The Daily Background

How well are African Americans and Latino Americans represented in Congress? While 12.3% of the United States is African America, only 1% of the Senate is black (Barack Obama is the only sitting African American senator). The House of Representatives does much better, comprised of 9.2% African Americans.

For Hispanics it’s a very similar situation, with 14% of America being Latino but only 3% and 5% Latino in the Senate and the House respectively.

Thanks to Prose Before Hos for compiling and publishing these statistics. I just made the chart after all. Previously… Chart: How old are members of the US Senate? and Chart: How well represented are women in Congress?

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