美国有线新闻 CNN 美国人口普查数据重新分配众议院席位（在线收听）

Today's show is all about numbers. The shrinking number of restaurant workers. The crazy numbers of lumber prices but we're going to start with this one, 331,449,281.

今天的节目都和数字有关。餐馆员工数量在不断减少。木材价格疯狂上涨，但我们首先要关注的是331,449,281这个数字。

That's the number of people living in the United States according to the 2020 Census. The U.S. Constitution in Article I, Section 2 says that an enumeration, a count of America's people should be carried out every 10 years and that this is how the number of representatives in the U.S. House is determined.

这是2020年人口普查显示的居住在美国的人数。美国宪法第1条第2节规定，每10年要对美国人口进行一次统计，这将确定美国众议院代表人数。

There are 435 voting members in that chamber of Congress. The Constitution says each state gets at least one but most states have significantly more than that. The bigger their population, the more representatives they have in the House. Because Americans commonly move around, it's not unusual for some states to lose House seats while others gain them and there will be changes in store for the years ahead. Here's CNN's Census Acting Director Dr. Ron S. Jarmin.

国会众议院共有435名有投票权的议员。宪法规定，每个州至少有一名议员，但大多数州的议员人数远远超过1个。人口越多，该州在众议院的代表就越多。因为美国人经常搬家，所以有些州失去众议院席位而其他州获得席位是正常情况，未来几年将会发生变化。以下是CNN人口普查代理主任罗恩·S·贾敏博士的报道。

DR. RON S. JARMIN, CNN CENSUS ACTING DIRECTOR: Six states will gain seats in the House of Representatives. Texas will gain two seats and Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon will each gain one seat. Seven states will each lose one seat in the House, California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

CNN人口普查代理主任罗恩·S·贾敏博士：六个州将在众议院获得更多席位。得克萨斯州将增加两个席位，科罗拉多州、佛罗里达州、蒙大拿州、北卡罗来纳州和俄勒冈州将各增加一个席位。加利福尼亚州、伊利诺伊州、密歇根州、纽约州、俄亥俄州、宾夕法尼亚州和西弗吉尼亚州州等七州将各失去一个众议院席位。

AZUZ: Political analysts say the changes benefit Republicans more than Democrats. And though Democrats control the House now, the majority they have in order to do that is a slim one. Democrats hold 218 seats. Republicans hold 212 seats. There are five vacancies. The entire House of Representatives is up for election every two years with 2022 being the next vote.

阿祖兹：政治分析人士表示，这些变化对共和党人的益处要大于对民主党人的益处。虽然民主党人现在控制着众议院，但他们为实现这一目标所拥有的多数优势微乎其微。民主党人拥有218个席位。共和党拥有212个席位。目前还有五个空缺席位。众议院每两年选举一次，下一次选举是2022年。

If Americans were to vote in that election in a similar way to how they voted in the last one, it's possible Republicans could take control of the House based on the changes from the U.S. Census count. Of course, that won't be the only factor. The House make-up often flips back and forth especially in a president's first term.

如果美国人在下次选举中的投票方式与上次相似，那根据美国人口普查数据的变化，共和党可能会控制众议院。当然，这不是唯一的因素。众议院的组成经常来回翻转，尤其是在总统的第一个任期内。

But it's one reason why the census is significant to the U.S. government. Up next, help wanted. After coronavirus entered America, restaurants were some of the hardest hit businesses during the mandatory shutdowns of last year. The National Restaurant Association says that as of last December, more than 110,000 places to eat and drink had been shut down either temporarily or permanently.

但这也是人口普查对美国政府具有重要意义的原因之一。接下来，帮助那些需要帮助的人。冠状病毒进入美国后，餐厅是去年强制停业期间受影响最严重的行业之一。全美餐饮业协会表示，截至去年12月，已有超过11万个餐厅场所暂时或永久关闭。

In 2020, 5.5 million jobs were lost from March to April alone. Today, some of those jobs are coming back and restrictions on indoor dining are being lifted if they haven't been already. But many of the restaurants that survived are facing a new challenge, they can't find workers.

2020年，仅3月至4月，就有550万个工作岗位流失。如今，其中一些工作工作岗位已经恢复，室内用餐的限制措施也即将取消。但是，许多幸存下来的餐厅都面临着新的挑战，他们找不到工人。