MASSACHUSETTS · 11 REPRESENTATIVES
MA REPS ARE23 YEARS OLDERTHAN MA RESIDENTS
THE_AGE_DISCONNECT
BOOMER
MILLENNIAL
63
VS
23_YRS
40
AVG_REP_AGE
AVG_RESIDENT
AVG_YEAR_ELECTED
2007
AVG_TERMS
10
AVG_TENURE
19_YRS
MASSACHUSETTS
9 DISTRICTS · 2 SENATORS
UPPER CHAMBER REPRESENTATION
DEMOGRAPHIC DISPARITY
STATE DELEGATION % (BOOMER + SILENT)64%
POPULATION % (BOOMER + SILENT)29%
STATE_ANALYTICS: MA
How the generational makeup of Massachusetts's congressional delegation compares to its voting-age population.
BOOMER
DELEGATION
64%
POPULATION
24%
GEN X
DELEGATION
27%
POPULATION
25%
MILLENNIAL
DELEGATION
9%
POPULATION
33%
SILENT
DELEGATION
0%
POPULATION
5%
GEN Z
DELEGATION
0%
POPULATION
12%
DATA_NOTE: VOTING-AGE POPULATION ONLY (18+) · GEN_Z CAPPED AT 1997–2012 · SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS ACS
DELEGATION BREAKDOWN
DISTRICT BY DISTRICT FORENSIC AUDIT — SORTED BY AGE GAP
DISTRICT
REPRESENTATIVE
PARTY
AGE
GENERATION
AGE GAP VS DISTRICT AVG
01
Richard
Neal
Neal
Elected: 1989
D
77
BOOMER
08
Stephen
Lynch
Lynch
Elected: 2001
D
71
BOOMER
09
William
Keating
Keating
Elected: 2011
D
73
BOOMER
02
Jim
McGovern
McGovern
Elected: 1997
D
66
BOOMER
05
Katherine
Clark
Clark
Elected: 2013
D
62
BOOMER
07
Ayanna
Pressley
Pressley
Elected: 2019
D
52
GEN X
03
Lori
Trahan
Trahan
Elected: 2019
D
52
GEN X
06
Seth
Moulton
Moulton
Elected: 2015
D
47
GEN X
04
Jake
Auchincloss
Auchincloss
Elected: 2021
D
38
MILLENNIAL