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Apportionment of Congressional Seats Region/State 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 New England Connecticut 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 Maine 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 Massachusetts 15 14 14 12 12 11 10 10 New Hampshire 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Rhode Island 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Vermont 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 29 28 28 25 25 24 23 22 Mid-Atlantic Delaware 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Maryland 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 New Jersey 14 14 14 15 15 14 13 13 New York 45 45 43 41 39 34 31 29 Pennsylvania 34 33 30 27 25 23 21 19 Total 100 99 95 92 88 80 74 70 Midwest Illinois 27 26 25 24 24 22 20 19 Indiana 12 11 11 11 11 10 10 9 Iowa 9 8 8 7 6 6 5 5 Michigan 17 17 18 19 19 18 16 15 Minnesota 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 Ohio 24 23 23 24 23 21 19 18 Wisconsin 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 Total 108 104 104 103 100 94 87 82 South Alabama 9 9 9 8 7 7 7 7 Arkansas 7 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 Florida 5 6 8 12 15 19 23 25 Georgia 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 13 Kentucky 9 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 Louisiana 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 Mississippi 7 7 6 5 5 5 5 4 North Carolina 11 12 12 11 11 11 12 13 Oklahoma 9 8 6 6 6 6 6 5 South Carolina 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Tennessee 9 10 9 9 8 9 9 9 Texas 21 21 22 23 24 27 30 32 Virginia 9 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 West Virginia 6 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 Total 126 128 126 124 125 133 140 145 West Alaska1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 Arizona 1 2 2 3 4 5 6 8 California 20 23 30 38 43 45 52 53 Colorado 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 7 Hawaii1 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 Idaho 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Kansas 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 Missouri 13 13 11 10 10 9 9 9 Montana 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 Nebraska 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 Nevada 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 New Mexico 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 North Dakota 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Oregon 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 South Dakota 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 Utah 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 Washington 6 6 7 7 7 8 9 9 Wyoming 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Total 72 76 84 91 97 104 111 116 Northeast 129 127 123 117 113 104 97 92 Midwest 108 104 104 103 100 94 87 82 Northeast and Midwest 237 231 227 220 213 198 184 174 South 126 128 126 124 125 133 140 145 West 72 76 84 91 97 104 111 116 South and West 198 204 210 215 222 237 251 261 U.S. Total 435 435 437 435 435 435 435 435 1Alaska became a state on January 3, 1959, Hawaii on August 22, 1959. In 1950 each had a nonvoting delegate in Congress, making the total for the year 437; subsequently reapportionment reduced the total to 435. SOURCE: Congressional Quarterly, Inc. Vital Statistics on Congress, 1991-1992, (Washington, D.C.), Table1-1; U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Internet release, December 28, 2000. Economic Data | Home | Top of Page
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