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U.S. Population Rule
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3,000,000 to 4,000,000 # of Representatives = 100
4,000,000 to 8,000,000 Max. District Size = 40,000
8,000,000 to 10,000,000 # of Representatives = 200
10,000,000 to infinity Max. District Size = 50,000
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Census: Reps x Avg. Dist.
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1790: 100 x 36,674
1800: 126 x 40,000
1810: 168 x 40,000
1820: 200 x 46,941
1830: 252 x 50,000
1840: 300 x 55,588
1850: 380 x 60,000
1860: 439 x 70,000
1870: 500 x 76,231
1880: 600 x 82,285
1890: 689 x 90,000
1900: 747 x 100,000
1910: 829 x 110,000
1920: 900 x 116,970
1930: 1000 x 122,288
1940: 1008 x 130,000
1950: 1100 x 136,268
1960: 1200 x 148,799
1970: 1300 x 155,734
1980: 1400 x 161,362
1990: 1460 x 170,000
2000: 1561 x 180,000
2010: 1622 x 190,000
To show the number of Representatives for any population total according to my proposal, in an Excel sheet designate cell B2 as the total population of all of the states and cell B4 as the number of Representatives, and enter the following formula in cell B4:
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=MAX(ROUNDUP(B2/((ROUNDUP(SQRT((B2/1000000)+1),0)+1)*10000),0),(ROUNDUP(SQRT((B2/1000000)+1),0)-2)*100)
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CA = 196
TX = 132
NY = 102
FL = 99
IL = 68
PA = 67
OH = 61
MI = 52
GA = 51
NC = 50
NJ = 46
VA = 42
WA = 35
MA = 34
IN = 34
AZ = 34
TN = 33
MO = 32
MD = 30
WI = 30
MN = 28
CO = 26
AL = 25
SC = 24
LA = 24
KY = 23
OR = 20
OK = 20
CT = 19
IA = 16
MS = 16
AR = 15
KS = 15
UT = 15
NV = 14
NM = 11
WV = 10
NE = 10
ID = 8
HI = 7
ME = 7
NH = 7
RI = 6
MT = 5
DE = 5
SD = 4
AK = 4
ND = 4
VT = 3
WY = 3
- 1816: Monroe=82.8%; Monroe=87.02% (D-R)
- 1820: Monroe=98.3%; Monroe=100.0%
- 1824: Jackson=37.9%; Adams=36.9% (A)
- 1828: Jackson=68.2%; Jackson=71.9% (J)
- 1832: Jackson=76.0%; Jackson=73.7% (A-J)
- 1836: Van Buren=57.8%; Van Buren=56.5% (W)
- 1840: Harrison=79.6%; Harrison=78.8% (D)
- 1844: Polk=61.8%; Polk=61.9% (D)
- 1848: Taylor=56.2%; Taylor=57.4% (W)
- 1852: Pierce=85.8%; Pierce=85.7% (W)
- 1856: Buchanan=58.8%; Buchanan=59.5% (D)
- 1860: Lincoln=59.4%; Lincoln=56.0% (D)
- 1864: Lincoln=90.6%; Lincoln=90.7% (R)
- 1868: Grant=72.8%; Grant=73.8% (R)
- 1872: Grant=81.3%; Grant=81.7% (R)
- 1876: Hayes=50.1%; Tilden=50.8% (D)
- 1880: Garfield=58.0%; Garfield=58.2% (R)
- 1884: Cleveland=54.6%; Cleveland=55.0% (D)
- 1888: Harrison=58.1%; Harrison=58.3% (R)
- 1892: Cleveland=62.4%; Cleveland=62.0% (R)
- 1896: McKinley=60.6%; McKinley=62.2% (R)
- 1900: McKinley=65.3%; McKinley=65.7% (R)
- 1904: Roosevelt=70.6%; Roosevelt=71.9% (R)
- 1908: Taft=66.5%; Taft=68.9% (R)
- 1912: Wilson=81.9%; Wilson=81.2% (Pro.)
- 1916: Wilson=52.2%; Wilson=51.0% (R)
- 1920: Harding=76.1%; Harding=75.4% (D)
- 1924: Coolidge=71.9%; Coolidge=72.0% (R)
- 1928: Hoover=83.6%; Hoover=84.1% (R)
- 1932: Roosevelt=88.9%; Roosevelt=89.1% (D)
- 1936: Roosevelt=98.5%; Roosevelt=98.7% (D)
- 1940: Roosevelt=84.6%; Roosevelt=85.2% (D)
- 1944: Roosevelt=81.4%; Roosevelt=81.7% (D)
- 1948: Truman=57.1%; Truman=57.0% (R)
- 1952: Eisenhower=83.2%; Eisenhower=83.4% (R)
- 1956: Eisenhower=86.1%; Eisenhower=86.1% (R)
- 1960: Kennedy=56.4%; Kennedy=59.0% (D)
- 1964: Johnson=90.3%; Johnson=90.6% (D)
- 1968: Nixon=55.9%; Nixon=55.1% (D)
- 1972: Nixon=96.7%; Nixon=96.9% (R)
- 1976: Carter=55.2%; Carter=56.6% (D)
- 1980: Reagan=90.9%; Reagan=91.7% (R)
- 1984: Reagan=97.6%; Reagan=97.9% (R)
- 1988: Bush=79.2%; Bush=79.5% (R)
- 1992: Clinton=68.8%; Clinton=69.8% (D)
- 1996: Clinton=70.4%; Clinton=71.9% (D)
- 2000: Bush=50.4%; Gore=51.0% (D)
- 2004: Bush=53.2%; Bush=51.9% (D)
- 2008: Obama=67.8%; Obama=69.0% (D)
- 2012: Obama=61.7%; Obama=63.0% (D)