Apportionment of Congressional Seats
by Region and State:  1930-2000

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.