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Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, with each one representing an average of 761,169 people following the 2020 United States census. [1]
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Washington's congressional districts from 2023. The following is a list of the ten congressional districts in the U.S. state of Washington.From the time that Washington Territory was formed in 1853, through statehood in 1889, Washington Territory elected an at-large non-voting Delegate to the United States House of Representatives.
Allocation of seats by state, as percentage of overall number of representatives in the House, 1789–2020 census. United States congressional apportionment is the process [1] by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are distributed among the 50 states according to the most recent decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution.
After the 2000 census, the State of Georgia was divided into 13 congressional districts, increasing from 11 due to reapportionment. The state was redistricted again in 2005, and 2007, although the number of districts remained 13. In 2013, the number of representatives increased again with rising population to 14 members.
State State executive Legislature name Lower house Upper house Name Size [2] Party strength Term (yrs.) Name Size [2] Party strength Term (yrs.) Alabama: Governor: Legislature: House of Representatives: 105 R 76–29: 4: Senate: 35: R 27–8: 4 Alaska: Governor: Legislature: House of Representatives: 40 MC 23–16, 1 NCR [nb 2] 2: Senate: 20 ...
The state was redistricted in 2022, following the 2020 U.S. census. It lost one seat in Congress. [ 2 ] According to CNN, unnamed census officials stated that if 89 more people had been counted in New York's census results, and all other states' population figures had remained the same, New York would not have lost a congressional seat.
The House is composed of representatives who, pursuant to the Uniform Congressional District Act, sit in single member congressional districts allocated to each state on the basis of population as measured by the United States census, with each district having at least a single representative, provided that that state is entitled to them. [5]