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 NOTE: Information is subject to change due to resignations, appointments and special elections.
Approximately 1,784 women serve in the 50 state legislatures in the 2014 legislative session. Women make up 24.2 percent of all state legislators nationwide.
Information about women serving in legislative leadership.
Percentages of Women in State Legislatures
| 5-14 percent women in the legislature |
15-24 percent women in the legislature |
25-34 percent women in the legislature |
35-44 percent women in the legislature |
Women Serving in the 50 States, 2014
|
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
|
15
|
5
|
20
|
140
|
14.3%
|
|
Alaska
|
12
|
4 |
16
|
60
|
26.7%
|
|
Arizona
|
19 |
13
|
32
|
90
|
35.6%
|
|
Arkansas
|
17
|
6
|
23
|
135
|
17.0% |
|
California
|
20
|
12
|
32
|
120
|
26.7%
|
|
Colorado
|
28
|
13
|
41
|
100
|
41.0%
|
|
Connecticut
|
45
|
8
|
53
|
187
|
28.3%
|
|
Delaware
|
10 |
6
|
16
|
62
|
25.8%
|
|
Florida
|
29
|
12
|
41
|
160
|
25.6%
|
|
Georgia
|
45
|
8
|
53
|
236
|
22.5%
|
|
Hawaii
|
16
|
8
|
24
|
76
|
31.6%
|
|
Idaho
|
22 |
6
|
28
|
105
|
26.7%
|
|
Illinois
|
40
|
15
|
55
|
177
|
31.1%
|
|
Indiana
|
22
|
8
|
30
|
150
|
20.0%
|
|
Iowa
|
25
|
10 |
35
|
150
|
23.3%
|
|
Kansas
|
29
|
12
|
41
|
165
|
24.8%
|
|
Kentucky
|
19 |
6
|
25
|
138
|
18.1%
|
|
Louisiana
|
14
|
4 |
18 |
144
|
12.5%
|
|
Maine
|
47
|
8
|
55
|
186
|
29.6%
|
|
Maryland
|
46
|
11
|
57
|
188
|
30.3%
|
|
Massachusetts
|
37
|
12
|
49
|
200
|
24.5%
|
|
Michigan
|
24
|
4
|
28
|
148
|
18.9%
|
|
Minnesota
|
45
|
23
|
68
|
201
|
33.8%
|
|
Mississippi
|
22
|
8 |
30
|
174
|
17.2%
|
|
Missouri
|
38 |
5
|
43
|
197
|
21.8%
|
|
Montana
|
30
|
10
|
40
|
150
|
26.7%
|
|
Nebraska
|
Unicameral
|
10
|
10
|
49
|
20.4%
|
|
Nevada
|
13
|
4 |
17
|
63
|
27.0%
|
|
New Hampshire
|
128
|
9
|
137
|
424
|
32.3%
|
|
New Jersey
|
26
|
10
|
36
|
120
|
30.0%
|
|
New Mexico
|
26
|
6
|
32
|
112
|
28.6%
|
|
New York
|
34
|
11 |
45
|
213
|
21.1%
|
|
North Carolina
|
28
|
9
|
37
|
170
|
21.8%
|
|
North Dakota
|
16
|
8
|
24
|
141
|
17.0%
|
|
Ohio
|
23
|
8
|
31
|
132
|
23.5%
|
|
Oklahoma
|
16
|
4
|
20
|
149
|
13.4%
|
|
Oregon
|
20
|
7
|
27
|
90
|
30.0%
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
37
|
8
|
45
|
253
|
17.8%
|
|
Rhode Island
|
21
|
9
|
30
|
113
|
26.5%
|
|
South Carolina
|
21
|
1
|
22
|
170
|
12.9%
|
|
South Dakota
|
18
|
6
|
24
|
105
|
22.9%
|
|
Tennessee
|
16
|
7
|
23
|
132
|
17.4%
|
|
Texas
|
32
|
7
|
39
|
181
|
21.5%
|
|
Utah
|
12
|
5
|
17
|
104
|
16.3%
|
|
Vermont
|
65
|
8
|
73 |
180
|
40.6%
|
|
Virginia
|
17
|
7 |
24
|
140
|
17.1%
|
|
Washington
|
30
|
18
|
48
|
147
|
32.7%
|
|
West Virginia
|
21
|
1
|
22
|
134
|
16.4%
|
|
Wisconsin
|
25
|
9 |
34
|
132
|
25.8%
|
|
Wyoming
|
12
|
2
|
14
|
90
|
15.6%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
1,373
|
411
|
1,784
|
7,383
|
24.2%
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| Partisan Composition of Women in the 50 State Legislatures, 2014 Session |
| Democratic Party |
1,133 |
| Republican Party |
636 |
| Third Party |
5 |
| Nonpartisan (Nebraska) |
10 |
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