Population and Representation in the House

[Keith Broaders]

1800 -   5,308,483                        141*       1 for every 37,649 people
1810 -   7,239,881                        182*       1 for every 39,780 people
1820 -   9,638,453                        187         1 for every 51,532 people
1830 - 12,866,020                        240*       1 for every 53,608 people
1840 - 17,069,453                        223*       1 for every 76,545 people
1850 - 23,191,876                        233         1 for every 99,535 people
1860 - 31,443,321                        178         1 for every 176,648 people
1870 - 38,558,371                        243 *      1 for every 158,676 people
1880 - 50,189,209                        325 *      1 for every 154,428 people
1890 - 62,979,766                        330         1 for every 212,060 people
1900 - 76,212,168                        386         1 for every 197,441 people
1910 - 92,228,496                        391         1 for every 235,879 people
1920 - 106,021,537                      435         1 for every 243,728 people
1930 - 123,202,624                      435         1 for every 283,224 people
1940 - 132,164,569                      435         1 for every 303,826 people
1950 - 151,325,798                      435         1 for every 347,875 people
1960 - 179,323,175                      435         1 for every 412,236 people
1970 - 203,302,031                      435         1 for every 467,361 people
1980 - 226,542,199                      435         1 for every 520,876 people
1990 - 248,709,873                      435         1 for every 567,149 people
2000 - 281,421,906                      435         1 for every 646,947 people
2010 - 307,745,538                      435         1 for every 707,460 people

The members of Congress in 2010 represented an average of 4 times as many people as they did back in 1910.

The members of Congress in 1810 represented an average of just under 40,000 people and in 2010 the average Congressman represented over 700,000 people.

[Donna]

We need to shrink the government and quit being so damn dependent on them