Well my teacher told me that it was determined by how many votes there was in the senate(:
This representation would be based upon 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."
House of reps
The membership of the U.S. House of Representatives is determined by the population numbers of the House Districts.
The voters of the United States.
By the people
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.
This representation would be based upon population.
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.
The house of Representatives. There are 435 total. The senate has two representatives from each state.
It already does. That's how the membership of the House of Representatives is determined.
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 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
435 representatives
Population