April 20, 2021 12:07 PM
As we get closer to the promised release of official 2020 Census numbers, politicians in Alabama and New York have reason to sweat a bit.
The state population totals coming out by the end of this month will decide how the 435 seats in the House are divided among the states for the next decade, with faster-growing places gaining and the rest staying the same or losing.
Each state is guaranteed one district under the Constitution. An arcane formula that governs reapportionment creates a rank-ordered list of âpriority valuesâ that determine which states get House seats 51 through 435.
In an analysis by Election Data Services of April 2020 population estimates, New Yorkâs 26th District was projected to be No. 435, just ahead of Alabamaâs 7th District.