Where does Minnesota rank among states competing for congressional seats?
Last December Gillaspy projected that Minnesota would just barely miss keeping its eight Congressional seats, based on an analysis of state population estimates from the Census Bureau. “Basically, this is a dead heat,” he said at the time. “Our chances of retaining eight seats are improving every day. What will decide the issue is getting everyone in Minnesota counted in the 2010 Census.” Gillaspy had projected that Missouri would receive the last seat apportioned, with Minnesota just missing by about 1,100 people — a difference of less than one month’s population change for Minnesota. The difference between California, Texas, Missouri and Minnesota for the last three seats is about 2,200 people, which is well within the potential estimating error, he noted. States projected to lose seats are Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, which is expected to lose two, according to Gillaspy. States projected to gain seats are Arizona, F
