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Approximately 1,800 women serve in the 50 state legislatures at this point in the 2015 legislative session. Women make up 24.4 percent of all state legislators nationwide.
This is represents little change from the 2014 session's ratio of 24.2 percent.
Read about women serving in legislative leadership in 2015 here.
Women Serving in the 50 States | 2015
| 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 |
16 |
4 |
20 |
140 |
14.3% |
| Alaska |
12 |
5 |
17 |
60 |
28.3% |
| Arizona |
19 |
13 |
32 |
90 |
35.6% |
| Arkansas |
20 |
7 |
27 |
135 |
20.0% |
| California |
19 |
12 |
31 |
120 |
25.8% |
| Colorado |
30 |
12 |
42 |
100 |
42.0% |
| Connecticut |
44 |
9 |
53 |
187 |
28.3% |
| Delaware |
9 |
6 |
15 |
62 |
24.2% |
| Florida |
28 |
12 |
40 |
160 |
25.0% |
| Georgia |
47 |
9 |
56 |
236 |
23.7% |
| Hawaii |
14 |
8 |
22 |
76 |
28.9% |
| Idaho |
19 |
10 |
29 |
105 |
27.6% |
| Illinois |
41 |
14 |
55 |
177 |
31.1% |
| Indiana |
22 |
9 |
31 |
150 |
20.7% |
| Iowa |
27 |
7 |
34 |
150 |
22.7% |
| Kansas |
28 |
13 |
41 |
165 |
24.8% |
| Kentucky |
19 |
4 |
23 |
138 |
16.7% |
| Louisiana |
13 |
4 |
17 |
144 |
11.8% |
| Maine |
46 |
8 |
54 |
186 |
29.0% |
| Maryland |
46 |
13 |
59 |
188 |
31.4% |
| Massachusetts |
39 |
12 |
51 |
200 |
25.5% |
| Michigan |
27 |
4 |
31 |
148 |
20.9% |
| Minnesota |
44 |
23 |
67 |
201 |
33.3% |
| Mississippi |
22 |
8 |
30 |
174 |
17.2% |
| Missouri |
43 |
6 |
49 |
197 |
24.9% |
| Montana |
29 |
18 |
47 |
150 |
31.3% |
| Nebraska |
Unicameral |
11 |
11 |
49 |
22.4% |
| Nevada |
16 |
5 |
21 |
63 |
33.3% |
| New Hampshire |
115 |
8 |
123 |
424 |
29.0% |
| New Jersey |
25 |
11 |
36 |
120 |
30.0% |
| New Mexico |
23 |
7 |
30 |
112 |
26.8% |
| New York |
41 |
11 |
52 |
213 |
24.4% |
| North Carolina |
26 |
12 |
38 |
170 |
22.4% |
| North Dakota |
19 |
8 |
27 |
141 |
19.1% |
| Ohio |
26 |
7 |
33 |
132 |
25.0% |
| Oklahoma |
14 |
6 |
20 |
149 |
13.4% |
| Oregon |
20 |
8 |
28 |
90 |
31.1% |
| Pennsylvania |
37 |
9 |
46 |
253 |
18.2% |
| Rhode Island |
21 |
10 |
31 |
113 |
27.4% |
| South Carolina |
22 |
1 |
23 |
170 |
13.5% |
| South Dakota |
15 |
7 |
22 |
105 |
21.0% |
| Tennessee |
17 |
6 |
23 |
132 |
17.4% |
| Texas |
29 |
7 |
36 |
181 |
19.9% |
| Utah |
10 |
6 |
16 |
104 |
15.4% |
| Vermont |
64 |
9 |
73 |
180 |
40.6% |
| Virginia |
16 |
8 |
24 |
140 |
17.1% |
| Washington |
31 |
18 |
49 |
147 |
33.3% |
| West Virginia |
19 |
1 |
20 |
134 |
14.9% |
| Wisconsin |
22 |
11 |
33 |
132 |
25.0% |
| Wyoming |
11 |
1 |
12 |
90 |
13.3% |
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| TOTAL |
1,362 |
438 |
1,800 |
7,383 |
24.4% |
Partisan Composition of Women in the 50 State Legislatures | 2015
| Democratic Party |
1,080 |
| Republican Party |
704 |
| Third Party |
5 |
| Nonpartisan (Nebraska) |
11 |
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