Women in State Legislatures 2005

The 2005 session will see 1,663 women legislators serving across the country. Women currently hold 22.5% of legislative seats in the 50 states, a ratio that has remained constant over the past five years.

Women in legislative leadership, 2005

Map of the number of women in state legislatures, 2005

Map of the percentage of women in state legislatures, 2005

(Updated March 4, 2005)

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	11	3	14	140	10.0%
Alaska	8	3	11	60	18.3%
Arizona	20	10	30	90	33.3%
Arkansas	16	6	22	135	16.3%
California	25	12	37	120	30.8%
Colorado	22	11	33	100	33.0%
Connecticut	46	9	55	187	29.4%
Delaware	14	7	21	62	33.9%
Florida	29	9	38	160	23.8%
Georgia	37	7	44	236	18.6%
Hawaii	16	6	22	76	28.9%
Idaho	25	4	29	105	27.6%
Illinois	35	14	49	177	27.7%
Indiana	14	11	25	150	16.7%
Iowa	25	5	30	150	20.0%
Kansas	41	13	54	165	32.7%
Kentucky	11	6	17	138	12.3%
Louisiana	18	6	24	144	16.6%
Maine	32	11	43	186	23.1%
Maryland	49	15	64	188	34.0%
Massachusetts	39	10	49	200	24.5%
Michigan	19	11	30	148	20.3%
Minnesota	37	23	60	201	29.9%
Mississippi	18	4	22	174	12.6%
Missouri	36	6	42	197	21.3%
Montana	30	7	37	150	24.7%
Nebraska	0 (unicameral legislature)	12	12	49	24.5%
Nevada	15	6	21	63	33.3%
New Hampshire	125	5	130	424	30.7%
New Jersey	13	6	19	120	15.8%
New Mexico	24	11	35	112	31.3%
New York	40	9	49	212	23.1%
North Carolina	32	7	39	170	22.9%
North Dakota	18	5	23	141	16.3%
Ohio	21	5	26	132	19.7%
Oklahoma	14	8	22	149	14.8%
Oregon	16	9	25	90	27.8%
Pennsylvania	24	8	32	253	12.6%
Rhode Island	11	8	19	113	16.8%
South Carolina	14	1	15	170	8.8%
South Dakota	14	3	17	105	16.2%
Tennessee	17	6	23	132	17.4%
Texas	32	4	36	181	19.9%
Utah	16	4	20	104	19.2%
Vermont	50	10	60	180	33.3%
Virginia	13	8	21	140	15.0%
Washington	29	20	49	147	33.3%
West Virginia	18	3	21	134	15.7%
Wisconsin	26	8	34	132	25.8%
Wyoming	9	4	13	90	14.4%

Total	1264	399	1663	7382	22.5%

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