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Population Base for Apportionment and the Number of Representatives Apportioned: 1790-2000
- Original data are from U.S. Census Bureau. “Congressional Apportionment”
- Original data are from U.S. Census Bureau. “Congressional Apportionment”
- Data of 1790-1980 are from Balinski and Young, 2001, “Fair Representation; 2nd ed."
- Data of 1990 and 2000 are from U.S. Census Bureau. “Congressional Apportionment"
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- Equal Proportions Method (Hill’s)
- Major Fractions Method (Webster’s)
- (a) How to Use? – Calculation Flow Chart.
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(b) Calculation tables – Using Hill’s (Equal Proportions) Method and Webster’s
(Major Fractions) Method. This excel version file contains “macros”, so please choose “enable macros” when you open this file. ( you will be asked about this question before you see the file…)