112th Congress: U.S. House Demographics

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Party Composition
*Republicans: 242 (55.63%)
*Democrats: 193 (44.37%)

Gender Composition
*Men: 363 (83.45%)
*Women: 72 (16.55%)

Party Composition by Gender
*Republicans
   *Men: 218 (90.08%)
   *Women: 24 (9.92%)
*Democrats
   *Men: 145 (75.13%)
   *Women: 48 (24.87%)

Racial Composition
*Caucasians/Whites: 362 (83.22%)
*African Americans/Blacks: 42 (9.66%)
*Hispanics/Latinos: 24 (5.52%)
*Asians: 6 (1.38%)
*Native Americans: 1 (0.23%)

Racial Composition by Gender & Party
*Caucasians
   *Men: 314 (210 R - 104 D)
   *Women: 48 (26 D - 22 R)
*African Americans
   *Men: 29 (27 D - 2 R)
   *Women: 13 (13 D - 0 R)
*Hispanics
   *Men: 17 (12 D - 5 R)
   *Women: 7 (5 D - 2 R)
*Asians
   *Men: 2 (2 D - 0 R)
   *Women: 4 (4 D - 0 R)
*Native Americans
   *Men: 1 (1 R - 0 D)
   *Women: 0

Religion Composition by Party
*Christians: 399
   *Republicans: 241
   *Democrats: 158
      *Protestants: 249
         *Republicans: 164
         *Democrats: 85
      *Catholics: 133
         *Democrats: 70
         *Republicans: 63
      *Mormons: 9
         *Republicans: 8
         *Democrats: 1
      *Greek Orthodoxy: 4
         *Republicans: 2
         *Democrats: 2
      *Christian Science: 3
         *Republicans: 3
         *Democrats: 0
      *Eastern Orthodoxy: 1
         *Republicans: 1
         *Democrats: 0
*Jews: 27
   *Democrats: 26
   *Republicans: 1
*Buddhists: 3
   *Democrats: 3
   *Republicans: 0
*Muslims: 2
   *Democrats: 2
   *Republicans: 0
*Agnostics/Atheists: 1
   *Democrats: 1
   *Republicans: 0
*Unstated/Ambiguous: 3
   *Democrats: 3
   *Republicans: 0

Religion Composition by Protestant Denomination & Party
*Protestants: 249 (164 R - 85 D)
   *Baptists: 65 (39 R - 26 D)
   *Methodists: 40 (27 R - 13 D)
   *Episcopalians: 34 (22 R - 12 D)
   *Presbyterians: 34 (23 R - 11 D)
   *Lutherans: 22 (14 R - 8 D)
   *Nondenominational: 20 (13 R - 7 D)
   *Christians: 9 (8 R - 1 D)
   *Evangelicals: 8 (8R - 0 D)
   *African Methodist Episcopals: 4 (4 D - 0 R)
   *Churches of Christ: 4 (3 R - 1 D)
   *Anglicans: 2 (2 R - 0 D)
   *Seventh-day Adventists: 2 (1 R - 1 D)
   *Church of the Nazarene: 1 (1 R - 0 D)
   *Reformed: 1 (1 R - 0 D)
   *Quakers: 1 (1 D - 0 R)
   *Congregationalists: 1 (1 R - 0 D)
   *Pentecostals: 1 (1 R - 0 D)

Sexual Orientation Composition by Denomination & Party
*Straight/Heterosexuals: 431
   *Republicans: 242
   *Democrats: 189
*Gay/Homosexuals: 4
   *Democrats: 4
   *Republicans: 0

Veterans Composition
*Total: 84
   *Republicans: 60
   *Democrats: 24

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I'm in the process of comparing the 111th Congress demographics to the current demographics to see the changes in each demographic group. I'll post it sometime later.

Regarding the African American members' religions, here they are:

*Terri Sewell (D-AL): Nondenominational Protestant
*Maxine Waters (D-CA): Nondenominational Protestant

*Laura Richardson (D-CA): Methodist
*Bennie Thompson (D-MS): Methodist
*Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO): Methodist

*Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX): Seventh-day Adventist

*Frederica Wilson (D-FL): Episcopalian
*Robert Scott (D-VA): Episcopalian

*Mel Watt (D-NC): Presbyterian

*Tim Scott (R-SC): Evangelical

*Allen West (R-FL): Christian

*Alcee Hastings (D-FL): African Methodist Episcopal
*Gregory Meeks (D-NY): African Methodist Episcopal
*Yvette Clarke (D-NY): African Methodist Episcopal
*Jim Clyburn (D-SC): African Methodist Episcopal

*Hank Johnson (D-GA): Buddhist

*Andre Carson (D-IN): Muslim
*Keith Ellison (D-MN): Muslim

*Hansen Clarke (D-MI): Roman Catholic
*William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D-MO): Roman Catholic
*Charlie Rangel (D-NY): Roman Catholic

