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Facts & Figures
Only 2 percent of the 500,000 available elected offices in the United States are held by Asian Pacific Islanders and Latinos.
Congress is 81 percent White and 81 percent male. The U.S. population is 17 percent Latino and 5.6 percent Asian Pacific Islander.
Women comprise 50 percent of the population, but just 19 percent of Congress.
Not one single state government in America has Asian Pacific Islander and Latino representation proportionate to its population.
Read Represent 2020 report