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Constituents per State Legislative District

Legislatures Ranked by Size

 

STATE

Total Legislative Seats

2002 Resident Population

Pop. Rank

Senate Seats

Constituents per Senate District

Senate Rank

House Seats

Constituents per House District

House Rank

California

120

33,871,648

1

40

846,791

1

80

423,396

1

Texas

181

20,851,820

2

31

672,639

2

150

139,012

2

New York

211

18,976,457

3

62

311,089

5

150

126,510

4

Florida

160

15,982,378

4

40

399,559

3

120

133,186

3

Illinois

177

12,419,293

5

59

210,496

8

118

105,248

6

Pennsylvania

253

12,281,054

6

50

245,621

7

203

60,498

14

Ohio

132

11,353,140

7

33

344,035

4

99

114,678

5

Michigan

148

9,938,444

8

38

261,538

6

110

90,349

8

New Jersey*

120

8,414,350

9

40

210,359

9

80

105,179

7

Georgia

236

8,186,453

10

56

146,187

17

180

45,480

20

North Carolina

170

8,049,313

11

50

160,986

15

120

67,078

11

Virginia

140

7,078,515

12

40

176,963

10

100

70,785

10

Massachusetts

200

6,349,097

13

40

158,727

16

160

39,682

24

Indiana

150

6,080,485

14

50

121,610

20

100

60,805

13

Washington*

147

5,894,121

15

49

120,288

21

98

60,144

15

Tennessee

132

5,689,283

16

33

172,403

11

99

57,468

16

Missouri

197

5,595,211

17

34

164,565

13

163

34,326

27

Wisconsin

132

5,363,675

18

33

162,536

14

99

54,179

18

Maryland

188

5,296,486

19

47

112,691

24

141

37,564

25

Arizona*

90

5,130,632

20

30

171,021

12

60

85,511

9

Minnesota

201

4,919,479

21

67

73,425

31

134

36,713

26

Louisiana

144

4,468,976

22

39

114,589

22

105

42,562

21

Alabama

140

4,447,100

23

35

127,060

18

105

42,353

22

Colorado

100

4,301,261

24

35

122,893

19

65

66,173

12

Kentucky

138

4,041,769

25

38

106,362

25

100

40,418

23

South Carolina

170

4,012,012

26

46

87,218

28

124

32,355

29

Oklahoma

149

3,450,654

27

48

71,889

32

101

34,165

28

Oregon

90

3,421,399

28

30

114,047

23

60

57,023

17

Connecticut

187

3,405,565

29

36

94,599

27

151

22,553

36

Iowa

150

2,926,324

30

50

58,526

34

100

29,263

31

Mississippi

174

2,844,658

31

52

54,705

35

122

23,317

35

Kansas

165

2,688,418

32

40

67,210

33

125

21,507

37

Arkansas

135

2,673,400

33

35

76,383

30

100

26,734

32

Utah

104

2,233,169

34

29

77,006

29

75

29,776

30

Nevada

63

1,998,257

35

21

95,155

26

42

47,578

19

New Mexico

112

1,819,046

36

42

43,311

39

70

25,986

33

West Virginia

134

1,808,344

37

34

53,187

36

100

18,083

40

Nebraska

49

1,711,263

38

49

34,924

43

NA

NA

Idaho*

105

1,293,953

39

35

36,970

41

70

18,485

39

Maine

186

1,274,923

40

35

36,426

42

151

8,443

45

New Hampshire

424

1,235,786

41

24

51,491

37

400

3,089

49

Hawaii

76

1,211,537

42

25

48,461

38

51

23,756

34

Rhode Island

150

1,048,319

43

38

20,966

46

75

10,483

43

Montana

150

902,195

44

50

18,044

48

100

9,022

44

Delaware

62

783,600

45

21

37,314

40

41

19,112

38

South Dakota*

105

754,844

46

35

21,567

45

70

10,783

42

North Dakota*

147

642,200

47

49

13,106

50

98

6,553

47

Alaska

60

626,932

48

20

31,347

44

40

15,673

41

Vermont

180

608,827

49

30

20,294

47

150

4,059

48

Wyoming

90

493,782

50

30

16,459

49

60

8,230

46

Puerto Rico
(1996 data)

81

3,860,091

29

133,107

52

74,233

U.S. Congress

535

284,709,938

100

2,847,099

435

654,506

* All house districts are two-member districts.

In states with mixed multi-member districts, district population is for single-member districts.
District population is calculated by dividing the number of seats into total 2000 population.

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