Do the apportionment population counts include Americans overseas?
Yes, the apportionment counts include those overseas federal employees (military and civilian) and their dependents living with them that can be allocated back to a home state. Included in these counts are members of the U.S. Armed Forces on military vessels assigned to a home port in a foreign country and their dependents overseas living in port near them. Private U.S. citizens living abroad, who are not employed by the Federal government are not included in the overseas counts for apportionment. • Question: What is the source of the overseas population counts? Answer: Overseas counts by home state were provided by the employing federal departments and agencies from their administrative records. • Question: Are the overseas population counts used for redistricting? Answer: No, the overseas counts are used solely for reapportioning seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. The home state data for the overseas population do not meet the substate geographical precision required to cond
