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* [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/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.
* [https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/lcp/vol17/iss2/6/ Laurence F. Schmeckebier, The Method of Equal Proportions, 17 Law and Contemporary Problems 302-313 (Spring 1952)]


==Census Bureau Publications==
==Census Bureau Publications==
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==Math==
==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]
* [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]
 
* [https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=apportionment The History of the Congressional Apportionment Problem through a Mathematical Lens, Shannon Guerrero and Charles Biles, Homboldt State University, 2017]
* [https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R41357.html The U.S. House of Representatives Apportionment Formula in Theory and Practice, Congressional Research Service, August 4, 2010 – August 2, 2013]
* [https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41382.pdf The House of Representatives Apportionment Formula: An Analysis of Proposals for Change and Their Impact on States, Royce Crocker, CRS, August 26, 2010]


==Overview==
==Overview==
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* [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.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]
* [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]
* [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-103/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GGD-98-103.pdf Decennial Census: Overview of Historical Census Issues, US General Accounting Office, May 1998]
* [https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/wmlr/vol59/iss5/10 Pamela S. Karlan, Reapportionment, Nonapportionment, and Recovering Some Lost History of One Person, One Vote, 59 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 1921 (2018)]

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