Voting Age Population (VAP)* and Race of U.S. Representatives by State, 2001

 

	U.S. House of Representatives**
	No. of Seats		Black VAP		Blacks	Hispanic VAP		Hispanics		Asian/P.I. VAP		Asians/ P.I.***
Alabama	7	800		(24.0)	1 (14.3)	34	(1.0)		0	20	(0.6)	0
Alaska	1	17		(4.0)	0	16	(3.2)		0	19	(4.4)	0
Arizona	6	137		(3.8)	0	700	(19.3)		1 (16.7)	76	(2.1)	0
Arkansas	4	276		(14.3)	0	38	(2.0)		0	14	(0.7)	0
California	52	1853		(7.4)	4 (7.7)	6995	(28.1)		6 (11.5)	3072	(12.4)	3 (5.7)
Colorado	6	132		(4.3)	0	391	(12.7)		0	74	(2.4)	0
Connecticut	6	221		(8.8)	0	182	(7.3)		0	64	(2.6)	0
Delaware	1	108		(18.6)	0	19	(3.3)		0	13	(2.2)	0
Florida	23	1600		(13.6)	3 (13.0)	1784	(15.2)		2 (8.7)	221	(1.9)	0
Georgia	11	1577		(26.8)	3 (27.3)	168	(2.9)		0	125	(2.1)	0
Hawaii	2	27		(3.0)	0	67	(7.4)		0	559	(61.5)	1 (1.9)
Idaho	2	7		(0.8)	0	58	(6.3)		0	11	(1.2)	0
Illinois	20	1249		(13.9)	3 (15.0)	837	(9.3)		1 (5.0)	313	(3.5)	0
Indiana	10	353		(7.9)	1 (10.0)	110	(2.5)		0	44	(1.0)	0
Iowa	5	45		(2.1)	0	42	(1.9)		0	25	(1.2)	0
Kansas	4	112		(5.6)	0	97	(4.9)		0	35	(1.8)	0
Kentucky	6	207		(6.9)	0	25	(0.8)		0	21	(0.7)	0
Louisiana	7	956		(29.4)	1 (14.3)	91	(2.8)		0	39	(1.2)	0
Maine	2	7		(0.7)	0	7	(0.7)		0	7	(0.7)	0
Maryland	8	1058		(27.0)	2 (25.0)	150	(3.8)		0	160	(4.1)	0
Massachusetts	10	270		(5.7)	0	255	(5.4)		0	164	(3.5)	0
Michigan	16	977		(13.3)	2 (12.5)	187	(2.5)		0	122	(1.7)	0
Minnesota	8	106		(3.0)	0	62	(1.7)		0	81	(2.3)	0
Mississippi	5	675		(33.0)	1 (20.0)	18	(0.9)		0	14	(0.7)	0
Missouri	9	425		(10.4)	1 (11.1)	68	(1.7)		0	46	(1.1)	0
Montana	1	4		(0.6)	0	11	(0.1)		0	4	(0.6)	0
Nebraska	3	49		(4.0)	0	52	(4.2)		0	15	(1.2)	0
Nevada	2	105		(7.6)	0	214	(15.4)		0	67	(4.8)	0
New Hampshire	2	9		(1.0)	0	14	(1.5)		0	11	(1.2)	0
New Jersey	13	856		(13.7)	1 (7.7)	750	(12.0)		1 (7.7)	375	(6.0)	0
New Mexico	3	37		(2.9)	0	473	(37.5)		0	20	(1.6)	0
New York	31	2309		(16.7)	4 (12.9)	1833	(13.3)		2 (6.5)	789	(5.7)	0
North Carolina	12	1173		(20.2)	2 (16.7)	121	(2.1)		0	79	(1.4)	0
North Dakota	1	4		(0.8)	0	4	(0.8)		0	4	(0.8)	0
Ohio	19	895		(10.6)	1 (5.3)	130	(1.5)		0	98	(1.2)	0
Oklahoma	6	185		(7.3)	1 (16.7)	91	(3.6)		0	33	(1.3)	0
Oregon	5	51		(2.0)	0	138	(5.5)		0	80	(3.2)	1 (1.9)
Pennsylvania	21	820		(9.0)	1 (4.8)	221	(2.4)		0	152	(1.7)	0
Rhode Island	2	36		(4.8)	0	46	(6.1)		0	16	(2.1)	0
South Carolina	6	816		(24.4)	1 (16.7)	41	(1.4)		0	27	(0.9)	0
South Dakota	1	5		(0.9)	0	6	(1.1)		0	3	(0.6)	0
Tennessee	9	635		(15.0)	1 (11.1)	51	(1.2)		0	41	(1.0)	0
Texas	30	1800		(12.1)	2 (6.7)	4012	(27.0)		6 (20.0)	447	(3.0)	0
Utah	3	16		(1.0)	0	99	(6.6)		0	37	(2.5)	0
Vermont	1	4		(0.9)	0	4	(0.9)		0	4	(0.9)	0
Virginia	11	1005		(19.1)	1 (9.1)	197	(3.7)		0	201	(3.8)	0
Washington	9	154		(3.5)	0	242	(5.5)		0	253	(5.8)	0
West Virginia	3	45		(3.2)	0	9	(0.6)		0	7	(0.5)	0
Wisconsin	9	193		(4.9)	0	96	(2.4)		0	50	(1.3)	0
Wyoming	1	4		(1.1)	0	19	(5.3)		0	3	(0.8)	0
Total	435	24,635		(12.0)	37 (8.5)	21,305	(10.4)		19 (4.4)	8,169	(4.0)	4 (0.9)

*VAP=Projections of the Population of Voting Age for November 7, 2000 in thousands;
*Hispanic=Hispanics of any race;
*Asian/P.I.=Asian/Pacific Islander

*There are two Asian-American/Pacific Islander Senators from the state of Hawaii

**Data on Asian-Americans/Pacific Islanders is prior to November, 2001 elections

Sources

Latinos Grab Seats in State Houses Nationwide, November, 2000, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Education Fund, http://www.naleo.org/PressReleases/latinosgrab.htm

National Asian Pacific American Political Almanac, 2000-01 Special Election Edition (9^th Ed.), UCLA Asian American Studies Center.

Number of Black Elected Officials in the United States, by State and Office, January, 1999, The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, http://www.jointcenter.org/databank/graphs/beo_99.pdf

Official List of Members of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress, December 20, 2000, Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, http://clerkweb.house.gov/106/mbrcmtee/members/mbrsstate/Unoflmbr.htm