Grouped column chart comparing the shares of Black women, Black men, White women and White men in Mississippi’s populations and in the state’s legislature. Black women make up 20 percent of the state population but only 6 percent of the legislature; for Black men it is 18 percent compared with 24 percent; for White women it is 29 percent compared with 9 percent; and White men are greatly overrepresented at 29 percent of the state population compared with 61 percent of the legislature.