Latinos are playing a big role in deciding what states get more representation in Congress next time around - and what states lose out. A new report by America’s Voice Education Fund shows that after the Census is complete next year, the demographic shift will be obvious.

The breakdown is expected to look something like this:

States gaining seats in the House:
Texas (+4)
Arizona (+2)
Florida (+1)
Georgia (+1)
Nevada (+1)
Oregon (+1)
South Carolina (+1)
Utah (+1)

States projected to lose House seats:
Ohio (-2)
Illinois (-1)
Iowa (-1)
Louisiana (-1)
Massachusetts (-1)
Michigan (-1)
Minnesota (-1)
Missouri (-1)
New Jersey (-1)
New York (-1)
Pennsylvania (-1)

Many of the states expected to pick up seats have experienced massive immigration in the last ten years. Some of the losing states have too, but experts say without immigration, they'd be losing more. Latinos represent 51% of population growth in the United States as a whole since 2000. Some Latino leaders are excited about this trend.

“Latinos have become a permanent element of the American body politic. Assuming an accurate census and a fair redistricting process, Latinos are poised to be a driving political force during the next decade,” says Arturo Vargas, Executive Director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO).

Some lawmakers have recently introduced legislation to exclude undocumented immigrants from the Census numbers that determine how many representatives a state should get. But that legislation has failed.