Constituents per State Legislative District
Legislatures Ranked by Size
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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 |
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|
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 |
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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 |
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* 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.
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures
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