TEXAS TO GAIN TWO CONGRESSIONAL SEATS AS CENSUS SHOWS 4 MILLION NEW RESIDENTS

  

The state of Texas has gained two additional congressional seats and electoral votes as a result of population growth indicated in the 2020 Census.

On Monday, the U.S. Census Bureau announced the state has gained 4 million residents since 2010, with a total population of over 29 million people.

This will give the state 38 congressional representatives and 40 electoral votes in the 2024 and 2028 presidential elections, second only to California’s 52 representatives and 54 electoral votes.  California is also the only state that has a higher population than Texas, at nearly 40 million residents.

Texas was the only state to add two seats to the U.S. House, although five states did add one seat: Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon.

Seven states each lost one congressional seat, those being California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Texas has gained at least one new congressional seat after every census since 1950, and two or more seats after each census since 1980.