United States Congressional Apportionment - House Size

House Size

Ratio of representation in the House, 1789–1913
Years Source Constituents
per Rep.
1789 U.S. Const. ≥30,000
1793–1803 1790 Census 33,000
1803–1813 1800 Census 33,000
1813–1823 1810 Census 35,000
1823–1833 1820 Census 40,000
1833–1843 1830 Census 47,700
1843–1853 1840 Census 70,680
1853–1863 1850 Census 93,425
1863–1873 1860 Census 127,381
1873–1883 1870 Census 131,425
1883–1893 1880 Census 151,912
1893–1903 1890 Census 173,901
1903–1913 1900 Census 194,182
1913–1923 1910 Census 212,407

The size of the U.S. House of Representatives refers to total number of congressional districts (or seats) into which the land area of the United States proper has been divided. The number of voting representatives is currently set at 435. There are an additional five delegates to the House of Representatives. They represent the District of Columbia and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, which first elected a representative in 2008, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Puerto Rico also elects a resident commissioner every four years.

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