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	Congress
Number of people		535
Percent female
Percent white
Percent African American	13%	43/535= 8%
Percent Hispanic*
Household income
Congressional salary
Religious affiliation	Protestant 55% Catholic 26% Jewish 1.4% No religion 15%

*Because people of Hispanic origin can belong to any race, the Bureau of the Census collects data for Hispanics separately.

(5 points)

2. What conclusions can you draw from this table?