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Republic on Trial: The Case for Representative Democracy

A book by political scientists Alan Rosenthal, John Hibbing, Burdett Loomis and Karl Kurtz that examines the question, Does representative democracy work?

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Table 5.1: Legislative Districts

.

Senates

Houses

.

Seats

District Pop

Seats

District Pop

U. S. Congress

100

NA

435

645,632

Alabama

35

127,060

105

42,353

Alaska

20

31,347

40

15,673

Arizona

30

171,021

60

171,021 *

Arkansas

35

76,383

100

26,734

California

40

846,791

80

423,396

Colorado

35

122,893

65

66,173

Connecticut

36

94,599

151

22,553

Delaware

21

37,314

41

19,112

Florida

40

399,559

120

133,186

Georgia

56

146,187

180

45,480

Hawaii

25

48,461

51

23,756

Idaho

35

36,970

70

36,970 *

Illinois

59

210,496

118

105,248

Indiana

50

121,610

100

60,805

Iowa

50

58,526

100

29,263

Kansas

40

67,210

125

21,507

Kentucky

38

106,362

100

40,418

Louisiana

39

114,589

105

42,562

Maine

35

36,426

151

8,443

Maryland

47

112,691

141

37,564

Massachusetts

40

158,727

160

39,682

Michigan

38

261,538

110

90,349

Minnesota

67

73,425

134

36,713

Mississippi

52

54,705

122

23,317

Missouri

34

164,565

163

34,326

Montana

50

18,044

100

9,022

Nebraska

49

34,924

Unicameral

Nevada

21

95,155

42

47,578

New Hampshire

24

51,491

400

3,089

New Jersey

40

210,359

80

210,359 *

New Mexico

42

43,311

70

25,986

New York

61

311,089

150

126,510

North Carolina

50

160,986

120

67,078

North Dakota

49

13,106

98

13,106 *

Ohio

33

344,035

99

114,678

Oklahoma

48

71,889

101

34,165

Oregon

30

114,047

60

57,023

Pennsylvania

50

245,621

203

60,498

Rhode Island

50

20,966

100

10,483

South Carolina

46

87,218

124

32,355

South Dakota

35

21,567

70

21,567 *

Tennessee

33

172,403

99

57,468

Texas

31

672,639

150

139,012

Utah

29

77,006

75

29,776

Vermont

30

20,294

150

4,059

Virginia

40

176,963

100

70,785

Washington

49

120,288

98

112,917 *

West Virginia

34

53,187

100

18,083

Wisconsin

33

162,536

99

54,179

Wyoming

30

16,459

60

8,230

Puerto Rico

29

133,107

52

74,233

Notes: District size is calculated by dividing the number of seats into total 2000 population. District sizes are for single-member districts in states with mixed district types.

* Two-member districts.


Posted 10/16/02

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