Explore Does Congress Look Like America?
(5 points)
1. Complete the table.
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Demographics of Congress and of the United
States
Demographic factor
United States as a whole
Number of people
321,802,634
Percent female
51%
Percent white
9.7%
Percent black
13%
Percent Hispanic
43%
Household income
53,981 (median 2014)
Congressional
salary 321,856,525
Religious affiliation
Protestant 55%
Catholic 26%
Jewish 1.4%
No religion 15%
Congress
535
10%
90%
43/535= 8%
2%
3.219%
174,000
*Because people of Hispanic origin can belong to any race, the Bureau of the Census collects data for Hispanics
separately