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Puerto Rican Statehood: Effects on House Apportionment1 (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Feb. 20, 2002
Report Number RS21151
Report Type Report
Authors David C. Huckabee, Government and Finance Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

Statehood for Puerto Rico would likely cause Congress to explore whether the current limit of 435 on the total number of Representatives should be changed. If Puerto Rico had been a state when the 2000 census was taken, it would have been entitled to six Representatives based on its 2000 census population of 3.8 million residents. These new Representatives could have been accommodated by either expanding the size of the House, or adhering to the current 435-seat statutory limit, thereby reducing the number of Representatives in other states.