What does the census change on the American electoral map?

Every ten years since 1790, the United States has taken a snapshot of the American population and the changing demographics.

If some populations, such as Indians, were not listed in the past, since 1940 all the inhabitants living on American territory, citizens or not, have been included in the count during this vast census operation.

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A process that has consequences for the electoral map of the United States and therefore of real political importance.

According to census results, the United States had 331,449,281 inhabitants on April 1, 2020, 7.4% more than in 2010, the Census Bureau said.

A markedly smaller increase than the + 9.7% recorded during the previous decade and barely higher than the lowest ever recorded: + 7.3% between 1930 and 1940, the period of the Great Depression.

This increase is believed to be due on the one hand to a very marked slowdown in the American birth rate and a slowdown in

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