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Originally Posted by dimondpark
I mean don't get me wrong, Texas' growth is cute and all and you grew by 4 million people but only gained 2 seats?(ugh)
I've been studying this data since I was in middle school and I can say with certainty that at this rate, Neither TX nor any other state in the 20M+ range will ever see this kind of growth ever again.
California 1980-1990
Population Growth: +6,092,257
Population Growth Rate: +25.74%
Change in Congressional Seats: +7
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Holy crap. CA's 1980's growth was freaking incredible. Doubt that will ever come close to being matched.
It also illustrates that population growth, by itself, isn't necessarily transformational. CA had blistering growth, yet its metros in 1990 don't seem radically transformed from 1980, just a lot bigger/richer/sprawlier.