Legislators' Occupations by Geographical Region, 2007 (percentages) | Occupation | Eastern Region | Midwest Region | Southern Region | Western Region | | Attorney | 13.6% | 12.6% | 20.9% | 9.6% | | Full-Time Legislator | 27.7% | 21.1% | 5.0% | 16.3% | | Business Owner | 7.1% | 8.1% | 9.2% | 13.1% | | Agriculture | 1.1% | 11.1% | 4.5% | 5.6% | | Retired | 14.5% | 10.4% | 10.4% | 12.0% | | Business: Executive/Manager | 5.5% | 7.6% | 12.7% | 6.9% | | Educator: K-12 | 4.3% | 3.9% | 3.6% | 3.8% | | Business: Non-manager | 2.7% | 2.7% | 3.2% | 2.5% | | Consultant/Professional/Nonprofit | 7.8% | 6.2% | 8.2% | 10.5% | | Real Estate | 2.8% | 3.0% | 4.8% | 2.8% | | Insurance | 0.9% | 1.3% | 3.3% | 0.8% | | Communications/Arts | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.2% | 2.8% | | Medical | 2.6% | 3.1% | 4.5% | 3.9% | | Government Employee: Local | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.8% | | Educator: College | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.5% | | Homemaker | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.2% | 0.8% | | Engineer/Scientist/Architect | 1.2% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 2.2% | | Accountant | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.4% | | Government Employee: State | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.8% | | Clergy | 0.2% | 0.4% | 1.3% | 0.4% | | Labor Union | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | | Student | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | | Information Not Available | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | | Insufficient Information | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2007 - Total legislative seats: 7,382 Geographic Regions determined by Council of State Governments |