Women Serving in the 50 States, 2012
|
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
|
5
|
19
|
140
|
13.6%
|
|
Alaska
|
11
|
4
|
15
|
60
|
25.0%
|
|
Arizona
|
19 |
11
|
30
|
90
|
33.3%
|
|
Arkansas
|
22
|
8
|
30
|
135
|
22.2%
|
|
California
|
22
|
12
|
34
|
120
|
28.3%
|
|
Colorado
|
23
|
17
|
40
|
100
|
40.0%
|
|
Connecticut
|
47
|
9
|
56
|
187
|
29.9%
|
|
Delaware
|
9
|
7
|
16
|
62
|
25.8%
|
|
Florida
|
27
|
14
|
41
|
160
|
25.6%
|
|
Georgia
|
47
|
9
|
56
|
236
|
23.7%
|
|
Hawaii
|
18
|
9
|
27
|
76
|
35.5%
|
|
Idaho
|
20 |
9
|
29
|
105
|
27.6%
|
|
Illinois
|
38
|
16
|
54
|
177
|
30.5%
|
|
Indiana
|
21
|
10
|
31
|
150
|
20.7%
|
|
Iowa
|
24
|
8 |
32
|
150
|
21.3%
|
|
Kansas
|
33
|
12
|
45
|
165
|
27.3%
|
|
Kentucky
|
20 |
6
|
26
|
138
|
18.8%
|
|
Louisiana
|
12
|
4 |
16 |
144
|
11.1%
|
|
Maine
|
47
|
8
|
55
|
186
|
29.6%
|
|
Maryland
|
47
|
11
|
58
|
188
|
30.9%
|
|
Massachusetts
|
38
|
11
|
49
|
200
|
24.5%
|
|
Michigan
|
27
|
4
|
31
|
148
|
20.9%
|
|
Minnesota
|
45
|
21
|
66
|
201
|
32.8%
|
|
Mississippi
|
21
|
8 |
29
|
174
|
16.7%
|
|
Missouri
|
41 |
6
|
47
|
197
|
23.9%
|
|
Montana
|
28
|
8
|
36
|
150
|
24.0%
|
|
Nebraska
|
Unicameral
|
11
|
11
|
49
|
22.4%
|
|
Nevada
|
12
|
4 |
16
|
63
|
25.4%
|
|
New Hampshire
|
97
|
6
|
103
|
424
|
24.3%
|
|
New Jersey
|
24
|
11
|
35
|
120
|
29.2%
|
|
New Mexico
|
20
|
11
|
31
|
112
|
27.7%
|
|
New York
|
36
|
11
|
47
|
212
|
22.2%
|
|
North Carolina
|
35
|
5
|
40
|
170
|
23.5%
|
|
North Dakota
|
15
|
6
|
21
|
141
|
14.9%
|
|
Ohio
|
23
|
8
|
31
|
132
|
23.5%
|
|
Oklahoma
|
14
|
5
|
19
|
149
|
12.8%
|
|
Oregon
|
17
|
9
|
26
|
90
|
28.9%
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
33
|
10
|
43
|
253
|
17.0%
|
|
Rhode Island
|
19
|
10
|
29
|
113
|
25.7%
|
|
South Carolina
|
17
|
0
|
17
|
170
|
10.0%
|
|
South Dakota
|
14
|
7
|
21
|
105
|
20.0%
|
|
Tennessee
|
17
|
7
|
24
|
132
|
18.2%
|
|
Texas
|
31
|
6
|
37
|
181
|
20.4%
|
|
Utah
|
12
|
5
|
17
|
104
|
16.3%
|
|
Vermont
|
59
|
11
|
70 |
180
|
38.9%
|
|
Virginia
|
18
|
6 |
24
|
140
|
17.9%
|
|
Washington
|
29
|
18
|
47
|
147
|
32.0%
|
|
West Virginia
|
22
|
2
|
24
|
134
|
17.1%
|
|
Wisconsin
|
23
|
9 |
32
|
132
|
24.2%
|
|
Wyoming
|
12
|
1
|
13
|
90
|
14.4%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
1,320
|
426
|
1,746
|
7,382
|
23.7%
|
| Partisan Composition of Women in the 50 State Legislatures, 2012 Session |
| Democratic Party |
1,051 |
| Republican Party |
676 |
| Third Party |
8 |
| Nonpartisan (Nebraska) |
11 |
| |
|
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