General Discussion

The least populous state is Wyoming with about 588,000 population. The most populous is California with about 39.5 million. So California's population is about 67 times the population of Wyoming, yet they both get 2 Senators and California has only 53 Representatives to Wyoming's 1. The Population of the territores and DC are as follows:

Puerto Rico ~ 3.2 million
DC ~ 690,000
Guam ~ 154,000
U.S. Virgin Islands ~ 87,000
American Samoa ~ 50,000
Northern Mariana Islands ~ 47,000

California is 840 times the size of the Northern Mariana Islands!

Puerto Rico and DC are no problem but the others are far too small to be made states. To get anywhere remotely close to equal representation in the House of Representation would require the House to be expanded to over 7,000! Even as it stands now, the House should be about 579 members for balanced representation.