State Stands To Lose U.S. House Seat

Based on 2010 predictions recently released by the Census Bureau, Pennsylvania appears to be losing seat in the U.S. House, going from 19 seats to 18. Other northern states will be losing seats as well, with southern and western states gaining representation.

Article 1, sec. 2 of the U.S. Constitution mandates the federal government undertake the effort of performing a decennial census to enumerate the population. The results of the population survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, are then used to determine the number of congressional seats awarded to the states, a state’s electoral votes and funding for government programs.

In calculating a state’s census, the bureau takes into account a number of factors, one of which is “international migration,â€