Evening star., 1940-12-03
Census Figures Give
Eiqhf States More
Seats in House
California to Get Three,
Seven Others Entitled
To One Extra Member
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

Eight States will gain added rep
! resentation in the House of Rep
7 resentatives on the basis of the 1910
census, apportionment figures sub
mitted to President Roosevelt by the
Census Bureau disclosed.
Assuming that the total member
ship of the House is kept at 435 and
that seats are apportioned by the
present formula of major fractions,
10 States will lose one seat each,
seven others will gain one seat. and
an eighth State, California, will gain
three seats.
One added seat will be apportioned
to Arizona, Florida, Michigan, New
Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon and
Tennessee. The States losing one
House member each are Arkansas,
Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas.
Massachusetts,. Nebraska, Ohio,
Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.
BY an alternative formula, called
the method of equal proportions,
only nine seats would be affected by
the population shifts, Michigan and
Arkansas remaining as they are now
rather than gaining and losing one,
respectively.
I Per Cent Gain for Country.
. A table of final official population
figures accompanying the appor-
tionment statistics shows the 1910
population total as of April l to
have been 131, ,669,275, as compared
to 122 ,775,0 ,046 in 1880, a gain of 70
per cent.
In a covering letter submitted by
Census Director w. L. Austin to
Secretary of Commerce Jesse H
Jones, the former wrote that:
THE 10th decennial census re-
veais important internal shifts in
pop l.tion that have taken place
duT 4g the past decade. Although
the westward movement has con-
tinued and is reflected in an in
creased proportion of the population
in the Pacific Coast and Mountain
States, the trend long established in
the United States of migration from
rural 70 urban areas has been slack
ened
For the first decade since 1896
the proportion of the population re-
siding in urban areas has failed to
increase markedly Consequently,
the more rural Southern States have
increased at more rapid rate than
the more industrial Northern States.
Actual losses in population were
found in some of the MidWestern
States affected seriously by the
drought. These shifts in population
are reflected in the new apportion-
ment."
The total population for the Pacific
Coast bloc of States increased by
1873 per cent, largest percentage rise
in the country, while that for the
South Atlantic group in which the
District is located reflected a rise of
1873 per cent, second largest.
D. c. Grain 36.2 Per Cent.
The official figure for the District
was 663,09l as compared to 486, 1863,
a gain of 362 per cent, higher per-
centage increase than in any State
Maryland's population jumped
11.6 per cent to 1921 PA from l 1,631, =
526. Virginia showed 106 per cent
rise from 2,421 ,851 to 2,677,773.
Six States showed actual decreases
In population, the Kansas loss being
the greatest numerically at 1871,
but that of South Dakota being
highest percentage at 70 per cent.
Others losing were Vermont, North
Dakota, Nebraska and Oklahoma.
To earn its right to an increase
of three seats in the House Califor-
MIA showed population gain of 21.7
per cent. from 5,677,251 to 6,9O7 ,387.
California's gain would give it
a delegation of %, tie with Ohio
for the fourth largest Ohio's pop
ulation was given as 6,9O7612. New
York continued to lead the field
with population of 13,479.142 and
q House representation of IS.
Despite the loss of a seat, Penn
sylvania remained in second place
with a 9,9OO,1SO population and 80
House members.