The United States government has issued new apportionment numbers for the House of Representatives. Based on the 2000 census, the two states with the most representatives will be California with 53 and Texas with 32.

But the same formula can be applied to any population base: the number of adults, the number of Spanish speakers, or even the number of Nazarenes. If Nazarenes are used as the apportionment base, Ohio and California would each have 40 representatives, while Indiana (27), Texas (24), and Florida (24) would round out the top five.

The chart below shows the number of Nazarene members in each state in the year 2000, according to figures just released by the General Secretary's office and compiled by the Research Center. The chart also shows the number of representatives each state would have if Nazarene membership were the criteria. For comparison, it also shows the number of representatives based on the actual census figures.