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Demographics
The 115th Congress has the highest average age compared to any other Congress in recent history. The average age of the members in the House of Representatives is 57.8 years, while the average age of the members in the Senate is 61.8 years.

The most common occupation of Senators prior to election was law, followed by public service/politics, then business. In the House of Representatives, business is the dominant prior occupation, followed by public service/politics, and finally law.

Currently 94.1% of House members and 100% of Senators have a bachelor’s degree or higher, a historically high level of education for a United States Congress. In addition, 167 members of the House and 55 Members of the Senate have a law degree. Only 18 members of Congress have no college education.

The extent of racial diversity in the 115th Congress is 52 African American members, 45  Hispanic or Latino members, 18 members of  Asian, South Asian, or Pacific Islander ancestry, 2  members of Native American ancestry, the remaining 418 members of Congress are White.

Women make up 20.1% of the total membership in the 115th Congress, which has a total of 109 women and 426 men. This represents an increase of 21 women from the  114th Congress.

Currently, there are seven openly LGBT members serving in Congress. Tammy Baldwin, Jared Polis , Sean Patrick Maloney, Mark Takano, and Mark Pocan are all openly gay, while Kyrsten Sinema is openly bisexual.

The Majority of the 115th Congress is religious and 90.7% of those religious members are Christian. Approximately half of the Christian members are Protestant. Other religious faiths of Congress members include Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, and Hindu.