When are the apportionment population counts given to the President, Congress, and to the States?
Count to the President. Title 13, U.S. Code, requires that the apportionment population counts for each state be delivered to the President within 9 months of Census Day. Count to the Congress. According to Title 2, U.S. Code, within 1 week of the opening of the next session of the Congress in the new year, the President must report to the Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives the apportionment population counts for each state and the number of representatives to which each state is entitled. Count to the States. According to Title 2, U.S. Code, within 15 days of receiving the apportionment population counts from the President, the Clerk of the House must inform each state governor of the number of representatives to which each state is entitled. What is the difference between apportionment and redistricting? Population data from the decennial census provide the basis for both apportioning seats in the House of Representatives among the states and for redistricting this and other
