United States House of Representatives Seats by State

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The U.S. Congress consists of two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each state elects two senators, while seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned by state according to population, with each state receiving a minimum of one representative. After each decennial census, the House of Representatives used to increase in size, but in the 1910s overall membership was capped at 435 (it expanded temporarily to 437 after Alaska and Hawaii were admitted as states in 1959). Now, after each census, legislative seats are reapportioned, with some states increasing their number of representatives while other states may lose seats. After the 2020 census, six states gained seats in the House: Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon each gained one, and Texas gained two. California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia each lost one seat.

The number of representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives by state is provided in the table.

U.S. congressional apportionment
state representatives
Alabama 7
Alaska 1
Arizona 9
Arkansas 4
California 52
Colorado 8
Connecticut 5
Delaware 1
Florida 28
Georgia 14
Hawaii 2
Idaho 2
Illinois 17
Indiana 9
Iowa 4
Kansas 4
Kentucky 6
Louisiana 6
Maine 2
Maryland 8
Massachusetts 9
Michigan 13
Minnesota 8
Mississippi 4
Missouri 8
Montana 2
Nebraska 3
Nevada 4
New Hampshire 2
New Jersey 12
New Mexico 3
New York 26
North Carolina 14
North Dakota 1
Ohio 15
Oklahoma 5
Oregon 6
Pennsylvania 17
Rhode Island 2
South Carolina 7
South Dakota 1
Tennessee 9
Texas 38
Utah 4
Vermont 1
Virginia 11
Washington 10
West Virginia 2
Wisconsin 8
Wyoming 1
Total 435
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Mindy Johnston.