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Maine population grew slowly over the last decade By PATRICK WHITTLEApril 26, 2021 GMT PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s population grew slowly over the last decade, in which the state added about 34,000 residents, the U.S. Census Bureau reported on Monday. The new census data place Maine’s population at 1,362,359. That’s an increase of about 2.6%, or 33,998 people, from 2010. The state population grew more slowly during the 2010s than the 2000s, when Maine grew by more than 4% and added more than 50,000 people. Neither population change warranted a change to the state’s congressional ...

Rapid population growth gives Montana 2nd US House seat By IRIS SAMUELSApril 26, 2021 GMT HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana’s recent population boom will let the state regain the second U.S. House seat it lost nearly 30 years ago, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures released Monday. With over 1 million people, the state’s current at-large congressional district is the most populous in the U.S. and is second only to Alaska’s in geographic size. Growing from one to two seats, Montana will go from being the least represented state in the union — with close to a million people in the sin...

Pennsylvania population lag costs state a US House seat By MARC LEVYApril 26, 2021 GMT HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — For Pennsylvania, the official word that its population growth continues to lag behind the nation’s marks the 10th consecutive decade the Keystone State has lost clout in Congress and presidential contests, even as it rose a notch to the fifth-most populous state. The state has become one of the most important presidential battlegrounds but will have one fewer electoral vote to offer candidates in the next election — from 20 to 19 — and it will have one less representative in ...

Texas' torrid growth over the past decade is paying off with a major boost in political clout -- two additional congressional seats and electoral votes...

South Carolina grows by double digits again, tops 5M people By JEFFREY COLLINSApril 26, 2021 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s population grew by double-digit percentage points for the fifth decade in a row, but that wasn’t enough for the state to add another U.S. House seat, according to U.S. census data for 2020 released Monday. South Carolina had 5,118,425 people as of April 1, 2020. The state grew by 10.7% from 2010, adding 493,041 people, according to the census data. South Carolina added its seventh U.S. House seat in 2010 but was not one of the six states to gain an addi...