Census Data Release and Reapportionment

NYT: "By that new count, Texas will gain four new seats, Florida will gain two, while New York and Ohio each lose two. Fourteen other states gained or lost one seat. The gainers included Arizona, Georgia, South Carolina, Utah and Nevada, and the losers included Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Louisiana."

Washington Post: "The westward movement of the U.S. population means six districts in states that went for Obama will shift to states that went for McCain -- a small but significant shift that could help a GOP presidential candidate in 2012, provided they can hold those states for the party."

See also the official census data.

Posted by Rick Hasen at December 21, 2010 09:29 AM