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OK, I apologize if I've miscategorized or oversimplified a couple of members, but as far as I can tell, this is pretty much the difference between the parties in the House of Representatives.
There's also 4 vacancies at the moment, of course: GOP Sean Duffy, GOP Chris Collins & Dem Katie Hill all resigned, and Dem Elijah Cummings passed away.
Another apology...I didn’t break out South Asian, Pacific Islander, etc. Will redo soon.
📣 UDPATE: OK, I've added Native American/Alaskan (4 total) and Asian/Pacific Islander (13). Several members fall into multiple categories, of course...Rep. Bobby Scott is a member of the CBC but is also Filipino by birth, etc.)
Sidenote: 2 of the 4 listed as "Native American" members of the House, according to Wikipedia are Republican men: Tom Cole and Markwayne Mullin...both of whom represent Oklahoma, for whatever that's worth (cc: Elizabeth Warren controversy)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N…
Also note that this doesn’t even get into sexual identities, religion, etc. Pretty sure the point has been made, however.
UPDATE: I looked at all 21 NON-White Guy GOP House members to see what it *could* look like in 2021. If EVERY incumbent House GOP White Man either wins reelection (which won't happen), it's possible White Guys will go from composing 89% of the House GOP caucus to as much as 94%.
CAVEATS: In this table I'm assuming that no additional candidates jump in for either party. I have no clue which candidate is the most viable in some races, and of course the GOP could also flip a few Dem seats *or* Dems could pick up some seats not rated "flippable" today...
However, it's entirely conceivable that the GOP House Caucus, which currently has just 13 women, could be down to as few as 7...and as few as 12 members who aren't White Men.
UPDATE: Per several requests, I've redone both charts to keep the colors consistent for each category, and have also embedded the counts/percentages onto the charts. Here's the difference in the Republican & Democratic Parties in a nutshell.
Note that when you include both genders, the GOP chart is 95.5% white. A year from now it’s conceivable that it could be up to 97%.
Whoa...this really blew up. For those wondering, I used a combination of Wikipedia and the House.gov website...nothing special. It’s possible I’m in error on one or two, and of course some members are multiracial or identify different from what you might expect.
A few folks have asked for my sources, which is reasonable...but there's no trick to it...here you go.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_H…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_N…

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_A…
📣 ONE MORE UPDATE: By request, I've added a third chart showing the breakout of the *total* U.S. population for comparison, via the U.S. Census Bureau. I also swapped the Dem/GOP charts to be on the Left and Right for obvious symbolic reasons.
ALSO: The NON-VOTING Delegates from U.S. Territories/etc include:
GOP: 1 Asian/Pacific Islander Woman (Am. Samoa)
Dem: 2 Black Women (DC, USVI); 1 Asian/Pacific Islander Man (Guam)
3rd Party: 1 Hispanic Woman (PR)
Indy: 1 Asian/Pacific Islander Man (N. Mariana Islands)
One more fun way of looking at it: The Dems have more *black women* in the House than the GOP has of ALL *non-white men* demographics COMBINED.
SINCE THIS THREAD is getting some traction, here’s four links to help keep this trend going. First, help #KeepTheHouseBlue by donating to this diverse group of swing district Democrats: secure.actblue.com/donate/keepthe…
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Finally, what we REALLY need to do next year is to also #FlipTheSenate!
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