The census is taken in America every 10 years. Members of the House of Representatives may be reapportioned based on changing state populations.
The census determines the population count and demographic information of a specific area. This data is used for congressional representation, funding allocation, and planning public services and infrastructure.
After taking a census, the government must apportion seats in the legislature based on population. However, some politicians may attempt to gerrymander districts in order to manipulate the reapportionment process for their own advantage. Gerrymandering involves redrawing district boundaries to give one political party an unfair advantage in elections, which undermines the principle of fair representation based on accurate census data.
One of the main purposes of the U.S Census is to gather data on the population, including demographics like age, race, and household size. This data is important for determining representation in Congress and allocating government resources.
The census, in many places, counts the population every 10 years.
There was no official US census until 1790. Some territories and states conducted censuses for various reasons before that, but there was no standard census. Beginning in 1790 a decennial census was conducted in accordance with the US Constitution that mandates the census as a means of apportioning the House of Representatives - determining how many representatives each state is entitled to. Up until 1850 the only data on the census was the name of the head of the household and the number of people of various ages, sex, and race who lived in the household. Beginning in 1850 the name of each person in the household was recorded along with their ages, place of birth, and occupation. The questions asked on the census have varied, with the most complete data collected from 1900 and after. The census of 1890 was mostly burned in a fire and only a small amount of it survived. By law the individual census information is not released for publication for 72 years to protect the privacy of individuals. The last census available for viewing is 1930.
reapportionment
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Reapportionment, which happens every ten years when there is a census, is the apportioning (or proportional division) of congressional seats (435 for the U.S. Congress since 1911) among the 50 states according to their relative population. Redistricting is the re-drawing of congressional districts within each state, according to the number of seats they were apportioned, again based on the new census data. Reapportionment causes redistricting. Reapportionment is objective data (though how the Census Bureau counts population does involve some political disputes, specifically dealing with how low-income citizens are fairly counted). Redistricting is the part where all of the political battles happen.
Reapportionment, which happens every ten years when there is a census, is the apportioning (or proportional division) of congressional seats (435 for the U.S. Congress since 1911) among the 50 states according to their relative population. Redistricting is the re-drawing of congressional districts within each state, according to the number of seats they were apportioned, again based on the new census data. Reapportionment causes redistricting. Reapportionment is objective data (though how the Census Bureau counts population does involve some political disputes, specifically dealing with how low-income citizens are fairly counted). Redistricting is the part where all of the political battles happen.
# The act of reapportioning or the state of being reapportioned. # Redistribution of representation in a legislative body, especially the periodic reallotment of U.S. congressional seats according to changes in the census figures as required by the Constitution.
Reapportionment occurs every 10 years, following the constitutionally-mandated US census. The last census was in 2000. Reapportionment is done on a state-by-state basis; most states redrew their maps in 2001, while Georgia and Texas (famously) redrew their maps twice, in 2001 and again in 2003 after control of the legislature had switched from the Democrats to the Republicans. The next reapportionment will be after the 2010 census; for most states this means in 2011.
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It looks like Texas will probably gain 4 seats according to Polidata's most recent 2007 census predictions. http://www.polidata.org/census/est007dl.htm
ReapportionArticle I of the Constitution directs Congress to reapportion-redistribute-the seats in the House after each decennial census.
Louisiana had 7 representatives in the US House of Representatives in 2005.However, in the reapportionment that followed the US Census of 2010, it lost one Congressional District. That meant it lost one representative. So, Louisiana will have 6 representatives from 2010 until the next Census and reapportionment in 2020, when there may or may not be another change.
Each state legislature reapportions the voting districts according to the population changes recorded by the census.
They are elected based upon the census counts of each state according to the reapportionment allotments every 10 years based on how the congressional districts are drawn.