1790: Total population: 3,893,874 people.
1791: 105 Representatives.
Average Congressional district size = ~ 37,000 people.
1900: Total population: ~ 76 million people.
1901: 386 Representatives.
Average Congressional district size = ~ 195,000 people.
2000: Total population: ~ 281 million people.
2001: 435 Representatives.
Average Congressional district size = ~ 647,000 people.
[b]There are just too many damn people!!![/b] [soapbox]
No wonder the Gov't is so out of touch with the people - there's no WAY a single person can effectively represent the voices of [b]650,000[/b] people!!!
But for us to get back to the REASONABLE level of representation that our FFs began this nation with, we'd have to have a US House of Representatives with almost 7,600 members! [:O]
I don't think I want to go there either!