2020 Census Results Released By The U.S. Census Bureau

Results of the 2020 census have been released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The total population of the United States has reached over 331.4 million people. In 2010 the population was 208.7 million, this marks the second slowest population growth rate in U.S. history besides the rate in 1930 to 1940 during the Great Depression. Acting Director of the Census Bureau Ron Jarmin said “While no census is perfect, we are confident that today’s 2020 census results meet our high data quality standards. We would not be releasing them to you otherwise.”

In terms of redistricting, Florida, Colorado, Montana, Oregon and North Carolina will all gain one new seat in the house in 2022, and Texas will gain two. The states losing seats are California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Census Bureau officials said that if they had counted 89 more people in New York and all other state populations had stayed the same, the state would not have lost a district. More details will also be released by the end of September that states can use to draw the boundaries of their congressional districts.