Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-17
CENSUS INDICATES
CHANGES IN HOUSE
Reapportionment Estimates
May Be Shifted as States
! Complete Enumerations.
n, the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press
A probable upset of congressional le-
Apportionment calculations was indi-
y Gated today as result of the 1880 State
census enumerations thus far completed.
While it cannot be determined exact
" which States will lose Representa-
. tives and which will gain new members
. of Congress, an Associated Press COM
= pilation shows suficient States have
. completed their population enumera.
I NsSn to give some indication OF the prob
sole changes.
When Congress passed its reappor-
SSonment act, it was calculated the new
census would change % memberships.
: Based on the estimated population OF
! the States as of January l, 1880, it was
estimated officially that II States would
lose O. total of % House members, Whlcn
. would be apportioned to ii States gam
ing in population.
-. Some States which were not figured
]. among the probable losers are now in
dictated to have lost Final calculations
may find Illinois, Wisconsin, Arkansas,
Rhode Island, and Minnesota losing one
Representative each.
California Gain Big.
CALIFORNIA; actual population had ex-
5 Ceeded by almost a million the Official
. estimate used in calculating that State
would gain new members. AS a re-
i suit it is not improbable that Califor-
MAS larger increase in population might
-entitle her to new members, making
g her delegation in Congress 20 instead OF
IL as at present.
- Missouri, it was figured, would be
. heaviest loser, her delegation being cur
tailed by three members. Indiana, Iowa,
; Kentucky and Mississippi, were calcu-
lated to lost two each, and Alabama,
Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, 'Massachu-
-Getts, Nebraska, New York, North Da-
kota, Pennsylvania. Tennessee, Vermont
and Virginia were estimated to lose one
r each.
New York has had gain which
brought her total population almost
million higher than the estimate of
January /, on which it was calculated
that State would lose one member OF
/, Congress. Instead of loss OF one, 1t
3 an additional member, bringing her
delegation to A.
so Michigan was set down for four adj
: ditional members, but her preliminary
population figures are some "a 900 more
+sthan the estimate on which this gain
was figured, and 1t seems the appor-
etionment of additional members,
! making her delegation total II, prob
: ably will go through.
- Ohio, it was estimated, would gain
: three new members, but the preliminary
census returns show its population to
be 384, 900 less than the estimate. AS
o result, Ohio may gain only one new
: member.
! Texas and New Jersey were put down
for two new members. Texas, in her
preliminary population, has exceeded
the January estimate by about 177,000
: and therefore seems safe for two new
members. New Jersey has not con-
cluded her enumeration.
Other States to Gain.
Other States which would gain one
new member, according to the January
estimates, were Arizona, Connecticut,
Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma and
Washington. OF these States, only ARR
xona and Oklahoma have not reported
their population. Connecticut, Florida
and North Carolina seem assured, by
their new populations, Of securing an,
additional member of Congress-, but
Washington was 1900 under her esti-
mated population and may not come
within the required number for a new
{ Representative,
The preliminary census statistics bear
out predictions of losses in Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, North Da-
kota, Tennessee and Vermont. Popula-
) ton figures have not been announced
for Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi,
: Pennsylvania or Virginia, which States
were figured for losses.