The following corrected table of population and representation, according to the returns of the Eighth Census, is from the
Superintendent of the Census Office,
Washington.--It will be seen that some of the States lose Representatives in Congress, while others gain from one to four members:
Census of 1860.
States. | free. | slave. | Total. | Rep.
in 38 Cong. | Loss. | Gain. |
Alabama | 529,164 | 435,132 | 964,296 | 6 | 1 | |
Arkansas | 324,323 | 111,104 | 435,427 | 3 | | 1 |
California | 380,015 | | 380,015 | 3 | | 1 |
Connecticut | 460,151 | | 460,151 | 4 | | |
Delaware | 110,420 | 1,79 | 112,218 | 1 | | |
Florida | 78,686 | 61,753 | 140,439 | 1 | | |
Georgia | 595,097 | 462,230 | 1,057,327 | 7 | 1 | |
Illinois | 1,711,753 | | 1,711,753 | 13 | | 4 |
Indiana | 1,350,479 | | 1,350,479 | 11 | | |
Iowa | 674,948 | | 674,948 | 5 | | 3 |
Kansas | 107,110 | | 107,110 | 1 | | |
Kentucky | 930,223 | 225,490 | 1,155,713 | 8 | 2 | |
Louisiana | 376,913 | 332,520 | 700,433 | 5 | | 1 |
Maine | 628,276 | | 628,276 | 5 | 1 | |
Maryland | 599,846 | 87,188 | 687,034 | 5 | 1 | |
Massachusetts | 1,231,065 | | 1,231,065 | 10 | 1 | |
Mississippi | 354,699 | 436,696 | 791,395 | 5 | | |
Missouri | 1,058,352 | 114,965 | 1,173,317 | 9 | | 2 |
Michigan | 749,112 | | 749,112 | 6 | | 2 |
Minnesota | 162,022 | | 162,022 | 1 | 1 | |
N. Hampshire | 326,072 | | 326,072 | 3 | | |
N. Jersey | 672,031 | | 672,031 | 5 | | |
N. York | 3,887,542 | | 3,887,542 | 31 | 2 | |
N. Carolina | 661,586 | 331,081 | 992,667 | 7 | 1 | |
Ohio | 2,339,599 | | 2,339,599 | 18 | 3 | |
Oregon | 52,464 | | 52,464 | 1 | | |
Pennsylvania | 2,906,370 | | 2,996,370 | 23 | 2 | |
R. Island | 174,621 | | 174,621 | 1 | 1 | |
S. Carolina | 301,271 | 402,541 | 703,812 | 4 | 2 | |
Tennessee | 834,063 | 275,784 | 1,109,847 | 8 | 2 | |
Texas | 420,651 | 180,388 | 601,039 | 4 | | 2 |
Virginia | 1,105,190 | 490,887 | 1,596,083 | 11 | 2 | |
Vermont | 315,116 | | 315,116 | 2 | 1 | |
Wisconsin | 775,879 | | 775,873 | 6 | | 3 |
Total | 27,185,109 | 3949,557 | 31,134,666 | 233 | 24 | 19 |
Territories.
Colorado | 34,197 | | 34,197 | | | | |
Dakotas | 4,829 | | 4,839 | | | |
Nebraska | 28,832 | 10 | 28,842 | | | |
Nevada | 6,857 | | 6,857 | | | |
N. Mexico | 93,517 | 24 | 93,541 | | | |
Utah | 40,268 | 29 | 40,295 | | | |
Washington | 11,578 | | 11,578 | | | |
D. of Colum. | 71,895 | 3,181 | 75,076 | | | |
Total | 27,477,090 | 3952,801 | 31,429,891 | | | |
The whole number of Representatives is by law fixed at two hundred and thirty-three, who are apportioned among the States respectively, by dividing the number of the free population of the States, to which, in slaveholding States, three-fifths of the slaves is added, by the number two hundred and thirty-three, and the product of such division (rejecting all fractions of a unit,) shall be thereto of representation of the several States; but as the number and amount of the fractions among so many dividends would, of course, in the aggregate, be sufficient to reduce the number of Representatives below the number specified, it was provided that the whole number should be supplied by assigning to so many States having the largest fractions, an additional member each for its fraction, until the number of two hundred and thirty-three members should be assigned to the several States.