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Yes, Colorado gained states, but some other states lost seats. The overall size of the House is unchanged in over a century.

I stand corrected. Feeling particularly silly as I’m from Colorado and probably should have known that.

No. 385 are redistributed, which still enforces unequal representation, as states with less population than some territories have more purchasing power in the House. For example, Wyoming get a rep for 500,000 people, but everyone else has to pay 700,000 people.

To truly remedy this situation in the House, you have to bring the House up to about 930.

https://time.com/5423623/house-representatives-number-seats/

Of course, if we went by the original law of 30,000 people per congressperson, we'd have over 10,000 representatives.

I'm not sure adding more reps would make the system work any better - part of me thinks it would be even more expensive and chaotic.