The results are in!

Census 2010 reported 308,745,538 people living in the United States on April 1, 2010.  Now what?

We’re glad you asked.

The answer is reapportionment.(editor: Huh?)  That’s the act of reallocating the 435 seats available in the House of Representatives.  The outcome of the Census tells us how many congressmen/women are awarded to each state.  As a matter of fact, this is why we have a census in the first place.

In Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution you can find the Founding Fathers’ plans for the census and apportionment process.

Still confused?  Check out this video from the U. S. Census Bureau.