Texas, North Carolina to gain congressional seats, according to 2020 Census By Aaron Navarro U.S. Census finds slowing population growth
Several southern and western states will be seeing an increase in their political clout in the House of Representatives, according to the first results from the Census Bureau s decennial survey.
The bureau released its apportionment counts Monday, as well as the total population for each state, according to the 2020 Census. Apportionment determines which states gain or lose congressional districts based on their total population.
The counts also set each state s share of votes in the Electoral College, which is determined by the number of representatives in their congressional delegation.
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Non-English speakers say language barriers have made it difficult to weigh in on the state s redistricting process. Latino and Asian American groups are working to change that as Texas lawmakers prepare to redraw political districts this year.
Shirley Ronquillo is the cofounder of a resident-led civic group called the Houston Department of Transformation. She lives in a part of unincorporated Harris County that needs help with a lot of basic things.
Flooding is a reoccurring problem. The area is a food desert, and clean water isn’t easy to come by.
Ronquillo said the community frequently needs to boil their water to avoid getting sick, but boil-water notices usually go unnoticed among the predominately Spanish-speaking residents.