The areas that House of Representatives members are elected from are known as 'Districts' and the districts are apportioned by the amount of the population they contain.
If I'm not mistaking a member of the house of representives represents the people who elected him into this position.
new kid: well that is right but not fully. there is more. a representative also...
In 2011, there is one seat in the House of Representatives allocated for the District of Columbia, which belongs to the federal government (is not a state). The Representative is a non-voting member...