Black US Congressmen

There are 60 Black US Congressmen, including 56 Democrats and 4 Republicans. We listed them all with the district’s racial demographics. Wikipedia was used for the percentages.

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The average Black percentage of the four districts held by Black Republicans is 7.5%, and the average Black percentage of districts held by Black Democrats is 33.2%.

We will expand on this data by looking at other districts as well. However, the biggest takeaway is that Black political power is concentrated in districts with large Black percentages. Nine districts with a Black representative are less than 10% Black, and twenty-six are over 40% Black.

One phenomenon that can be seen all over the country is that once a district hits about 30%, it starts to become very difficult for a non-Black to win the Democratic party primary.

Listed by state:

District	Rep	Race	Party	Black	White	Latino	Other
AL 2nd	Shomari Figures	Black	D	48.9	41.6	3.7	5.8
AL 7th	Terri Sewell	Black	D	52.5	38.8	4.5	4.2
CA 12th	Lateefah Simon	Black	D	15.3	32.9	23.6	28.2
CA 37th	Sydney Kamlager-Dove	Black	D	22.3	13.2	54	10.5
CA 43rd	Maxine Waters	Black	D	23.8	6.9	57.2	12.1
CO 2nd	Joe Neguse	Black	D	0.9	76.1	14.2	8.8
CT 5th	Jahana Hayes	Black	D	6.7	63.3	20.9	9.1
FL 10th	Maxwell Frost	Black	D	24.2	35.5	29.9	10.4
FL 19th	Byron Donalds	Black	R	5.6	67.7	19.1	7.6
FL 20th	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	Black	D	49.1	20.6	23.5	6.8
FL 24th	Frederica Wilson	Black	D	39.8	17.6	37.5	5.1
GA 13th	David Scott	Black	D	49.6	24.6	14.5	11.3
GA 2nd	Sanford Bishop	Black	D	49	39.9	5.9	5.2
GA 4th	Hank Johnson	Black	D	47.5	19.7	19.2	13.6
GA 5th	Nikema Williams	Black	D	49.8	31	9.9	9.3
GA 6th	Lucy McBath	Black	D	18.2	54.8	11.2	15.8
IL 14th	Lauren Underwood	Black	D	9.3	58.8	22.8	9.1
IL 1st	Jonathan Jackson	Black	D	49.7	36.1	9.2	5
IL 2nd	Robin Kelly	Black	D	47	33.3	15.3	4.4
IL 7th	Danny Davis	Black	D	42.8	29.5	15.7	12
IN 7th	André Carson	Black	D	32.9	45.3	14.8	7
LA 2nd	Troy Carter	Black	D	50.4	33.6	9.6	6.4
LA 6th	Cleo Fields	Black	D	54.4	36	4.7	4.9
MA 7th	Ayanna Pressley	Black	D	20.4	38.7	21.9	19
MD 4th	Glenn Ivey	Black	D	55.2	10.7	25.1	9
MD 7th	Kweisi Mfume	Black	D	53.2	29.9	8.5	8.4
MI 10th	John James	Black	R	13.3	72.8	3	10.9
MN 5th	Ilhan Omar	Black	D	17.1	59.9	10.1	12.9
MO 1st	Wesley Bell	Black	D	46.1	40.4	4.5	9
MO 5th	Emanuel Cleaver	Black	D	21.7	57.9	11.2	9.2
MS 2nd	Bennie Thompson	Black	D	62.9	31.8	2.3	3
NC 12th	Alma Adams	Black	D	36.5	35.9	17.6	10
NC 1st	Don Davis	Black	D	39.3	48.1	7.6	5
NC 4th	Valerie Foushee	Black	D	19.7	53.1	11.5	15.7
NJ 10th	LaMonica McIver	Black	D	48.5	18.8	21.4	11.3
NJ 12th	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Black	D	15.6	39.8	21.5	23.1
NJ 3rd	Herb Conaway	Black	D	12.3	63.3	11.3	13.1
NV 4th	Steven Horsford	Black	D	15.9	37.3	34.4	12.4
NY 15th	Ritchie Torres	Black	D	31.7	9.3	52.4	6.6
NY 5th	Gregory Meeks	Black	D	40.2	12.8	20.6	26.4
NY 8th	Hakeem Jeffries	Black	D	42.2	27.4	16.2	14.2
NY 9th	Yvette Clarke	Black	D	40.6	32.3	11.4	15.7
OH 11th	Shontel Brown	Black	D	44	40.7	7.9	7.4
OH 13th	Emilia Sykes	Black	D	13	75.7	2.7	8.6
OH 3rd	Joyce Beatty	Black	D	27.5	55.1	6.3	11.1
OR 5th	Janelle Bynum	Black	D	0.9	78.8	10.1	10.2
PA 12th	Summer Lee	Black	D	15.1	72.9	2.8	9.2
PA 3rd	Dwight Evans	Black	D	50.6	32.2	6	11.2
RI 1st	Gabe Amo	Black	D	6.3	63.9	18.2	11.6
SC 6th	Jim Clyburn	Black	D	46.8	41.6	6.2	5.4
TX 30th	Jasmine Crockett	Black	D	40	17.7	36	6.3
TX 33rd	Marc Veasey	Black	D	18.6	57.6	13.2	10.6
TX 38th	Wesley Hunt	Black	R	9.6	50.1	25.9	14.4
TX 9th	Al Green	Black	D	35.8	12.4	39.3	12.5
UT 4th	Burgess Owens	Black	R	1.2	74.2	16.1	8.5
WI 4th	Gwen Moore	Black	D	31.6	41	17.8	9.6
VA 3rd	Bobby Scott	Black	D	43.2	39	8.4	9.4
VA 4th	Jennifer McClellan	Black	D	40.7	42.1	9.8	7.4
WA 10th	Marilyn Strickland	Black	D	6.7	60.1	12.9	20.3

