# The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929: yes or no? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 26, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-permanent-apportionment-act-of-1929-yes-or-no/940815 "2021-04-26T22:13:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 101
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-permanent-apportionment-act-of-1929-yes-or-no/940815/101 "2021-04-30T21:21:11Z")
If there were a large number of states that were well below the 1 vote threshold you may have a point, but there aren’t. In fact even Wyoming isn’t actually affected by the 1 rep minimum. If that rule was eliminated it would still get 1 representative just due to the rounding of 0.76 (how many it deserves) up to 1. Using 2020 Census numbers from [this table](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_and_territories_of_the_United_States_by_population#State_and_territory_rankings), there are 6 states that get 1 representative (ignoring DC and other territories that get a non-voting member). These states have a total population of 4,609,028 so they get a representation for every 768,171 people. California has a 52 representatives for a population of 39,538,223 so one vote per 760,350 people. So relative to California this collection of the least populated states is actually very slightly underrepresented. ETA: Looking more carefully at the table, I think I may be comparing 2020 census numbers to 2010 apportionment so the actual totals may be slightly off, but the larger point still stands. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-permanent-apportionment-act-of-1929-yes-or-no/940815)._