The U.S. Census Bureau recently announced that the 2020 Census shows the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2020, was 331,449,281. The U.S. resident population represents the total number of people living in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The resident population increased by 22,703,743 or 7.4% from 308,745,538 in 2010.

The results of the census determine the number of seats for each state in the U.S. House of Representatives. They are used to draw congressional and state legislative districts and to distribute more than $675 billion in federal funds each year. The result of ...