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UNITES STATES CENSUS HISTORICAL POPULATION AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APPORTIONMENT

Resident Population and Apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives
CALIFORNIA  
Year Resident Population Number of Representatives
2000  33,871,648 53
1990  29,760,021 52
1980  23,667,764 45
1970  19,971,069 43
1960  15,717,204 38
1950  10,586,223 30
1940    6,907,387 23
1930    5,677,251 20
1920    3,426,861 11
1910    2,377,549 11
1900    1,485,053 8
1890    1,213,398 7
1880       864,694 6
1870       560,247 4
1860       379,994 3
1850        92,597 2
1840  - 2
1830  - ...
1820  - ...
1810  - ...
1800  - ...
1790  - ...
1789   ...  

1.  The resident population excludes the overseas population.
2.   Congressional apportionment for each state is based upon (1) the resident population and (2) the overseas U.S. military and federal civilian employees (and their dependents living with them) allocated to their home state, as reported by the employing federal agencies.

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