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== Example ==
{{US_House_apportionment_example}}
<table class="wikitable" border="">
<tr>
<th>State</th>
<th>Quotient</th>
<th>People per seat</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Virginia</td>
<td align="right">10</td>
<td align="right">63,056</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Massachusetts</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
<td align="right">67,903.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Pennsylvania</td>
<td align="right">7</td>
<td align="right">61,839.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>North Carolina</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right">70,704.6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>New York</td>
<td align="right">5</td>
<td align="right">66,317.8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Maryland</td>
<td align="right">4</td>
<td align="right">69,628.5
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Connecticut</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right">78,947</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>South Carolina</td>
<td align="right">3</td>
<td align="right">68,745</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>New Jersey</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right">89785
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>New Hampshire</td>
<td align="right">2</td>
<td align="right">70,911</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Vermont</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right">85,533</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Georgia</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right">70,835</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kentucky</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right">68,705</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rhode Island</td>
<td align="right">1</td>
<td align="right">68,446</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Delaware</td>
<td align="right">0</td>
<td align="right">N/A
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th>Total</th>
<th align="right">52</th>
</tr>
</table>Since Delaware has 0 seats after the Hare calculation, they would have no seats, however since every state is required to have at least one seat, we award them the first seat, After that, the states with the highest people-per-seat ratio are awarded, which are New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Georgia, North Carolina, and Maryland .
[[Category:Proportional voting methods]]
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