House seats by state, 1790 to 2020
After every census, the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are shared out again among the states. This page holds the seats each state had after every census from 1790 to 2020.
Every figure is the U.S. Census Bureau's. Seats are held for the whole period; resident population and people per seat only from 1910, because the Bureau's tables for earlier years give seats alone. A state that did not yet have seats, and the District of Columbia, which has no voting seat, show no figure. Nothing here is estimated.
Every census, with the House size
Tennessee in the House of Representatives
Tennessee first appears in the table for the 1790 census with 1 seat (it joined the Union in 1796) and is listed with 9 for the 2020 census. The most it has been listed with is 13, for the 1830 census.
- Seats
Before the first census the table counts the 13 original states only; a state that joined later has no figure until it has seats. A break in a line means no figure was published or held for that year. It does not mean zero.
Data table: Tennessee: seats in the House, census by census
| Census | Seats |
|---|---|
| 1789 | No figure |
| 1790 | 1 |
| 1800 | 3 |
| 1810 | 6 |
| 1820 | 9 |
| 1830 | 13 |
| 1840 | 11 |
| 1850 | 10 |
| 1860 | 8 |
| 1870 | 10 |
| 1880 | 10 |
| 1890 | 10 |
| 1900 | 10 |
| 1910 | 10 |
| 1920 | 10 |
| 1930 | 9 |
| 1940 | 10 |
| 1950 | 9 |
| 1960 | 9 |
| 1970 | 8 |
| 1980 | 9 |
| 1990 | 9 |
| 2000 | 9 |
| 2010 | 9 |
| 2020 | 9 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Table 3 and Historical Apportionment Data. As of November 2, 2026.
- Tennessee
- United States
The Bureau gives no population per seat before 1910 in these tables, so the lines start then.
Data table: Tennessee: people per seat, 1910 to 2020
| Census | Tennessee | United States |
|---|---|---|
| 1910 | 218,479 | 210,328 |
| 1920 | 233,789 | 241,864 |
| 1930 | 290,722 | 280,675 |
| 1940 | 291,584 | 301,164 |
| 1950 | 365,746 | 344,587 |
| 1960 | 396,343 | 410,481 |
| 1970 | 495,133 | 469,088 |
| 1980 | 510,083 | 519,235 |
| 1990 | 544,071 | 572,466 |
| 2000 | 633,337 | 646,952 |
| 2010 | 708,381 | 710,767 |
| 2020 | 768,544 | 761,169 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Apportionment Data. As of November 2, 2026.
Every census
| Census | Seats | Change | Resident population | People per seat | House total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | 0 | 6,910,840 | 768,544 | 435 |
| 2010 | 9 | 0 | 6,346,105 | 708,381 | 435 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 | 5,689,283 | 633,337 | 435 |
| 1990 | 9 | 0 | 4,877,185 | 544,071 | 435 |
| 1980 | 9 | +1 | 4,591,120 | 510,083 | 435 |
| 1970 | 8 | −1 | 3,923,687 | 495,133 | 435 |
| 1960 | 9 | 0 | 3,567,089 | 396,343 | 435 |
| 1950 | 9 | −1 | 3,291,718 | 365,746 | 437 |
| 1940 | 10 | +1 | 2,915,841 | 291,584 | 435 |
| 1930 | 9 | −1 | 2,616,556 | 290,722 | 435 |
| 1920 | 10 | 0 | 2,337,885 | 233,789 | 435 |
| 1910 | 10 | 0 | 2,184,789 | 218,479 | 435 |
| 1900 | 10 | 0 | Not in the tables | 391 | |
| 1890 | 10 | 0 | Not in the tables | 357 | |
| 1880 | 10 | 0 | Not in the tables | 332 | |
| 1870 | 10 | +2 | Not in the tables | 293 | |
| 1860 | 8 | −2 | Not in the tables | 243 | |
| 1850 | 10 | −1 | Not in the tables | 237 | |
| 1840 | 11 | −2 | Not in the tables | 232 | |
| 1830 | 13 | +4 | Not in the tables | 242 | |
| 1820 | 9 | +3 | Not in the tables | 213 | |
| 1810 | 6 | +3 | Not in the tables | 186 | |
| 1800 | 3 | +2 | Not in the tables | 142 | |
| 1790 | 1 | New, 1 | Not in the tables | 106 | |
| 1789 (Constitution) | No seats listed | Not in the tables | 65 |
Change is the seats in that census minus the seats in the column before; "New" marks the first column in which the state has seats. "Not in the tables" means the Bureau's tables for 1790 to 1900 give no population. Table 3 counts, in a census column, seats given to a state admitted after the census (Arizona and New Mexico in 1910, Alaska and Hawaii in 1950).
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Seats: U.S. Census Bureau, Table 3, Apportionment of Membership of the U.S. House of Representatives: 1789 to 2010 ↗ (2010 Census, CPH-2-1); 2020 from Historical Apportionment Data, 1910 to 2020 ↗. Held as of November 2, 2026. File SHA-256: 3c67c713aea5a02b… (Table 3), d9be9c833ad936ee… (CSV).
Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Historical Apportionment Data ↗, 1910 to 2020 only. The tables for 1790 to 1900 give seats but no population, so this archive shows none for those years.