How many U.S. Senators are there?

There are one hundred U.S. Senators because the United States Senate is composed of two Senators from each of the fifty states, regardless of the state's population. This structure is established by the U.S. Constitution to ensure equal representation of each state in the legislative process. As the number of states is fixed at fifty, the total number of Senators is also fixed at one hundred. This balance is part of the federal system in the U.S., which aims to provide a compromise between larger and smaller states in terms of legislative power.