Racial/Ethnic Composition of California & U.S. Legislative Bodies

Racial/Ethnic Composition of California & U.S. Legislative Bodies
as of December 1998, as compared to the 1990 Census figures
(new California legislature, old Congress)

	White	Black	Amer. Ind.	Asian	Hisp.	Total	Assembly %	Census %
STATE ASSEMBLY
Male	42	4	0	2	11	59	74.7	50.1
Female	14	0	0	0	6	20	25.3	49.9
Total	56	4	0	2	17	79^**	100.0	100.0
Assembly %	70.9	5.1	0.0	2.5	21.5	100.0
Census %	57.2	7.2	0.7	9.4	25.3	99.8 (0.2% "other")

^** 1 vacancy; % computed based on 79, not 80.

Compared to previous Assembly:

Loss of 1 hispanic female, gain of 1 white female
Loss of 5 white males, gain of 4 hispanic males

	White	Black	Amer. Ind.	Asian	Hisp.	Total	Senate %	Census %
STATE SENATE
Male	26	1	0	0	3	30	75.0	50.1
Female	5	1	0	0	4	10	25.0	49.9
Total	31	2	0	0	7	40	100.0	100.0
Senate %	75.5	5.0	0.0	0.0	17.5	100.0
Census %	57.2	7.2	0.7	9.4	25.3	99.8 (0.2% "other")

Compared to previous Senate:

Loss of 1 black female, gain of 2 white and 3 hispanic females
Loss of 4 white males, gain of 1 black male

	White	Black	Amer. Ind.	Asian	Hisp.	Total	Delegation %	Census %
California Congressional Delegation (105th figures)
Male	33	1	0	2	3	39	75.0	50.1
Female	8	3	0	0	2	13	25.0	49.9
Total	41	4	0	2	5	52	100.0	100.0
Delegation %	78.8	7.7	0.0	3.8	9.6	100.0
Census %	57.2	7.2	0.7	9.4	25.3	99.8 (0.2% "other")

	White	Black	Amer. Ind.	Asian	Hisp.	Total	Congress %	Census %
U.S. Congress (105th figures)
Male	336	26	0	4	14	380	87.8	48.7
Female	37	11	0	1	4	53	12.2	51.3
Total	373	37	0	5	18	433^**	100.0	100.0
Congress %	86.1	8.5	0.0	1.2	4.2	100.0
Census %	75.6	12.0	0.8	2.8	8.7	99.9 (0.1% "other")

^** 2 vacancies; % computed based on 433, not 435.