The Wall Street Journal examined the list of freshmen and came up with some stats on the 112th Congress:
Average age: 57.4 (down from 58.5 in the 111th Congress) Blacks: 42 (up from 40) Hispanics: 26 (down from 27) Asians: 11 (no change) Women: 89 (down from 90) Veterans: 113 (down from 119) No college degree: 28 (no change) Attorneys: 202 (down from 203) Farmers or ranchers: 6 (down from 7)
