PACKING 'EM IN.

• Position: How census results will affect House of Representataives - Brief Article

Are we the United States of Sardines? The U.S. Census Bureau recently announced its year 2000 count was 281,421,906 people, 6 million more than estimated. That's a 33 million jump from 1990, and every state showed gains.

The main result will be a House of Representatives shakeup. Eight booming states in the South and West will take 12 seats away from states...