Gender and racial diversity in US Congress

Gender diversity in Congress 

Racial diversity in Congress

Footnotes:

African-Americans

Note: The data do not include nonvoting delegates or commissioners. Figures represent the makeup

of Congress on the first day of the session.

a. After the 56th Congress, there were no African American members in either the House or

Senate until the 71st Congress.

b. Roland Burris was not seated on the first day of the 111th session.

c. Tim Scott, who was appointed on December 17th to replace outgoing Senator Jim DeMint is

included in the Senate totals.

Source: Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1977, H. Doc. 95-258, 95th Cong., 1st sess., 1977;

Congressional Quarterly Almanac (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, various editions);

Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, various issues; Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives,

http://clerk.house.gov; “Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile," Congressional Research Service

Asians

Note: The data do not include nonvoting delegates or commissioners. Figures represent the makeup

of Congress on the first day of the session.

Source: "Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress;"

“Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile", Congressional Research Service

Hispanics

Note: The data do not include nonvoting delegates or commissioners. Figures represent the makeup

of Congress on the first day of the session.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774-1989; Congressional Quarterly

Almanac (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, various editions); Congressional Quarterly

Weekly Report, various issues; Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, http://clerk.house.gov;

http://www.senate.gov/galleries/daily/minority.htm; “Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile",

Congressional Research Service

Women

Note: The data include only women who were sworn in as members and served more than one day.

Figures represent the makeup of Congress on the first day of the session.

Source: Women in Congress, H. Rept. 94-1732, 94th Cong., 2nd sess., 1976; Congressional Quarterly

Almanac (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, various editions); Congressional Quarterly

Weekly Report, various issues; Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives, http://clerk.house.gov;

US Senate, http://www.senate.gov.;  “Membership of the 114th Congress: A Profile", Congressional

Research Service