By comparison, when the 79th Congress took office in 1945, non-White lawmakers represented just 1% of the House and Senate combined.ĭespite this growing racial and ethnic diversity, Congress remains less diverse than the nation as a whole. Together, these lawmakers make up a quarter of Congress, including 28% of the House of Representatives and 12% of the Senate. The 118th Congress is the most racially and ethnically diverse in history. Overall, 133 lawmakers identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American, American Indian, Alaska Native or multiracial. The analysis of women in Congress, however, is based on nonvoting as well as voting members. Nearly all findings in this analysis are based on voting members of Congress and exclude nonvoting members. For information about the sourcing and methodology of these studies, follow the links in the text of this analysis.
It is based on previously published studies by the Center. This Pew Research Center analysis examines the changing demographic profile of Congress over time.
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