House Ways and Means Committee
Socioeconomic Data for the 109th Congress
Race, ethnicity and income data for congressional districts of members of the 109th Congress House Ways and Means Committee are shown below. Click on the word Sort in a column to order the table based on that column. Note that there have been substantial population changes since the 2000 Census was taken in 1999, though percentages and relative income levels are likely to reflect the current situation. The Census Bureau has done updated population estimates for counties, but not for congressional districts.
Data Set Sorted By rank_by_party in Ascending Order
Rank by Party Sort |
Representative |
Party |
State Sort |
District |
Minority Sort |
Afr Am Sort |
Asian Sort |
Am Indian Sort |
Hispanic Sort |
Median Hsehold Income Sort |
% Indivs in Poverty Sort |
1 |
Bill Thomas |
R |
CA |
22 |
33.2% |
5.8% |
3.0% |
1.3% |
21.0% |
$41,801 |
13.7% |
2 |
E. Clay Shaw Jr. |
R |
FL |
22 |
17.7% |
4.0% |
1.7% |
0.2% |
10.7% |
$51,200 |
7.1% |
3 |
Nancy L. Johnson |
R |
CT |
5 |
19.8% |
5.6% |
2.1% |
0.2% |
10.5% |
$53,118 |
7.7% |
4 |
Wally Herger |
R |
CA |
2 |
23.8% |
1.2% |
3.6% |
2.2% |
14.0% |
$33,559 |
17.0% |
5 |
Jim McCrery |
R |
LA |
4 |
38.0% |
33.5% |
0.7% |
0.8% |
2.0% |
$31,085 |
20.0% |
6 |
Dave Camp |
R |
MI |
4 |
7.2% |
2.1% |
0.8% |
0.9% |
2.4% |
$39,020 |
10.5% |
7 |
Jim Ramstad |
R |
MN |
3 |
11.4% |
3.8% |
4.0% |
0.4% |
1.8% |
$63,816 |
3.5% |
8 |
Jim Nussle |
R |
IA |
1 |
7.9% |
3.8% |
0.9% |
0.2% |
2.0% |
$38,727 |
10.1% |
9 |
Sam Johnson |
R |
TX |
3 |
36.7% |
9.0% |
8.3% |
0.4% |
17.0% |
$60,878 |
7.0% |
10 |
Rob Portman |
R |
OH |
2 |
8.3% |
4.7% |
1.3% |
0.3% |
1.0% |
$46,813 |
8.4% |
11 |
Phil English |
R |
PA |
3 |
6.3% |
3.4% |
0.5% |
0.1% |
1.3% |
$35,884 |
11.6% |
12 |
J.D. Hayworth |
R |
AZ |
5 |
23.2% |
2.8% |
3.4% |
2.1% |
13.3% |
$51,780 |
8.4% |
13 |
Jerry Weller |
R |
IL |
11 |
16.3% |
7.8% |
0.8% |
0.2% |
6.7% |
$47,800 |
8.4% |
14 |
Kenny C. Hulshof |
R |
MO |
9 |
7.4% |
3.9% |
0.9% |
0.3% |
1.1% |
$36,693 |
11.8% |
15 |
Ron Lewis |
R |
KY |
2 |
9.4% |
5.7% |
0.7% |
0.3% |
1.7% |
$35,724 |
13.3% |
16 |
Mark Foley |
R |
FL |
16 |
18.2% |
6.0% |
1.0% |
0.4% |
10.1% |
$39,408 |
10.0% |
17 |
Kevin Brady |
R |
TX |
1 |
29.4% |
18.4% |
0.5% |
0.4% |
9.2% |
$33,461 |
16.0% |
18 |
Thomas M. Reynolds |
R |
NY |
26 |
7.7% |
3.2% |
1.5% |
0.3% |
1.9% |
$46,653 |
6.9% |
19 |
