Table 3.4

Membership Turnover in the Legislatures: 2021


  Senate House/Assembly
FIPS State or other
jurisdiction
Total number
of members
Number of
membership changes
Percentage
of total
Total number
of members
Number of
membership changes
Percentage
of total
01Alabama3563105

29

28
02Alaska2084040

19

48
04Arizona30165360

33

55
05Arkansas351337100

27

27
06California40112880

29

36
08Colorado35123465

28

43
09Connecticut36822151

31

21
10Delaware2141941

6

15
12Florida401435120

43

36
13Georgia561018180

42

23
15Hawaii2562451

17

33
16Idaho35195470

32

46
17Illinois59915118

23

19
18Indiana50612100

14

14
19Iowa501428100

39

39
20Kansas4000125

32

26
21Kentucky38616100

25

25
22Louisiana3925105

1

1
23Maine351440151

69

46
24Maryland47817141

40

28
25Massachusetts40615160

22

14
26Michigan381642110

59

54
27Minnesota672436134

47

35
28Mississippi5200122

2

16
29Missouri34824163

49

30
30Montana501836100

30

30
31Nebraska491633Unicameral

Unicameral

Unicameral
32Nevada2173342

14

33
33New Hampshire24938400

211

53
34New Jersey402580

1

1
35New Mexico421270

18

26
36New York631422150

30

20
37North Carolina501326120

30

25
38North Dakota47132894

28

30
39Ohio3372199

28

28
40Oklahoma48817101

16

16
41Oregon3072360

25

42
42Pennsylvania50714203

50

25
44Rhode Island3882175

13

17
45South Carolina4612124

29

23
46South Dakota35113170

31

44
47Tennessee3341299

18

18
48Texas31619150

28

19
49Utah2931075

15

20
50Vermont301033150

66

44
51Virginia4000100

2

2
53Washington4971498

23

23
54West Virginia34824100

29

29
55Wisconsin3372199

24

24
56Wyoming3041360

29

48
11Dist. of Columbia13215Unicameral

Unicameral

Unicameral
60American Samoa180021

7

33
66Guam15717Unicameral

Unicameral

Unicameral
69CNMI*944418

6

33
72Puerto Rico271451

2

4
78U.S. Virgin Islands15427Unicameral

Unicameral

Unicameral

Source:

The Council of State Governments, August 2024.

Key:

* Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.
U Unicameral.