Table 8.9

Women in State Legislatures: 2023


  Senate House Legislature (both chambers)
FIPS State Democrats Republicans % Women Democrats Republicans % Women % Women State rank (a)
01Alabama3111.4%10

10

19.0%17.1%46
02Alaska (b)2325.0%7

6

37.5%33.3%25
04Arizona11450.0%18

9

45.0%46.7%3
05Arkansas2314.3%10

16

26.0%23.0%42
06California15345.0%27

5

40.0%41.7%11
08Colorado10234.3%33

5

58.5%50.0%2
09Connecticut10233.3%40

19

39.1%38.0%15
10Delaware8038.1%14

1

36.6%37.1%18
12Florida7940.0%25

25

41.7%41.3%12
13Georgia14228.6%47

18

36.1%34.3%22
15Hawaii8032.0%18

2

39.2%36.8%19
16Idaho4731.4%5

16

30.0%30.5%30
17Illinois20542.4%42

6

40.7%41.2%13
18Indiana3618.0%15

15

30.0%26.0%39
19Iowa8730.0%16

13

29.0%29.3%35
20Kansas71042.5%17

16

26.4%30.3%31
21Kentucky4523.7%14

18

32.0%29.7%33
22Louisiana2312.8%10

13

21.9%19.4%45
23Maine11340.0%49

19

45.0%44.1%7
24Maryland15134.0%57

7

45.4%42.6%9
25Massachusetts (c)12030.0%46

4

31.9%31.5%28
26Michigan12339.5%32

12

40.0%39.9%14
27Minnesota19332.8%37

17

40.3%37.8%17
28Mississippi (d)3719.2%6

7

12.3%14.4%48
29Missouri5735.3%28

17

27.6%28.9%36
30Montana10428.0%15

19

34.0%32.0%26
31Nebraska (e)--36.7%-

-36.7%20
32Nevada9461.9%21

5

61.9%61.9%1
33New Hampshire7550.0%100

49

37.3%38.0%15
34New Jersey8327.5%20

11

38.8%35.0%21
35New Mexico10228.6%31

7

54.3%44.6%6
36New York17331.7%50

3

35.3%34.3%22
37North Carolina13434.0%24

9

27.5%29.4%34
38North Dakota1717.0%9

18

28.7%24.8%41
39Ohio3524.2%13

17

30.3%28.8%37
40Oklahoma5520.8%10

9

18.8%19.5%44
41Oregon7230.0%18

11

48.3%42.2%10
42Pennsylvania8934.0%36

27

31.0%31.6%27
44Rhode Island14242.1%30

3

44.0%43.4%8
45South Carolina (f)1310.9%8

12

16.1%14.7%47
46South Dakota2622.9%4

18

31.4%28.6%38
47Tennessee5324.2%2

9

11.1%14.4%48
48Texas4425.8%32

14

30.7%29.8%32
49Utah5120.7%8

12

26.7%25.0%40
50Vermont (g)12040.0%58

9

46.0%45.0%5
51Virginia6322.5%26

12

38.0%33.6%24
53Washington16542.9%35

12

48.0%46.3%4
54West Virginia0411.8%2

10

12.0%11.9%50
55Wisconsin5324.2%20

13

33.3%31.1%29
56Wyoming0723.3%3

10

21.7%22.2%43

Source:

Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University, 2023.

Footnotes:

(a)

States share the same rank if their proportions of women legislators are exactly equal or round off to be equal (CT, NH; GA, NY; MS, TN).

(b)

Alaska percentage includes two nonpartisans.

(c)

Massachusets percentage includes one independent.

(d)

Mississippi percentage includes two independents.

(e)

Nebraska has a unicameral legislature with nonpartisan elections.

(f)

South Carolina percentage includes one independent.

(g)

Vermont percentage includes two independents.