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2020 Census: What is Apportionment?
2020 Census: What is Apportionment?
This video explains how apportionment works — the process of distributing the 435 memberships, or seats, in the U.S. House of Representatives among the 50 states based on the apportionment population counts from the 2020 Census.
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