Unskewing the Senate by creating new states

[Orser67]

Here's another map. I tried to get all the states (other than AK + HI) within 8-9 million, but there are a couple outliers in California. In general, I tried to keep metro areas together, but I got lazier about that outside of the Northeast. In total, there are 7 swing states (PVI between R+5 and D+5), 17 Democratic states, and 14 Republican states.

Northeast:
Northern New England: 8.9 million, D+6. Capital: Syracuse (also contains Buffalo)
Massachusetts: 8.5 million, D+23. Capital: Boston (also contains Providence)
Connecticut: 8.4 million, D+10. Capital: Stamford (also contains Hartford)
New Jersey: 8.2 million, D+12. Capital: Trenton
New York: 8.4 million, D+62. Capital: State coterminous w/city
Philadelphia: 8.9 million, D+17. Capital: Philadelphia
Westsylvania: 8.6 million, R+3. Capital: Pittsburgh (also contains Cleveland)

South:
South Florida: 8.3 million, D+11. Capital: Miami
Central Florida: 8 million, R+2. Capital: Orlando (also contains Tampa)
Georgia: 8.9 million, R+6. Capital: Atlanta (also contains Jacksonville)
Alabama: 8.3 million, R+25. Capital: Montgomery
Louisiana: 8 million, R+21. Capital: Baton Rouge (also contains New Orleans)
North Texas: 8 million, R+18. Capital: Dallas
Houston: 8.2 million, R+15. Capital: Houston
South Texas: 8.1 million, D+7. Capital: Austin (also contains San Antonio)
Tennessee: 8.3 million, R+20. Capital: Nashville (also contains Memphis and Louisville)
Appalachia: 8.9 million, R+36. Capital: Charleston
Carolina: 9 million, R+7. Capital: Charlotte
Virginia: 8.7 million, D+4. Capital: Richmond (also contains Norfolk and Raleigh)
Maryland: 9 million, D+30. Capital: Annapolis (also contains Baltimore and DC)
Oklahoma: 8.4 million, R+27. Capital: Oklahoma City

Midwest
Ohio: 8.1 million, R+10. Capital: Columbus (also contains Cleveland)
Indiana: 8.1 million, R+17. Capital: Indianapolis
Michigan: 8.1 million, D+8. Capital: Detroit
Wisconsin: 8.9 million, D+3. Capital: St. Paul (also contains Minneapolis and Milwaukee)
Illinois: 8.3 million, R+2. Capital: Springfield (also contains Madison)
Chicago: 8.1 million, D+36. Capital: Chicago
Missouri: 8.7 million, R+8. Capital: Jefferson City (also contains St. Louis, Kansas City, and Omaha)

West
Dakota: 8.8 million, R+24. Capital: Boise
Colorado: 8.7 million, R+10. Capital: Boulder (also contains Denver and Salt Lake City)
Arizona: 8 million, R+2. Capital: Phoenix
Washington: 8.8 million, D+20. Capital: Olympia (also contains Seattle and Portland)
Northern California: 8.2 million, D+6. Capital: Sacramento
Bay Area: 7.5 million, D+51. Capital: San Jose (also contains San Francisco and Oakland)
Southern California: 7.5 million, D+3. Capital: Bakersfield
Diego Vegas: 8.1 million, D+8. Capital: Riverside (also contains Las Vegas and San Diego)
Los Angeles: 10 million, D+44. Capital: Los Angeles
Pacifica: 2.1 million, D+37. Capital: Juneau/Honolulu