Women in State Legislatures for 2016

Women Serving in the 50 States | 2016
State	Number of Women Legislators in the House / Assembly	Number of Women Legislators in the Senate	Total Number of Women Legislators	Total Seats in the Legislature	Percentage of Women in the Legislature
Alabama	16	4	20	140	14.3%
Alaska	13	5	18	60	30.0%
Arizona	19	13	32	90	35.6%
Arkansas	19	7	26	135	19.3%
California	19	11	30	120	25.0%
Colorado	30	12	42	100	42.0%
Connecticut	43	9	52	187	27.8%
Delaware	9	6	15	62	24.2%
Florida	28	12	40	160	25.0%
Georgia	48	10	58	236	24.6%
Hawaii	14	8	22	76	28.9%
Idaho	19	10	29	105	27.6%
Illinois	42	15	57	177	32.2%
Indiana	22	9	31	150	20.7%
Iowa	27	7	34	150	22.7%
Kansas	27	13	40	165	24.2%
Kentucky	18	4	22	138	15.9%
Louisiana	17	5	22	144	15.3%
Maine	46	9	55	186	29.6%
Maryland	47	12	59	188	31.4%
Massachusetts	38	12	50	200	25.0%
Michigan	26	4	30	148	20.3%
Minnesota	44	23	67	201	33.3%
Mississippi	14	9	23	174	13.2%
Missouri	43	6	49	197	24.9%
Montana	29	18	47	150	31.3%
Nebraska	Unicameral	11	11	49	22.4%
Nevada	15	4	19	63	30.2%
New Hampshire	113	8	121	424	28.5%
New Jersey	25	11	36	120	30.0%
New Mexico	23	6	29	112	25.9%
New York	43	11	54	213	25.4%
North Carolina	26	13	39	170	22.9%
North Dakota	19	8	27	141	19.1%
Ohio	27	7	34	132	25.8%
Oklahoma	15	6	21	149	14.1%
Oregon	20	8	28	90	31.1%
Pennsylvania	38	9	47	253	18.6%
Rhode Island	21	10	31	113	27.4%
South Carolina	23	2	25	170	14.7%
South Dakota	15	7	22	105	21.0%
Tennessee	16	6	22	132	16.7%
Texas	29	7	36	181	19.9%
Utah	10	6	16	104	15.4%
Vermont	65	9	74	180	41.1%
Virginia	18	9	27	140	19.3%
Washington	33	17	50	147	34.0%
West Virginia	18	2	20	134	14.9%
Wisconsin	22	11	33	132	25.0%
Wyoming	11	1	12	90	13.3%

TOTAL	1,363	442	1,805	7,383	24.4%

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WOMEN IN STATE LEGISLATURES FOR 2016