*Barbara Lee (D-CA): Baptist
*Karen Bass (D-CA): Baptist
*Corrine Brown (D-FL): Baptist
*Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA): Baptist
*John Lewis (D-GA): Baptist
*David Scott (D-GA): Baptist
*Bobby Rush (D-IL): Baptist
*Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL): Baptist
*Danny Davis (D-IL): Baptist
*Cedric Richmond (D-LA): Baptist
*Donna Edwards (D-MD): Baptist
*Elijah Cummings (D-MD): Baptist
*John Conyers (D-MI): Baptist
*Donald Payne (D-NJ): Baptist
*Edolphus Towns (D-NY): Baptist
*G.K. Butterfield (D-NC): Baptist
*Marcia Fudge (D-OH): Baptist
*Chaka Fattah (D-PA): Baptist
*Al Green (D-TX): Baptist
*Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX): Baptist
*Gwen Moore (D-WI): Baptist

..so, yes. Most of the African Americans, regardless of region, do adhere to the Baptist ways.

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As promised, here are the demographics for the 111th Congress/U.S. House.

Party Composition
*Democrats: 256 (58.85%)
*Republicans: 179 (41.15%)

Gender Composition
*Men: 362 (83.22%)
*Women: 73 (16.78%)

Party Composition by Gender
*Republicans
   *Men: 162 (90.50%)
   *Women: 17 (9.50%)
*Democrats
   *Men: 200 (78.125%)
   *Women: 56 (21.875%)

Racial Composition
*Caucasians/Whites: 364 (83.68%)
*African Americans/Blacks: 39 (8.97%)
*Hispanics/Latinos: 24 (5.52%)
*Asians: 7 (1.61%)
*Native Americans: 1 (0.23%)

Racial Composition by Gender & Party
*Caucasians
   *Men: 312 (157 R - 155 D)
   *Women: 52 (36 D - 16 R)
*African Americans
   *Men: 27 (27 D - 0 R)
   *Women: 12 (12 D - 0 R)
*Hispanics
   *Men: 18 (16 D - 2 R)
   *Women: 6 (5 D - 1 R)
*Asians
   *Men: 4 (2 D - 2 R)
   *Women: 3 (3 D - 0 R)
*Native Americans
   *Men: 1 (1 R - 0 D)
   *Women: 0

Religion Composition by Party
*Christians: 394
   *Democrats: 216
   *Republicans: 178
      *Protestants: 241
         *Republicans: 130
         *Democrats: 111
      *Catholics: 135
         *Democrats: 99
         *Republicans: 36
      *Mormons: 8
         *Republicans: 7
         *Democrats: 1
      *Greek Orthodoxy: 6
         *Democrats: 4
         *Republicans: 2
      *Christian Science: 3
        *Republicans: 3
         *Democrats: 0
      *Eastern Orthodoxy: 1
         *Democrats: 1
         *Republicans: 0
*Jews: 31
   *Democrats: 30
   *Republicans: 1
*Buddhists: 2
   *Democrats: 2
   *Republicans: 0
*Muslims: 2
   *Democrats: 2
   *Republicans: 0
*Agnostics/Atheists: 2
   *Democrats: 2
   *Republicans: 0
*Unstated/Ambiguous: 4
   *Democrats: 4
   *Republicans: 0

Religion Composition by Protestant Denomination & Party
*Protestants: 241 (130 R - 111 D)
   *Baptists: 58 (29 R - 29 D)
   *Methodists: 46 (23 R - 23 D)
   *Episcopalians: 31 (19 R - 12 D)
   *Presbyterians: 34 (19 R - 15 D)
   *Lutherans: 20 (11 D - 9 R)
   *Nondenominational: 19 (10 R - 9 D)
   *Christians: 5 (3 R - 2 D)
   *Evangelicals: 4 (4 R - 0 D)
   *African Methodist Episcopals: 5 (5 D - 0 R)
   *Churches of Christ: 5 (4 R - 1 D)
   *Anglicans: 1 (1 R - 0 D)
   *Seventh-day Adventists: 2 (1 R - 1 D)
   *Church of the Nazarene: 1 (1 R - 0 D)
   *Reformed: 2 (2 R - 0 D)
   *Quakers: 1 (1 D - 0 R)
   *Church of God: 1 (1 R - 0 D)
   *Congregationalists: 1 (1 R - 0 D)
   *Pentecostals: 2 (2 R - 0 D)
   *Disciples of Christ: 2 (2 D - 0 R)
   *United Brethren in Christ: 1 (1 R - 0 D)

Sexual Orientation Composition by Denomination & Party
*Straight/Heterosexuals: 432
   *Republicans: 179
   *Democrats: 253
*Gay/Homosexuals: 3
   *Democrats: 3
   *Republicans: 0

Veterans Composition
*Total: 90
   *Republicans: 47
   *Democrats: 43

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Shouldn't it be four gay congresscritters? Cicilline, Baldwin, Frank and Polis? Did everyone forget the lesbians again?

That was during the 111th Congress when there were three; the current Congress has four (see my first post on here).