How is our number of Congressmembers determined?

The total number of the US House of Representatives has, by federal law, been limited to 435. These 435 seats are apportioned to the States every 10 years on the basis of population following the federal census. The swelling of Colorado’s population over the past 30 years has been apparent by the increase in Congressional seats we have. In 1980’s we had 5 seats, in the 1990’s we had 6 and now we have 7.