WASHINGTON, April 14, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
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Profile America — Thursday, April 14th. The distribution of political representation under the Constitution was authorized on this date in 1792. Based on the results of the 1790 Census, the House of Representatives was to be apportioned according to population, coming as near to equal populations in the districts as could be determined. That first census counted a resident population of over 3.9 million people in the soon to be 15 states. There were then 105 seats in the House of Representatives, and the Apportionment Act raised to 33,000 from the Constitution's specified 30,000 as the population target for each representative's district. In today's House, 435 representatives serve some 321 million resident Americans, an average of over 733,000 each. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at www.census.gov.
Sources: Kane's Famous First Facts, 2582
1790 Census: http://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1790_fast_facts.html
1792 legislation:
https://www.census.gov/history/www/reference/apportionment/apportionment_legislation_1790_-_1830.html
Population: http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045214/00
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotion of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Audio" in the "Library" pull-down menu).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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