress enacted the fixed limit to reduce the need for continuous changes in districts and to avoid an extremely large and unwieldy number of members. In a practical sense, they also prevented a reduction in the power of each individual Congressman.
The 2010 US Census resulted in the reapportionment of seats in the House to the number of representatives shown below for each state, beginning with the 113th Congress (2013-2014).
Reapportionment by State, from 2000-2010 (12 seats gained/12 seats lost)
Arizona +1
Florida +2
Georgia +1
Nevada +1
South Carolina +1
Texas +4
Utah +1
Washington +1
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Illinois -1
Iowa -1
Louisiana -1
Massachusetts -1
Minnesota -1
Missouri -1
New Jersey -1
New York -2
Ohio -2
Pennsylvania -1
There are 435 representatives in the U.S. Congress. Their term is 2 years long.
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The number of representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives from each state is based on the population in each state. 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.
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The number of Representatives from each state is based on the population of that state.
Each state may have at least one representative. California is the state with the most representatives with 53. Law states that there will be no more than 435 representatives in the house.
both are part of congress. the senate has two representatives from each state while the house of representatives takes reps from each state based on population
There is a complete list of US Representatives by state at the Related Link below.
The house of Representatives. There are 435 total. The senate has two representatives from each state.
The number of representatives each state gets is based on the population of that state; for example while Utah has three reps, New York has 29 reps. This just goes to show you that larger, more populous states have more representatives in the House of Representatives.
the Representatives have 2 people sent out to each state.