New York state would not have lost a seat in Congress if it had counted 89 more people, a Census Bureau official said on Monday.
The statistic was revealed during an announcement on which states would gain or lose congressional seats in the next election based on the 2020 census count.
“What we have is that if New York had had 89 more people, they would have received one more seat,” said Kristin Koslap, a senior technical expert for the 2020 census apportionment in the bureau’s Population Division. She clarified that all other state populations would have had to remain the same.
She added that Minnesota took the seat instead.
TEXAS AND FLORIDA TO GET NEW HOUSE SEATS, BOOSTING GOP 2022 CHANCES FOR MAJORITY
There were 20,215,751 New York residents in 2020, according to census officials, up from 19,378,102 people in 2010. Minnesota’s population has also grown. The state now has 5,709,752 residents, up from 5,314,879 in 2010, according to the Twin Cities Pioneer Press.
Officials said Texas will gain two seats, while Florida, Colorado, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon will each gain one.
California, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, will each lose a seat, along with New York, which currently has 27 seats in the House.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Each state will have to complete its redistricting process before filing deadlines for the state’s next primary elections for federal and state legislatures, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The Washington Examiner reached out to the New York State Attorney General’s Office for comment on whether the state would take legal action on the matter but did not immediately receive a response.
