By Benjamin Cox on April 26, 2021 at 2:48pm A map of Illinois' final census response in the 2020 Census. Illinois is losing 1 House set and electoral vote. Acting Director Ron Jarmin said that Illinois along with California, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia will each lose a house seat and an electoral college vote based on the first population data from the 2020 Census data. Texas, Florida, Colorado, Montana, North Carolina, and Oregon each gained seats. Associate Director of Demographics Victoria Velkoff said that most states were within 1% of their p...