Paul Ryan |
R |
WI |
1 |
12.6% |
4.7% |
1.0% |
0.3% |
5.7% |
$50,372 |
6.3% |
20 |
Eric Cantor |
R |
VA |
7 |
21.8% |
16.2% |
2.3% |
0.3% |
2.0% |
$50,990 |
6.1% |
21 |
John Linder |
R |
GA |
7 |
17.6% |
7.1% |
3.8% |
0.3% |
5.4% |
$63,455 |
4.5% |
22 |
Bob Beauprez |
R |
CO |
7 |
31.1% |
6.0% |
2.9% |
1.0% |
19.6% |
$46,149 |
8.9% |
23 |
Melissa A. Hart |
R |
PA |
4 |
5.8% |
3.3% |
0.8% |
0.1% |
0.7% |
$43,547 |
7.5% |
24 |
Chris Chocola |
R |
IN |
2 |
15.6% |
8.2% |
0.8% |
0.3% |
5.0% |
$40,381 |
9.5% |
25 |
Charles B. Rangel |
D |
NY |
15 |
83.6% |
34.6% |
2.9% |
0.9% |
47.9% |
$27,934 |
30.5% |
26 |
Fortney Pete Stark |
D |
CA |
13 |
61.6% |
6.5% |
28.4% |
0.7% |
21.1% |
$62,415 |
7.1% |
27 |
Sander M. Levin |
D |
MI |
12 |
18.3% |
12.0% |
2.3% |
0.3% |
1.5% |
$46,784 |
7.3% |
28 |
Benjamin L. Cardin |
D |
MD |
3 |
24.3% |
16.3% |
3.2% |
0.3% |
2.9% |
$52,906 |
7.7% |
29 |
Jim McDermott |
D |
WA |
7 |
33.1% |
8.4% |
13.3% |
1.1% |
5.8% |
$45,864 |
11.5% |
30 |
John Lewis |
D |
GA |
5 |
65.6% |
56.1% |
2.2% |
0.2% |
6.1% |
$39,725 |
19.7% |
31 |
Richard E. Neal |
D |
MA |
2 |
17.5% |
5.9% |
1.3% |
0.2% |
9.2% |
$44,386 |
10.8% |
32 |
Michael R. McNulty |
D |
NY |
21 |
14.5% |
7.8% |
2.1% |
0.2% |
3.2% |
$40,254 |
11.2% |
33 |
William J. Jefferson |
D |
LA |
2 |
71.7% |
64.1% |
2.7% |
0.3% |
3.8% |
$27,514 |
26.8% |
34 |
John S. Tanner |
D |
TN |
8 |
25.6% |
22.4% |
0.5% |
0.3% |
1.6% |
$33,001 |
15.0% |
35 |
Xavier Becerra |
D |
CA |
31 |
90.2% |
4.7% |
14.0% |
1.1% |
70.2% |
$26,093 |
30.1% |
36 |
Lloyd Doggett |
D |
TX |
25 |
78.2% |
7.2% |
1.1% |
0.2% |
68.7% |
$28,348 |
28.8% |
37 |
Earl Pomeroy |
D |
ND |
A-L |
8.3% |
0.6% |
0.6% |
4.9% |
1.2% |
$34,604 |
11.9% |
38 |
Stephanie Tubbs Jones |
D |
OH |
11 |
61.2% |
55.9% |
1.6% |
0.2% |
2.3% |
$31,998 |
19.5% |
39 |
Mike Thompson |
D |
CA |
1 |
28.8% |
1.4% |
3.9% |
2.9% |
17.9% |
$38,918 |
15.3% |
40 |
John B. Larson |
D |
CT |
1 |
28.4% |
13.1% |
2.5% |
0.2% |
11.4% |
$50,227 |
9.6% |
41 |
Rahm Emanuel |
D |
IL |
5 |
34.1% |
2.3% |
6.5% |
0.3% |
23.0% |
$48,531 |
8.5% |
* Minority includes all but White non-Hispanics and is therefore larger than the sum of other minorities shown
**Poverty includes families and individuals
Source: U.S. Census Bureau 108th Congressional District Summary Files and 109th Congress updates for Texas, Pennsylvania and Maine.
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