Immigrants slow or reverse the population decline in the rural Great Plains.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Ugh, I was looking forward to Nebraska losing another seat...

Nah. For kicks, Sean Trende over at RCP did a projection at the end of last year of where changes by 2040 would show up if current trends continued.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/12/30/population_data_show_more_movement_south_and_west.html



As you can see, North Dakota was the only state in the Plains projected to gain or lose, and that assumed the the shale boom continues which was never a realistic possibility.