United StatesQuestion 35 (2025 list) · System of government

Some states have more representatives than other states. Why?

  1. aBecause some states are larger in land area
  2. bBecause some states have more peopleCorrect answer
  3. cBecause some states are older
  4. dBecause some states pay more taxes

Why?

Seats in the House are divided by population, so states with more people have more representatives. You could also say “because of the state’s population.” The count is updated after each census, every ten years.

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Questions and answers: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 128 Civics Questions and Answers (2025 version), M-1778, and Civics Questions and Answers (2008 version), rev. 08/21 — public domain. USCIS accepts other answers too; we show one of them. The wrong options and the explanations are ours. Not affiliated with or endorsed by USCIS.

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