Table 8.9

Women in State Legislatures: 2022 – Table and Infographic

Data publication year: 2023 2022 (showing)

		Senate			House			Legislature (both chambers)
FIPS	State	Democrats	Republicans	% Women	Democrats	Republicans	% Women	% Women	State rank (a)
01	Alabama	4	1	14.3%	12	6	17.1%	16.4%	46
02	Alaska	1	4	25.0%	7	6	32.5%	30.0%	30
04	Arizona	10	6	53.3%	13	10	38.3%	43.3%	7
05	Arkansas	3	4	20.0%	10	14	24.0%	23.0%	41
06	California	11	4	37.5%	17	5	27.5%	30.8%	26
08	Colorado	11	1	34.3%	27	6	50.8%	45.0%	2
09	Connecticut	8	1	25.0%	34	20	35.8%	33.7%	20
10	Delaware	7	0	33.3%	11	1	29.3%	30.6%	27
12	Florida	8	7	37.5%	23	17	33.3%	34.4%	15
13	Georgia	15	2	30.4%	46	17	35.0%	33.9%	19
15	Hawaii	10	0	40.0%	14	2	31.4%	34.2%	17
16	Idaho	4	7	31.4%	5	17	31.4%	31.4%	23
17	Illinois	21	4	42.4%	39	8	39.8%	40.7%	11
18	Indiana	2	6	16.0%	15	12	27.0%	23.3%	40
19	Iowa	7	5	24.0%	21	10	31.0%	28.7%	32
20	Kansas	6	10	40.0%	18	16	27.2%	30.3%	29
21	Kentucky	3	3	15.8%	17	14	31.0%	26.8%	34
22	Louisiana	3	3	15.4%	9	13	21.0%	19.4%	44
23	Maine (e)	9	4	37.1%	47	20	45.0%	43.5%	6
24	Maryland	13	2	31.9%	58	9	47.5%	43.6%	5
25	Massachusetts (b)	13	0	32.5%	42	5	30.0%	30.5%	28
26	Michigan	8	3	28.9%	27	14	37.3%	35.1%	14
27	Minnesota	14	7	31.3%	38	13	38.1%	35.8%	12
28	Mississippi	3	7	19.2%	10	7	13.9%	15.5%	49
29	Missouri	5	6	32.4%	26	14	24.5%	25.9%	38
30	Montana	11	1	24.0%	17	20	37.0%	32.7%	22
31	Nebraska (c)			26.5%	-- Unicameral --			26.5%	35
32	Nevada	7	2	42.9%	20	8	66.7%	58.7%	1
33	New Hampshire	5	5	41.7%	93	47	35.0%	35.4%	13
34	New Jersey	7	3	25.0%	20	11	38.8%	34.2%	17
35	New Mexico	10	2	28.6%	28	8	51.4%	42.9%	8
36	New York	14	5	30.2%	51	3	36.0%	34.3%	16
37	North Carolina	10	6	32.0%	20	8	23.3%	25.9%	38
38	North Dakota	4	7	23.4%	8	13	22.3%	22.7%	42
39	Ohio	4	4	24.2%	18	15	33.3%	31.1%	24
40	Oklahoma	5	4	18.8%	9	13	21.8%	20.8%	43
41	Oregon	8	1	30.0%	20	11	51.7%	44.4%	3
42	Pennsylvania	8	6	28.0%	32	28	29.6%	29.2%	31
44	Rhode Island	16	2	47.4%	29	3	42.7%	44.2%	4
45	South Carolina	2	3	10.9%	13	11	19.4%	17.1%	46
46	South Dakota	1	8	25.7%	4	17	30.0%	28.6%	33
47	Tennessee	4	3	21.2%	4	10	14.1%	15.9%	48
48	Texas	4	6	32.3%	31	7	25.3%	26.5%	35
49	Utah	4	1	17.2%	12	10	29.3%	26.0%	37
50	Vermont (d)	10	0	33.3%	47	13	43.3%	41.7%	10
51	Virginia	7	4	27.5%	25	11	36.0%	33.6%	21
53	Washington	14	5	38.8%	34	9	43.9%	42.2%	9
54	West Virginia	1	3	11.8%	4	10	14.0%	13.4%	50
55	Wisconsin	6	4	30.3%	21	10	31.3%	31.1%	24
56	Wyoming	0	5	16.7%	4	7	18.3%	17.8%	45

Source:

Center for American Women and Politics, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University. Figures are as of March 2022.

Figures:

Footnotes:

(a)	States share the same rank if their proportions of women legislators are exactly equal or round off to be equal (HI, NJ; MO, NC; NE, TX; OH, WI).
(b)	Massachusetts percentage includes one Independent.
(c)	Nebraska has a unicameral legislature with nonpartisan elections.
(d)	Vermont percentage includes three Independents and two Progressives.
(e)	Maine percentage includes one Independent.