[Last update 2002jun20]
2000 Census|
This table reflects changes in the distribution of seats in the House of Representatives and Electoral College based on the information released from the 2000 Census on December 28, 2000. There are 100 Senate Seats, 435 House Seats, and 538 Electors. States receive one elector for each Senator and one elector for each Representative. The District of Columbia has no Senators, no Representatives, and 3 electors. Each state has 2 Senators and 1 (or more based on population) Representative. The Math Behind the 2000 Census Apportionment of Representatives Notes: 15 January 2001 Correction: The Total Apportionment Population has been corrected to read 281,424,177. It was previously posted incorrectly. 6 March 2002 - The case of Utah v. Evans - in which the State of UTAH is in a dispute with the State of NORTH CAROLINA over which State should get the 435th seat in the House of Representatives as a result of the 2000 Census. "Evans" being Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans (the conducting of the 2000 Census having been under the auspices of the Department of Commerce). The oral argument was heard before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday 27 March 2002. 20 June 2002 - The Supreme Court decided in favor of North Carolina in the case of Utah v. Evans. North Carolina, as originally determined by the Census Bureau, will receive the 435th seat. Utah will elect 3 Congressmen and North Carolina will elect 13 Congressmen in 2002 through 2010. (Had Utah's claim been upheld by the Nation's highest court, Utah would have elected 4 Congressmen and North Carolina only 12 in 2002 through 2010). Click here for additional details on Utah v. Evans. |
| National Distribution of Electoral Votes | |||
| State | 2004 2008 |
1992 1996 2000 |
1984 1988 |
| Alabama | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Alaska | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Arizona | 10 [+2] | 8 | 7 |
| Arkansas | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| California | 55 [+1] | 54 | 47 |
| Colorado | 9 [+1] | 8 | 8 |
| Connecticut | 7 [-1] | 8 | 8 |
| Delaware | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| District of Columbia | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Florida | 27 [+2] | 25 | 21 |
| Georgia | 15 [+2] | 13 | 12 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Idaho | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Illinois | 21 [-1] | 22 | 24 |
| Indiana | 11 [-1] | 12 | 12 |
| Iowa | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Kansas | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Louisiana | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Maine | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Maryland | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Massachusetts | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Michigan | 17 [-1] | 18 | 20 |
| Minnesota | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Mississippi | 6 [-1] | 7 | 7 |
| Missouri | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Montana | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Nebraska | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Nevada | 5 [+1] | 4 | 4 |
| New Hampshire | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| New Jersey | 15 | 15 | 16 |
| New Mexico | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| New York | 31 [-2] | 33 | 36 |
| North Carolina | 15 [+1] | 14 | 13 |
| North Dakota | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ohio | 20 [-1] | 21 | 23 |
| Oklahoma | 7 [-1] | 8 | 8 |
| Oregon | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Pennsylvania | 21 [-2] | 23 | 25 |
| Rhode Island | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| South Carolina | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| South Dakota | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Tennessee | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Texas | 34 [+2] | 32 | 29 |
| Utah | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Vermont | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Virginia | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| Washington | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| West Virginia | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Wisconsin | 10 [-1] | 11 | 11 |
| Wyoming | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| State Population and the Distribution of Representatives | ||
| State | Population | Representatives 2002 to 2010 |
| Alabama | 4,461,130 | 7 |
| Alaska | 628,933 | 1 |
| Arizona | 5,140,683 | 8 [+2] |
| Arkansas | 2,679,733 | 4 |
| California | 33,930,798 | 53 [+1] |
| Colorado | 4,311,882 | 7 [+1] |
| Connecticut | 3,409,535 | 5 [-1] |
| Delaware | 785,068 | 1 |
| Florida | 16,028,890 | 25 [+2] |
| Georgia | 8,206,975 | 13 [+2] |
| Hawaii | 1,216,642 | 2 |
| Idaho | 1,297,274 | 2 |
| Illinois | 12,439,042 | 19 [-1] |
| Indiana | 6,090,782 | 9 [-1] |
| Iowa | 2,931,923 | 5 |
| Kansas | 2,693,824 | 4 |
| Kentucky | 4,049,431 | 6 |
| Louisiana | 4,480,271 | 7 |
| Maine | 1,277,731 | 2 |
| Maryland | 5,307,886 | 8 |
| Massachusetts | 6,355,568 | 10 |
| Michigan | 9,955,829 | 15 [-1] |
| Minnesota | 4,925,670 | 8 |
| Mississippi | 2,852,927 | 4 [-1] |
| Missouri | 5,606,260 | 9 |
| Montana | 905,316 | 1 |
| Nebraska | 1,715,369 | 3 |
| Nevada | 2,002,032 | 3 [+1] |
| New Hampshire | 1,238,415 | 2 |
| New Jersey | 8,424,354 | 13 |
| New Mexico | 1,823,821 | 3 |
| New York | 19,004,973 | 29 [-2] |
| North Carolina | 8,067,673 | 13 [+1] |
| North Dakota | 643,756 | 1 |
| Ohio | 11,374,540 | 18 [-1] |
| Oklahoma | 3,458,819 | 5 [-1] |
| Oregon | 3,428,543 | 5 |
| Pennsylvania | 12,300,670 | 19 [-2] |
| Rhode Island | 1,049,662 | 2 |
| South Carolina | 4,025,061 | 6 |
| South Dakota | 756,874 | 1 |
| Tennessee | 5,700,037 | 9 |
| Texas | 20,903,994 | 32 [+2] |
| Utah | 2,236,714 | 3 |
| Vermont | 609,890 | 1 |
| Virginia | 7,100,702 | 11 |
| Washington | 5,908,684 | 9 |
| West Virginia | 1,813,077 | 3 |
| Wisconsin | 5,371,210 | 8 [-1] |
| Wyoming | 495,304 | 1 |
| Total | 281,424,177 | 435 |