Year |
Total U.S.
Population*
(thousands) |
Number*
of
House
Representatives |
Population*
per House
Representative (thousands) |
Ratio
of House district size to minimum (of 30,000) |
Citizen Significance Relative to 1800 |
1790 |
3,776.8 |
106 |
35.6 |
1.19 |
99.9% |
1800 |
5,052.3 |
142 |
35.6 |
1.19 |
100.0% |
1810 |
6,710.9 |
181 |
37.1 |
1.24 |
96.0% |
1820 |
9,455.1 |
213 |
44.4 |
1.48 |
80.2% |
1830 |
12,615.2 |
242 |
52.1 |
1.74 |
68.3% |
1840 |
17,145.7 |
228 |
75.2 |
2.51 |
47.3% |
1850 |
22,763.7 |
237 |
96.0 |
3.20 |
37.0% |
1860 |
28,963.5 |
243 |
119.2 |
3.97 |
29.9% |
1870 |
38,156.0 |
293 |
130.2 |
4.34 |
27.3% |
1880 |
49,539.0 |
329 |
150.6 |
5.02 |
23.6% |
1890 |
62,210.1 |
357 |
174.3 |
5.81 |
20.4% |
1900 |
75,397.6 |
391 |
192.8 |
6.43 |
18.5% |
1910 |
91,641.2 |
435 |
210.7 |
7.02 |
16.9% |
1920 |
105,273.0 |
435 |
242.0 |
8.07 |
14.7% |
1930 |
122,288.2 |
435 |
281.1 |
9.37 |
12.7% |
1940 |
131,006.2 |
435 |
301.2 |
10.04 |
11.8% |
1950 |
150,258.2 |
437 |
343.8 |
11.46 |
10.3% |
1960 |
178,559.2 |
435 |
410.5 |
13.68 |
8.7% |
1970 |
202,455.4 |
435 |
465.4 |
15.51 |
7.6% |
1980 |
225,907.5 |
435 |
519.3 |
17.31 |
6.9% |
1990 |
248,103.0 |
435 |
570.4 |
19.01 |
6.2% |
2000 |
281,424.2 |
435 |
647.0 |
21.57 |
5.5% |
| * All data only for states admitted to the Union as of the decennial (excludes D.C.). |
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