Show CENSUS U.S. Population Now As of April there were persons in the United That is the official count as recently represented an Increase of j. the 1940 Ii the last years there has ben a considerable shift In the concentration o. the As a result sever states will gain a total of 14 In the house of nine states will lose that many seat The reapportionment will take effect In the congress convening in assuming the- total of the house is not changed In the Congress could change the membership total of the house If it but most observer believed this unlikely |