Utah grew the most. (+18.4%)

West Virginia shrank the most. (-3.2%)

#Census2021
Puerto Rico shrank by 11.8% since 2010
Texas gets 2 more seats.

Florida gets just one more (will have 28 seats).
Alaska
Delaware
North Dakota
South Dakota
Vermont
Wyoming

(Each have just 1 seat in the US House)
Average size of a congressional district:

2010 - 710,767

2020 - 761,169
FUN FACT: Virginia had the largest population of the 13-Colonies in 1776 with 747,610 residents

That means the average congressional district in 2022 will be bigger than any of the 13 original colonies.
There are those who have argued that we should expand the total number of reps in the US House.....

We'd need more desks and perhaps some help from the DC Fire Marshal
As far as losing seats....

California (-1)
Ohio (-1)
Illinois (-1)
Michigan (-1)
West Virginia (-1)
Pennsylvania (-1)
New York (-1)

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