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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. | ||
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== The 2020 Census == | == 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] | * [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 | ||
==Math== | |||
* [https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01621459.1985.10478188 Statistical Aspects of Equitable Apportionment, Bruce D. Spencer, Journal of the American Statistical Association, Pages 815-822 | Received 01 May 1982, Published online: 12 Mar 2012] | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
* [https://scholarlycommons.law.case.edu/caselrev/vol62/iss4/11/ Baker v. Carr, the Census, and the Political and Statistical Geography of the United States: The Origin and Impact of Public Law 94-171, Margo Anderson, Case Western Reserve University Law Review, Vol 36, Issue 4 (2012)] | |||
* [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] | ||
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reapportionment_Act_of_1929 | |||
* [https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/05/31/u-s-population-keeps-growing-but-house-of-representatives-is-same-size-as-in-taft-era/ U.S. population keeps growing, but House of Representatives is same size as in Taft era, Drew Desilver, Pew Research Center, May 31, 2018] | |||
* [https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2002/summer/1930-census-perspective.html The 1930 Census in Perspective, Summer 2002, Vol. 34, No. 2, By David Hendricks and Amy Patterson, National Archives] | |||
Revision as of 18:10, 9 September 2020
Collected references on apportionment.
Historic
- 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. (AMS.ORG copy)
- 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
- 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
- 1920 Overview
The 2020 Census
- 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
Math
Overview
- Margo Anderson, An Enumeration of the Population: A history of the Census, Winter 2010 Insights on Law & Society
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reapportionment_Act_of_1929
- U.S. population keeps growing, but House of Representatives is same size as in Taft era, Drew Desilver, Pew Research Center, May 31, 2018
- The 1930 Census in Perspective, Summer 2002, Vol. 34, No. 2, By David Hendricks and Amy Patterson, National Archives
