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Changing Legislatures
NCSL’s latest survey found some significant changes in occupation, gender and racial demographic makeup of state legislators. Full-time legislators, for example, now have overtaken attorneys as the largest occupational category in legislatures today. Attorneys decreased from nearly 25 percent of our nation’s legislative bodies in 1976 to 15 percent today. There also are more women, African Americans and Hispanics in legislatures than at any time in our history.
This interactive map allows you to examine the makeup of each state’s legislature by ethnicity, gender, age, religion and occupation and compare those figures to national averages.
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Issues & Resources
Find the NCSLstaff member who handles the issue in which you are interested.
NCSLprovides access to current state and federal legislation and a comprehensive list of state documents, including state statutes, constitutions, legislative audits and research reports.
Members
As legislators and legislative staff, you are part of the nation's largest, most influential and only bipartisan organization of state legislators and staff.Learn about the resources NCSL has for you.
NCSL offers an array of services for legislative staff. Find out what's available.
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