South Carolina’s growth to 5.27 million in 10 years may mean another seat in Congress.

Georgia and North Carolina are already expected to gain 1 seat each.

Texas is expected to gain 3 new seats, followed by Florida with 2 seats.

All this is based on population gains and losses.

New York State is the big loser with an expected loss of 2 seats and California losing 1.

7 others – Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois – are expected to lose 1 seat each.

What this will mean to Nancy Pelosi’s future as House Speaker isn’t clear.

She and all House members are up for re-election next year.

Residents have been leaving California and New York in droves due to high taxes, a higher cost of living, poor public schools, crime and safety concerns.

Since 2010, New York state lost 41,000 residents.

The census could shake up the Statehouse in Columbia, too.

Each House and Senate district will be re-drawn based on population.

In 2010, each US House district had to have at least 711,000 residents.

With a 10% SC population growth, that number will go higher.

Republicans will be in charge of drawing new lines in 188 congressional districts this year, compared to 73 for Democrats.

What the SC Congressional delegation may do to Democrat Jim Clyburn’s district is not yet know.

Clyburn is well respected but loyalty to the new Democratic administration may hurt him.

Every 10 years – 11 in this case since the pandemic delayed the census – the 435 seats in the US House are assigned to each state based on how many people live there.

The same process occurs at the state level.