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Women in State Legislatures

2003

STATE

TOTAL MEMBERS

Women Legislators

Percent Women

State
Senate

State
House

Alabama

140

14

10.0%

3

11

Alaska

60

12

20.0%

4

8

Arizona

90

24

26.7%

8

16

Arkansas

135

22

16.3%

7

15

California

120

36

30.0%

11

25

Colorado

100

34

34.0%

9

25

Connecticut

187

55

29.4%

8

47

Delaware

62

18

29.0%

7

11

Florida

160

37

23.1%

10

27

Georgia

236

51

21.6%

13

38

Hawaii

76

21

27.6%

8

13

Idaho

105

27

25.7%

4

23

Illinois

177

47

26.6%

10

37

Indiana

150

26

17.3%

12

14

Iowa

150

32

21.3%

7

25

Kansas

165

46

27.9%

11

35

Kentucky

138

15

10.9%

4

11

Louisiana

144

22

15.3%

3

19

Maine

186

50

26.9%

13

37

Maryland

188

62

33.0%

15

47

Massachusetts

200

52

26.0%

12

40

Michigan

148

34

23.0%

11

23

Minnesota

201

54

26.9%

23

31

Mississippi

174

23

13.2%

7

16

Missouri

197

43

21.8%

7

36

Montana

150

37

24.7%

8

29

Nebraska

49

9

18.4%

9

 

Nevada

63

18

28.6%

7

11

New Hampshire

424

118

27.8%

4

114

New Jersey

120

19

15.8%

5

14

New Mexico

112

34

30.4%

11

23

New York

212

47

22.2%

11

36

North Carolina

170

34

20.0%

6

28

North Dakota

141

21

14.9%

5

16

Ohio

132

26

19.7%

3

23

Oklahoma

149

17

11.4%

6

11

Oregon

90

28

31.1%

8

20

Pennsylvania

253

35

13.8%

8

27

Rhode Island

113

22

19.5%

9

13

South Carolina

170

16

9.4%

2

14

South Dakota

105

16

15.2%

4

12

Tennessee

132

23

17.4%

5

18

Texas

181

36

19.9%

4

32

Utah

104

23

22.1%

5

18

Vermont

180

53

29.4%

8

45

Virginia

140

22

15.7%

7

15

Washington

147

54

36.7%

20

34

West Virginia

134

25

18.7%

5

20

Wisconsin

132

35

26.5%

8

27

Wyoming

90

16

17.8%

5

11

TOTAL

7382

1641

22.2%

400

1241

Source: Center for the American Woman and Politics (CAWP), and NCSL, December 2002

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