2022 - 2030 Federal Representation
by People per House Seat, Senate Seat,
and Electors

Sorted by People per Senate Seat

In the wake of Election 2000, there has been a lot of talk about the "unfairness" of the Electoral College. However, the United States is a Republic. Each state receives one Elector for each Senator and one Elector for each Representative it sends to Congress. The District of Columbia has 3 Electors, 0 Senators, and 0 Representatives.

"Each state shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress;..." (Article II, Section. 1. of the Constitution).
"A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State;..." (Amendment XXIII. of the Constitution, ratified March 29, 1961)

If then, there is "unfairness" in the allocation of the Electoral College, there must also be "unfairness" in the allocation of Congress. A minimum one Representative per State, regardless of its population, could also be construed as unfair (note that almost all the States are in the one Congressman per 600 to 700-something thousand range... note the disparities from that re: those States that have 1 Representative which is even more exacerbated with their 3 Electoral Votes).

This page allows you to sort the states alphabetically, by population, and by people per Elector, Senator, and House Member. Note: The Apportionment Population is shown for each state while the Resident Population is used for DC (the apportionment population excludes the population of the District of Columbia).

References:

 
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Rank State Population Percentage
of
Population		 Electors People
per
Elector		 Senators People
per
Senate
seat		 House
seats		 People
per
House
seat
1California39,576,75711.93%54732,903219,788,37952761,091
2Texas29,183,2908.80%40729,582214,591,64538767,981
3Florida21,570,5276.50%30719,018210,785,26428770,376
4New York20,215,7516.09%28721,991210,107,87626777,529
5Pennsylvania13,011,8443.92%19684,83426,505,92217765,403
6Illinois12,822,7393.86%19674,88126,411,37017754,279
7Ohio11,808,8483.56%17694,63825,904,42415787,257
8Georgia10,725,2743.23%16670,33025,362,63714766,091
9North Carolina10,453,9483.15%16653,37225,226,97414746,711
10Michigan10,084,4423.04%15672,29625,042,22113775,726
11New Jersey9,294,4932.80%14663,89224,647,24712774,541
12Virginia8,654,5422.61%13665,73424,327,27111786,777
13Washington7,715,9462.33%12642,99623,857,97310771,595
14Arizona7,158,9232.16%11650,81123,579,4629795,436
15Massachusetts7,033,4692.12%11639,40623,516,7359781,497
16Tennessee6,916,8972.08%11628,80923,458,4499768,544
17Indiana6,790,2802.05%11617,29823,395,1409754,476
18Maryland6,185,2781.86%10618,52823,092,6398773,160
19Missouri6,160,2811.86%10616,02823,080,1418770,035
20Wisconsin5,897,4731.78%10589,74722,948,7378737,184
21Colorado5,782,1711.74%10578,21722,891,0868722,771
22Minnesota5,709,7521.72%10570,97522,854,8768713,719
23South Carolina5,124,7121.54%9569,41222,562,3567732,102
24Alabama5,030,0531.52%9558,89522,515,0277718,579
25Louisiana4,661,4681.40%8582,68422,330,7346776,911
26Kentucky4,509,3421.36%8563,66822,254,6716751,557
27Oregon4,241,5001.28%8530,18822,120,7506706,917
28Oklahoma3,963,5161.19%7566,21721,981,7585792,703
29Connecticut3,608,2981.09%7515,47121,804,1495721,660
30Utah3,275,2520.99%6545,87521,637,6264818,813
31Iowa3,192,4060.96%6532,06821,596,2034798,102
32Nevada3,108,4620.94%6518,07721,554,2314777,116
33Arkansas3,013,7560.91%6502,29321,506,8784753,439
34Mississippi2,963,9140.89%6493,98621,481,9574740,979
35Kansas2,940,8650.89%6490,14421,470,4334735,216
36New Mexico2,120,2200.64%5424,04421,060,1103706,740
37Nebraska1,963,3330.59%5392,6672981,6673654,444
38Idaho1,841,3770.55%4460,3442920,6892920,689
39West Virginia1,795,0450.54%4448,7612897,5232897,523
40Hawaii1,460,1370.44%4365,0342730,0692730,069
41New Hampshire1,379,0890.42%4344,7722689,5452689,545
42Maine1,363,5820.41%4340,8962681,7912681,791
43Rhode Island1,098,1630.33%4274,5412549,0822549,082
44Montana1,085,4070.33%4271,3522542,7042542,704
45Delaware990,8370.30%3330,2792495,4191990,837
46South Dakota887,7700.27%3295,9232443,8851887,770
47North Dakota779,7020.23%3259,9012389,8511779,702
48Alaska736,0810.22%3245,3602368,0411736,081
49Vermont643,5030.19%3214,5012321,7521643,503
50Wyoming577,7190.17%3192,5732288,8601577,719
51District of Columbia689,5450.21%3229,8480 0 
Totals331,797,979100.00%538 100 435 
State Average (1)   519,531 3,311,084 752,689
Country Average (2)   616,725 3,311,084 761,169
 

(1) The averages are computed by weighing each state equally. The District of Columbia is included in the Elector compuatations but not in the Senate or House computations.

  • People Per Elector = Sum of (People per Elector) ÷ 51 jurisdictions
  • People Per Senate Seat = Sum of (People per Senate Seat) ÷ 50 jurisdictions
  • People Per House Seat = Sum of (People per House Seat) ÷ 50 jurisdictions

(2) The averages are computed using the total population of country. The District of Columbia is included in the Elector compuatations but not in the Senate or House computations.

  • People Per Elector = Population of 331,797,979 ÷ 538 electors
  • People Per Senate Seat = Population of 331,108,434 ÷ 100 Senate Seats
  • People Per House Seat = Population of 331,108,434 ÷ 435 House Seats
 
 

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  An Historical Analysis of the Electoral College  
 
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