This has nothing to do with what was, or should be, the formula for determining the number of representatives. But I'm curious if this would work: the state wit

This has nothing to do with what was, or should be, the formula for determining the number of representatives. But I'm curious if this would work: the state with the smallest population gets 1 representative, and each doubling of population adds +1 more representative. I'm using wikipedia for this, which should be close enough for a thought experiment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territ... Wyoming has a population of roughly 576,851. It gets 1 representative. It's not until you get to Maine that it doubles, so they get 2. It doubles again at Kansas, so they get 3. The next doubling is Louisiana, so they get 4. New Jersey just barely makes it to 5. Finally New York tops out at 6. The grand total is 167 representatives.