Listed by Black percentage:

District	Rep	Race	Party	Black	White	Latino	Other
MS 2nd	Bennie Thompson	Black	D	62.9	31.8	2.3	3
MD 4th	Glenn Ivey	Black	D	55.2	10.7	25.1	9
LA 6th	Cleo Fields	Black	D	54.4	36	4.7	4.9
MD 7th	Kweisi Mfume	Black	D	53.2	29.9	8.5	8.4
AL 7th	Terri Sewell	Black	D	52.5	38.8	4.5	4.2
PA 3rd	Dwight Evans	Black	D	50.6	32.2	6	11.2
LA 2nd	Troy Carter	Black	D	50.4	33.6	9.6	6.4
GA 5th	Nikema Williams	Black	D	49.8	31	9.9	9.3
IL 1st	Jonathan Jackson	Black	D	49.7	36.1	9.2	5
GA 13th	David Scott	Black	D	49.6	24.6	14.5	11.3
FL 20th	Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	Black	D	49.1	20.6	23.5	6.8
GA 2nd	Sanford Bishop	Black	D	49	39.9	5.9	5.2
AL 2nd	Shomari Figures	Black	D	48.9	41.6	3.7	5.8
NJ 10th	LaMonica McIver	Black	D	48.5	18.8	21.4	11.3
GA 4th	Hank Johnson	Black	D	47.5	19.7	19.2	13.6
IL 2nd	Robin Kelly	Black	D	47	33.3	15.3	4.4
SC 6th	Jim Clyburn	Black	D	46.8	41.6	6.2	5.4
MO 1st	Wesley Bell	Black	D	46.1	40.4	4.5	9
OH 11th	Shontel Brown	Black	D	44	40.7	7.9	7.4
VA 3rd	Bobby Scott	Black	D	43.2	39	8.4	9.4
IL 7th	Danny Davis	Black	D	42.8	29.5	15.7	12
NY 8th	Hakeem Jeffries	Black	D	42.2	27.4	16.2	14.2
VA 4th	Jennifer McClellan	Black	D	40.7	42.1	9.8	7.4
NY 9th	Yvette Clarke	Black	D	40.6	32.3	11.4	15.7
NY 5th	Gregory Meeks	Black	D	40.2	12.8	20.6	26.4
TX 30th	Jasmine Crockett	Black	D	40	17.7	36	6.3
FL 24th	Frederica Wilson	Black	D	39.8	17.6	37.5	5.1
NC 1st	Don Davis	Black	D	39.3	48.1	7.6	5
NC 12th	Alma Adams	Black	D	36.5	35.9	17.6	10
TX 9th	Al Green	Black	D	35.8	12.4	39.3	12.5
IN 7th	André Carson	Black	D	32.9	45.3	14.8	7
NY 15th	Ritchie Torres	Black	D	31.7	9.3	52.4	6.6
WI 4th	Gwen Moore	Black	D	31.6	41	17.8	9.6
OH 3rd	Joyce Beatty	Black	D	27.5	55.1	6.3	11.1
FL 10th	Maxwell Frost	Black	D	24.2	35.5	29.9	10.4
CA 43rd	Maxine Waters	Black	D	23.8	6.9	57.2	12.1
CA 37th	Sydney Kamlager-Dove	Black	D	22.3	13.2	54	10.5
MO 5th	Emanuel Cleaver	Black	D	21.7	57.9	11.2	9.2
MA 7th	Ayanna Pressley	Black	D	20.4	38.7	21.9	19
NC 4th	Valerie Foushee	Black	D	19.7	53.1	11.5	15.7
TX 33rd	Marc Veasey	Black	D	18.6	57.6	13.2	10.6
GA 6th	Lucy McBath	Black	D	18.2	54.8	11.2	15.8
MN 5th	Ilhan Omar	Black	D	17.1	59.9	10.1	12.9
NV 4th	Steven Horsford	Black	D	15.9	37.3	34.4	12.4
NJ 12th	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Black	D	15.6	39.8	21.5	23.1
CA 12th	Lateefah Simon	Black	D	15.3	32.9	23.6	28.2
PA 12th	Summer Lee	Black	D	15.1	72.9	2.8	9.2
MI 10th	John James	Black	R	13.3	72.8	3	10.9
OH 13th	Emilia Sykes	Black	D	13	75.7	2.7	8.6
NJ 3rd	Herb Conaway	Black	D	12.3	63.3	11.3	13.1
TX 38th	Wesley Hunt	Black	R	9.6	50.1	25.9	14.4
IL 14th	Lauren Underwood	Black	D	9.3	58.8	22.8	9.1
CT 5th	Jahana Hayes	Black	D	6.7	63.3	20.9	9.1
WA 10th	Marilyn Strickland	Black	D	6.7	60.1	12.9	20.3
RI 1st	Gabe Amo	Black	D	6.3	63.9	18.2	11.6
FL 19th	Byron Donalds	Black	R	5.6	67.7	19.1	7.6
UT 4th	Burgess Owens	Black	R	1.2	74.2	16.1	8.5
CO 2nd	Joe Neguse	Black	D	0.9	76.1	14.2	8.8
OR 5th	Janelle Bynum	Black	D	0.9	78.8	10.1	10.2