US population growth was at its slowest level since the 1930s over the past decade, according to updated Census data released Monday. The changes in population will also shift political maps, with the long-running trend of the South and West gaining population -- and congressional representation -- at the expense of the Northeast and the Midwest, is still intact.
Texas has gained two more votes in Congress and the Electoral College for the next decade, while Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon each gained one seat, based on the first set of results from the 2020 Census released Monday.
The seven states losing one vote each: California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Census will release data later this year that will outline growth in population centers that will assist states in redrawing congressional maps.