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States with a smaller population than Los Angeles County, California (infosec.pub)

submitted 7 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/map_enthusiasts@sopuli.xyz

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People who have never been to L.A. really have no idea how insanely huge it is. Driving to my apartment from the start of city (before you even get to L.A. county) and having the city just keep going and going and going for two hours and not because of traffic jams is something you have to experience to truly understand.

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[–] HoMaster@lemm.ee 23 points 7 months ago (13 children)

2 senators each.

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago (11 children)

I mean that's why we also have representatives that match the population.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (5 children)

Unfortunately no because in 1929 the House of Representatives got capped at 435. For example, a Congressman from California represented ~~494,709 people while one from New Hampshire represented 3,448 people in the year 2020.~~ Those must have been state congress numbers or something, idk, real numbers would be 750k cali and 700k NH, probably better examples out there for large differences.

Edit: these numbers are not for federal congressmen, clearly. Correction made.

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

NH only has 2 congresspeople, so one per 700,000

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah I must have used a bad source, might have been state congress numbers.

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