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Population Figures Announced: Florida Gets 2 New Seats In Congress
December 21, 2010
Florida picked up two new seats in Congress in the new apportionment announced Tuesday morning with the data on national and state population from the U.S. Census.
Florida will have 27 members of Congress after the reapportionment is completed. The state Legislature will draw the new map, deciding where to place the new districts.
Florida remains the fourth largest state in the nation, with 18,801,310 people, a 17.6 percent increase over 2000. The U.S. population on April 1 was reported as 308.7 million.
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