2022 - 2030 Federal Representation
by People per House Seat, Senate Seat,
and Electors

Sorted by People per Elector

In the wake of Election 2000, there has been a lot of talk about the "unfairness" of the Electoral College. However, the United States is a Republic. Each state receives one Elector for each Senator and one Elector for each Representative it sends to Congress. The District of Columbia has 3 Electors, 0 Senators, and 0 Representatives.

"Each state shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress;..." (Article II, Section. 1. of the Constitution).
"A number of electors of President and Vice President equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which the District would be entitled if it were a State, but in no event more than the least populous State;..." (Amendment XXIII. of the Constitution, ratified March 29, 1961)

If then, there is "unfairness" in the allocation of the Electoral College, there must also be "unfairness" in the allocation of Congress. A minimum one Representative per State, regardless of its population, could also be construed as unfair (note that almost all the States are in the one Congressman per 600 to 700-something thousand range... note the disparities from that re: those States that have 1 Representative which is even more exacerbated with their 3 Electoral Votes).

This page allows you to sort the states alphabetically, by population, and by people per Elector, Senator, and House Member. Note: The Apportionment Population is shown for each state while the Resident Population is used for DC (the apportionment population excludes the population of the District of Columbia).

References:

 
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Rank State Population Percentage
of
Population		 Electors People
per
Elector		 Senators People
per
Senate
seat		 House
seats		 People
per
House
seat
1California39,576,75711.93%54732,903219,788,37952761,091
2Texas29,183,2908.80%40729,582214,591,64538767,981
3New York20,215,7516.09%28721,991210,107,87626777,529
4Florida21,570,5276.50%30719,018210,785,26428770,376
5Ohio11,808,8483.56%17694,63825,904,42415787,257
6Pennsylvania13,011,8443.92%19684,83426,505,92217765,403
7Illinois12,822,7393.86%19674,88126,411,37017754,279
8Michigan10,084,4423.04%15672,29625,042,22113775,726
9Georgia10,725,2743.23%16670,33025,362,63714766,091
10Virginia8,654,5422.61%13665,73424,327,27111786,777
11New Jersey9,294,4932.80%14663,89224,647,24712774,541
12North Carolina10,453,9483.15%16653,37225,226,97414746,711
13Arizona7,158,9232.16%11650,81123,579,4629795,436
14Washington7,715,9462.33%12642,99623,857,97310771,595
15Massachusetts7,033,4692.12%11639,40623,516,7359781,497
16Tennessee6,916,8972.08%11628,80923,458,4499768,544
17Maryland6,185,2781.86%10618,52823,092,6398773,160
18Indiana6,790,2802.05%11617,29823,395,1409754,476
19Missouri6,160,2811.86%10616,02823,080,1418770,035
20Wisconsin5,897,4731.78%10589,74722,948,7378737,184
21Louisiana4,661,4681.40%8582,68422,330,7346776,911
22Colorado5,782,1711.74%10578,21722,891,0868722,771
23Minnesota5,709,7521.72%10570,97522,854,8768713,719
24South Carolina5,124,7121.54%9569,41222,562,3567732,102
25Oklahoma3,963,5161.19%7566,21721,981,7585792,703
26Kentucky4,509,3421.36%8563,66822,254,6716751,557
27Alabama5,030,0531.52%9558,89522,515,0277718,579
28Utah3,275,2520.99%6545,87521,637,6264818,813
29Iowa3,192,4060.96%6532,06821,596,2034798,102
30Oregon4,241,5001.28%8530,18822,120,7506706,917
31Nevada3,108,4620.94%6518,07721,554,2314777,116
32Connecticut3,608,2981.09%7515,47121,804,1495721,660
33Arkansas3,013,7560.91%6502,29321,506,8784753,439
34Mississippi2,963,9140.89%6493,98621,481,9574740,979
35Kansas2,940,8650.89%6490,14421,470,4334735,216
36Idaho1,841,3770.55%4460,3442920,6892920,689
37West Virginia1,795,0450.54%4448,7612897,5232897,523
38New Mexico2,120,2200.64%5424,04421,060,1103706,740
39Nebraska1,963,3330.59%5392,6672981,6673654,444
40Hawaii1,460,1370.44%4365,0342730,0692730,069
41New Hampshire1,379,0890.42%4344,7722689,5452689,545
42Maine1,363,5820.41%4340,8962681,7912681,791
43Delaware990,8370.30%3330,2792495,4191990,837
44South Dakota887,7700.27%3295,9232443,8851887,770
45Rhode Island1,098,1630.33%4274,5412549,0822549,082
46Montana1,085,4070.33%4271,3522542,7042542,704
47North Dakota779,7020.23%3259,9012389,8511779,702
48Alaska736,0810.22%3245,3602368,0411736,081
49District of Columbia689,5450.21%3229,8480 0 
50Vermont643,5030.19%3214,5012321,7521643,503
51Wyoming577,7190.17%3192,5732288,8601577,719
Totals331,797,979100.00%538 100 435 
State Average (1)   519,531 3,311,084 752,689
Country Average (2)   616,725 3,311,084 761,169
 

(1) The averages are computed by weighing each state equally. The District of Columbia is included in the Elector compuatations but not in the Senate or House computations.

  • People Per Elector = Sum of (People per Elector) ÷ 51 jurisdictions
  • People Per Senate Seat = Sum of (People per Senate Seat) ÷ 50 jurisdictions
  • People Per House Seat = Sum of (People per House Seat) ÷ 50 jurisdictions

(2) The averages are computed using the total population of country. The District of Columbia is included in the Elector compuatations but not in the Senate or House computations.

  • People Per Elector = Population of 331,797,979 ÷ 538 electors
  • People Per Senate Seat = Population of 331,108,434 ÷ 100 Senate Seats
  • People Per House Seat = Population of 331,108,434 ÷ 435 House Seats
 
 

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  An Historical Analysis of the Electoral College  
 
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