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Census Apportionment. How did your home state fare in the most recent house apportionment? How have changes in the population affected your state's standard quota since that apportionment? Overall, do you think the apportionment was fair to your state?

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The Apportionment Problem Example 1 shows that, using the 2010 census data, each House member represents an BY THE WAY average of 710,000 people. Apportionment would be easy if every state's population The 2010 apportionment changed the were a simple multiple of 710,000. For example, a state with a population of 1,420,000, House representation of 18 states. which is 2 X 710,000, would get 2 representatives. Similarly, a state with a population Texas gained four seats, Florida gained of 7,100,000, which is 10 X 710,000, would get 10 representatives. two, and Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah, and Washington Of course, states do not have such convenient populations. For example, Rhode each gained one seat. On the losing Island had a 2010 census population of about 1,050,000, which is about 1.5 X 710,000. side, New York and Ohio each lost two We might therefore say that Rhode Island is "entitled" to 1.5 representatives, but repre- seats, while Illinois, lowa, Louisiana, tentatives are people and cannot be divided fractionally. Rhode Island could have one Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, representative or two representatives, but not 1.5 representatives. New Jersey, and Pennsylvania each lost one seat. The people of Rhode Island would prefer to have two representatives, because that strengthens their voice in the House. However, people of other states might prefer that Rhode Island have only one representative, thereby leaving one more representative for another state. In essence, the apportionment problem deals with finding a systematic way of decid- ing whether Rhode Island gets one or two representatives. The system must be as fair to all states as possible, while also ensuring that precisely 435 House seats are awarded in total