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==Historic==
==Historic==
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2965187?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents A New Method of Apportionment of Representatives, Edward V. Huntington, Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 17, No. 135 (Sep., 1921), pp. 859-870 (12 pages)].  Does an excellent job explaining the challenge in apportioning the House of Representatives according to the principles set out in the US Constitution, and why other countries or legislative bodies don't face similar challenges. Proposes a workable solution.
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2965187?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents A New Method of Apportionment of Representatives, Edward V. Huntington, Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 17, No. 135 (Sep., 1921), pp. 859-870 (12 pages)].  Does an excellent job explaining the challenge in apportioning the House of Representatives according to the principles set out in the US Constitution, and why other countries or legislative bodies don't face similar challenges. Proposes a workable solution.
** [https://www.ams.org/journals/tran/1928-030-01/S0002-9947-1928-1501423-0/S0002-9947-1928-1501423-0.pdf AMS.ORG copy]
 
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2281533 Methods of Apportioning Seats in the House of Representatives, Walter F. Willcox, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 49, No. 268 (Dec., 1954), pp. 685-695 (11 pages)] Another nice overview, from Wilcox, who prepared the 1900 apportionment table.
* [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2281533 Methods of Apportioning Seats in the House of Representatives, Walter F. Willcox, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol. 49, No. 268 (Dec., 1954), pp. 685-695 (11 pages)] Another nice overview, from Wilcox, who prepared the 1900 apportionment table.


==Census Bureau Publications==
* [https://www.census.gov/srd/papers/pdf/rrs2005-01.pdf Imputation, Apportionment, and Statistical Methods in the U.S. Census: Issues Surrounding Utah v. Evans, Patrick J. Cantwell, Howard Hogan and Kathleen M. Styles, Research Report Series 2005-01]
* [https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/overview/1920.html 1920 Overview]


 
== The 2020 Census ==
* [https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/padr.12230 Apportionment of the US House of Representatives in 2020 under Alternative Immigration‐Based Scenarios, Amanda K. Baumle  Dudley L. Poston Jr., First published: 25 February 2019] https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12230]


==Overview==
==Overview==
* [https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/publications/insights-on-law-and-society/volume-20/issue-2/an-enumeration-of-the-population--a-history-of-the-census/ Margo Anderson, An Enumeration of the Population: A history of the Census, Winter 2010 Insights on Law & Society]
* [https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/publications/insights-on-law-and-society/volume-20/issue-2/an-enumeration-of-the-population--a-history-of-the-census/ Margo Anderson, An Enumeration of the Population: A history of the Census, Winter 2010 Insights on Law & Society]

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