Part-1: United States (US) House of Representatives Seats by State

The first Congress (1789-91) had 65 House members, the number provided for in the Constitution until the first census could be held. Based on an estimated population for the 13 states of 3.7 million, there was one representative for every 57,169 people. :(Source: Pew Research)

Presently, there are 435 house seats that spread across 50 states as a proportion of their population. The 1929 law authorizing that census also capped the size of the House at 435.

In 1929, the population of the United States was 121 million. In 2017, the population is 325 million. The house seats remain the same for the last 80 years.

Montana’s 1,050,493 people have just one House member; Rhode Island has slightly more people (1,059,639), but that’s enough to give it two representatives; one for every 529,820 Rhode Islanders.


StatePopulationRepresentativesPopulation/Representative
Montana1,050,49311,050,493
Delaware961,9391961,939
South Dakota869,6661869,666
Idaho1,716,9432858,472
Oregon4,142,7765828,555

States with largest population.
StatePopulationRepresentativesPopulation/Representative
California39,536,65353745,975
Texas28,304,59636786,239
Florida20,984,40027777,200
New York19,849,39927735,163
Pennsylvania12,805,53718711,419
Illinois12,802,02318711,224
States with only one house seat.
StatePopulationRepresentativesPopulation/Representative
Montana1,050,49311,050,493
Delaware961,9391961,939
South Dakota869,6661869,666
North Dakota755,3931755,393
Alaska739,7951739,795
Vermont623,6571623,657
Wyoming579,3151579,315

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