Demographics & Politics

Just 13 UN member countries are currently led by women; in 9 of those 13, the current leader is the country’s first woman head of government.

At least 81 voting members of Congress (15%) are foreign born or have at least one parent who was born in another country.

The 118th Congress achieved a variety of demographic milestones when its members took office, though it still remains out of step with the U.S. population.

Americans now see reducing the budget deficit as a higher priority for the president and Congress to address than in recent years. But strengthening the economy continues to be the public’s top policy priority.

The median age of voting House lawmakers is 57.9 years, while the new Senate’s median age is 65.3 years.

Most Black adults (63%) say voting is an extremely or very effective strategy for Black progress; only 42% say the same of protesting.

A quarter of voting members of the U.S. Congress identify their race or ethnicity as something other than non-Hispanic White.

Around two-thirds of Black Democrats (66%) say that whether someone is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth.

Women make up 28% of all members of the 118th Congress, a considerable increase from where things stood even a decade ago.

There has been a jump in the share of U.S. adults who see the Supreme Court as “friendly” toward religion.