Latinos in Congress, by the Numbers

Here’s something to pack in your bag of practical trivia (although the word “trivia” tends to de-emphasize the numbers). This was posted in the sfgate.com, the San Fracisco Chronicle’s website; it’s a statistical look at the Latino representation in the 112th congress.

Commit some of these to memory, you may impress someone who wonders how you know these things.

Six new Latino lawmakers joined Congress this past week — all of them Republicans. Here is an analysis26
Latino lawmakers in Congress

24
Hispanics in the House

2
Hispanics in the Senate

6
Largest state delegations (California, Texas)

8
Latino Republicans in Congress

18
Latino Democrats in Congress

6
Freshman Republican Hispanics

0
Freshman Democratic Hispanics

3
Hispanic Democratic incumbents defeated in 2010 (Reps. John Salazar of Colorado, Solomon Ortiz of Texas and Ciro Rodriguez of Texas)

3
States where Hispanic Republicans outnumber Democrats (Florida, Idaho, Washington)

7
States where Hispanic Democrats outnumber Republicans (Arizona, California, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Texas)

6
Largest Democratic delegation (California)

4
Largest Republican delegation (Florida)

9
Hispanic lawmakers receiving a 100 percent liberal rating from Americans for Democratic Action.

0
Hispanic lawmakers receiving a 100 percent conservative rating from the American Conservative Union.

3
Hispanic lawmakers receiving a conservative rating of 50 percent or higher from the American Conservative Union.

27
Latino lawmakers in the last Congress

19
Latino lawmakers a decade ago