Members of Congress--Selected Characteristics statistics


									Age ⁴ (in years)					Seniority ⁵
Members of
Congress and	Male	Female		Black ¹	API ²	Hispanic ³		40	50	60	70	Less	2	10	20	30
year							Under	to	to	to	and	than	to	to	to	yrs.
							40	49	59	69	over	2	9	19	29	or
												yrs.	yrs.	yrs.	yrs.	more

REPRESENTATIVES

94th Cong., 1975	416	19	⁶	17	3	7	69	138	137	75	16	96	162	125	42	10
95th Cong., 1977	417	18	⁶	16	2	5	81	121	147	71	15	71	207	116	33	8
96th Cong., 1979	417	16	⁷	16	3	5	86	125	145	63	14	80	206	105	32	10
97th Cong., 1981	416	19	⁸	17	3	6	94	142	132	54	13	77	231	96	23	8
98th Cong., 1983	413	21	⁹	21	3	8	86	145	132	57	14	83	224	88	28	11
99th Cong., 1985	412	22	⁹	20	3	10	71	154	131	59	19	49	237	104	34	10
100th Cong., 1987	412	23	⁹	23	4	11	63	153	137	56	26	51	221	114	37	12
101st Cong., 1989	408	25	⁹	24	5	10	41	163	133	74	22	39	207	139	35	13
102d Cong., 1991	407	28	⁹	26	3	11	39	152	134	86	24	55	178	147	44	11
103d Cong., 1993 ¹⁰	388	47	⁹	38	4	17	47	151	128	89	15	118	141	132	32	12
104th Cong., 1995	388	47	¹¹	40	4	17	53	155	135	79	13	92	188	110	36	9
106th Cong., 1999	379	56	¹¹	39	(NA)	(NA)	23	116	173	87	35	41	236	104	46	7

SENATORS

94th Cong., 1975	100	0		1	2	1	5	21	35	24	15	11	41	34	10	4
95th Cong., 1977	100	0		1	3	0	6	26	35	21	12	18	41	24	12	5
96th Cong., 1979	99	1		0	3	0	10	31	33	17	9	20	41	23	12	4
97th Cong., 1981	98	2		0	3	0	9	35	36	14	6	19	51	17	11	2
98th Cong., 1983	98	2		0	2	0	7	28	39	20	6	5	61	21	10	3
99th Cong., 1985	98	2		0	2	0	4	27	38	25	6	8	56	27	7	2
100th Cong., 1987	98	2		0	2	0	5	30	36	22	7	14	41	36	7	2
101st Cong., 1989	98	2		0	2	0	0	30	40	22	8	23	22	43	10	2
102d Cong., 1991	98	2		0	2	0	0	23	46	24	7	5	34	47	10	4
103d Cong., 1993 ¹⁰	93	7		1	2	0	1	16	48	22	12	15	30	39	11	5
104th Cong., 1995	92	8		1	2	0	1	14	41	27	17	12	38	30	15	5
106th Cong., 1999	91	9		0	(NA)	(NA)	0	14	38	35	13	8	39	33	14	6

NA Not available.
1 Source: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, Washington, DC,Black Elected Officials: A Statistical Summary, annual (copyright).
2 Source: Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service,"Asian Pacific Americans in the United States Congress", Report 94-767 GOV.
3 Source: National Association of Latino Elected and AppointedOfficials, Washington, DC,National Roster of Hispanic Elected Officials, annual.
4 Some members do not provide date of birth.
5 Represents consecutive years of service.
6 Includes District of Columbia delegate.
7 Does not include District of Columbia delegate.
8 Does not include District of Columbia or Virgin Islands delegate.
9 Includes District of Columbia delegate but not Virgin Islands delegate.
10 Includes members elected to fill vacant seats through June 14, 1993.
11 Includes District of Columbia and Virgin Islands delegate.

Source: Except as noted, compiled by U.S. Bureau of the Census fromdata published in Congressional Directory, biennial.http://www.cq.com/

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463. Members of Congress--Selected Characteristics