Californians will find out Monday whether the Golden State has lost a congressional seat.
The U.S. Census Bureau was set to release the 2020 population count on Monday afternoon, which could reshape not only the political landscape in the Golden State but the nation as a whole.
Conducted once every 10 years, the count will determine how many seats in the U.S. House of Representatives each state gets. The House has 435 seats total, determined by population. According to the group Election Data Services Inc., California is one of several seats that could lose a single seat — going from 53 seats to 52. New York could lose two seats, while Florida and Texas could gain seats. That could affect Electoral College votes that determine presidential races.
California has never previously lost a seat in the state’s history and while analysts say the Bay Area is unlikely to lose a seat, Southern California could take a hit and districts across the state could be redrawn. The shift is anticipated in part because population growth has slowed in recent years, with some residents fleeing California’s expensive housing market for places like Texas.According to 2019 projections from the Rose Institute of State and Local Government at Claremont McKenna College, the Bay Area may actually gain influence.
“Slow growth rates in parts of Los Angeles County mean those regions are likely to see their influence reduced in Sacramento and Washington, while relatively high growth rates in the San Francisco Bay Area and the San Bernardino/Riverside County Inland Empire mean those areas are likely to increase their influence after the 2021 redistricting,” Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson said in a statement at the time.
The Census count will also determine how federal funds are distributed.
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