Obama Cabinet Demographics

A couple of appointments to go still, but the folks at MSNBC.com have put together quite the list.

• 7 Ivy Leaguers (Clinton, Duncan, Geithner, Holder, Donovan, Orszag, Jackson)
• 6 State Schoolers (Daschle, Vilsack, Chu, Napolitano, Salazar, Gates)
• 6 Raised in the Midwest (Clinton, Daschle, Vilsack, Gates, Duncan, LaHood) Note: This doesn’t include Chu, who was born in Missouri but grew up in New York)
• 4 Women (Clinton, Napolitano, Rice, Jackson)
• 4 Raised in New York (Holder, Donovan, Geithner, Chu – who grew up on Long Island; does not include Napolitano who was born in NYC or Clinton who currently lives there)
• 3 African Americans (Holder, Rice, Jackson)
• 3 Westerners (Salazar, Richardson, Napolitano -- who was born in NYC but raised in Albuquerque)
• 3 Basketball Players (Duncan, Rice, Holder -- does not include NSA appointee Gen. James Jones)
• 2 Hispanics (Salazar, Richardson)
• 2 Asian Americans (Shinseki, Chu)
• 2 Republicans (Gates, Lahood)
• 2 Sitting Senators (Clinton, Salazar)
• 2 Sitting Governors (Napolitano, Richardson)
• 1 Raised in the South (Jackson, who was born in Philadelphia, but adopted a few weeks later and grew up in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward)