^ Based on the 2020 census, which applies to congressional representation from 2023 to 2033.^ a b Resident population only does not include overseas population.* - non-voting member of the House of Representatives. Territories of the United States such as Puerto Rico are not included in the Electoral College: people in those territories cannot vote directly for the President of the United States, although they may participate in the partisan nominating primaries and caucuses.
#Population density by state plus
Thus, the Electoral College has 538 members (100 senators, plus 435 representatives, plus 3 members for the District of Columbia). Senate, every state has at least three Electoral College votes. House of Representatives and two members of the U.S. Constitution guarantees every state at least one member of the U.S. The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution additionally grants the District of Columbia (D.C.), which is not part of any state, as many Electoral College votes as it would have if it were a state, while having no more votes than the least populous state (currently, Wyoming). Each state's number of votes in the Electoral College is equal to its number of members in the Senate plus members in the House of Representatives. The Electoral College, every four years, elects the President and Vice President of the United States based on the popular vote in each state and the District of Columbia. The allocation is based on each state's proportion of the combined population of the fifty states (not including the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or the United States Virgin Islands). While these adjustments may be reflected in government programs over the following decade, the 10-year representative apportionments discussed below are not changed to reflect the miscount: House of Representatives īased on this decennial census, each state is allocated a portion of the 435 fixed seats in the United States House of Representatives, with each state guaranteed at least one. For example for the 2020 decennial census, 14 states had significant miscounts ranging from 1.5% to 6.6%. The accuracy of this count is then tested after the fact, and sometimes statistically significant undercounts or overcounts occur. Census Bureau is charged with making an actual count of all residents by state and territory. Electoral apportionment Įvery 10 years, the U.S. Civilian and military federal employees serving abroad and their dependents are counted in their home state. The United States Census counts the persons residing in the United States including citizens, non-citizen permanent residents and non-citizen long-term visitors.
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