Race & Ethnicity

At least 76 of the voting members of the 117th Congress are foreign born or have at least one parent born in another country.

More Americans also say evangelical Christians, business corporations and the military will lose than gain influence in Washington.

White eligible voters were somewhat more likely to say they were contacted than Black, Hispanic or English-speaking Asian eligible voters.

124 lawmakers today identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander or Native American, a 97% increase over the 107th Congress of 2001-02.

There are wide partisan gaps over most of the 19 items asked about – particularly addressing racial issues and dealing with global climate change.

Kamala Harris’ election represented an advance in the progress Black Americans have made in recent decades in political leadership.

Roughly four-in-ten Americans have experienced online harassment, with half of this group citing politics as the reason they think they were targeted. Growing shares face more severe online abuse such as sexual harassment or stalking

Black voters were more likely to say the 2020 election was administered very well both nationally and locally.

The charts below allow for comparisons between racial or ethnic groups over time on a range of measures including educational attainment, household income, life expectancy and others. You may select any two groups at a time for comparison.

The number of Black registered voters in Georgia increased the most among all major racial and ethnic groups between 2016 and 2020.