Women in State Legislatures 2007

There are currently 1,729 women legislators serving across the country. Women hold 23.4 percent of legislative seats in the 50 states, a ratio that has increased only slightly over the past ten years.

Women in Legislative Leadership: 2007

Map of the number of women in state legislatures, 2007

Map of the percentage of women in state legislatures, 2007

(Note: Data current as of 9/12/2007. Subject to change due to resignations, appointments and special elections.)

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

14

4

18

140

12.9%

Alaska

10

3

13

60

21.7%

Arizona

17

13

30

90

33.3%

Arkansas

22

6

28

135

20.7%

California

23

10

33

120

27.5%

Colorado

24

11

35

100

35.0%

Connecticut

45

8

53

187

28.3%

Delaware

12

7

19

62

30.6%

Florida

27

10

37

160

23.1%

Georgia

38

8

46

236

19.5%

Hawaii

18

7

25

76

32.9%

Idaho

18

6

24

105

22.9%

Illinois

35

13

48

177

27.1%

Indiana

16

12

28

150

18.7%

Iowa

28

6

34

150

22.7%

Kansas

35

13

48

165

29.1%

Kentucky

12

5

17

138

12.3%

Louisiana

18

7

25

144

17.4%

Maine

45

12

57

186

30.6%

Maryland

50

11

61

188

32.4%

Massachusetts

37

12

49

200

24.5%

Michigan

20

9

29

148

19.6%

Minnesota

43

27

70

201

34.8%

Mississippi

19

5

24

174

13.8%

Missouri

31

7

38

197

19.3%

Montana

28

9

37

150

24.7%

Nebraska

Unicameral

9

9

49

18.4%

Nevada

13

6

19

63

30.2%

New Hampshire

142

10

152

424

35.8%

New Jersey

16

7

23

120

19.2%

New Mexico

22

12

34

112

30.4%

New York

40

11

51

212

24.1%

North Carolina

37

7

44

170

25.9%

North Dakota

19

6

25

141

17.7%

Ohio

16

6

22

132

16.7%

Oklahoma

12

7

19

149

12.8%

Oregon

19

9

28

90

31.1%

Pennsylvania

27

10

37

253

14.6%

Rhode Island

15

7

22

113

19.5%

South Carolina

13

2

15

170

8.8%

South Dakota

13

5

18

105

17.1%

Tennessee

14

8

22

132

16.7%

Texas

31

4

35

181

19.3%

Utah

15

3

18

104

17.3%

Vermont

58

10

68

180

37.8%

Virginia

16

8

24

140

17.1%

Washington

28

20

48

147

32.7%

West Virginia

17

2

19

134

14.2%

Wisconsin

22

8

30

132

22.7%

Wyoming

17

4

21

90

23.3%

TOTAL

1,307

422

1,729

7,382

23.4%

Partisan Composition of Women State Legislators, 2007

Democratic Party 1,181

Republican Party 533

Third Party 6

Nonpartisan (Nebraska) 9

Contact Katie Fischer for more information, (303) 364-7700.

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