Census 2020 - Texas to gain 2 congressional seats - CA, IL, and NY each losing 1

331 million people in the US now.

Louisiana total: 4,648,794

Largest Parishes:
1. East Baton Rouge 443,763
2 Jefferson 434,850
3. Orleans 390,845
4. St Tammany 255,155
5. Caddo 245,831
6. Lafayette 241,973
7. Calcasieu 201,619
8. Ouachita 155,494




Sobering fact:

New Orleans population in 1960: 627,525
New Orleans population in 2020: 390,845

New Orleans is down 236,680 people from its high water mark. It's still down 93,829 from the census before Katrina.

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Census Bureau announces 331 million people in US, Texas will add two congressional seats

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(CNN)The US Census Bureau announced Monday that the total population of the United States has topped 331 million people, marking the country's second slowest population growth rate in US history. Amid that, Texas will gain two seats in the redistricting process, the results found.

Additionally, Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon will each gain one seat in Congress.
California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia will all lose congressional seats ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.
The results -- which show that political power in the country is shifting from states in the Midwest and Northeast to those in the South and West -- will have wide-ranging impacts on numerous aspects of American life, ranging from each state's representation in Congress to the amount of money each state will get from the federal government. The numbers could shift the political makeup of Congress and set up what will likely be contentious redistricting battles in the coming months.

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