Table B1.1

Women in the United States Congress, 2015

State

Number of U.S. Senators Who Are Womena

Proportion of U.S. Representatives Who Are Womenb

Alabama

0

28.6%

Alaska

1

0.0%

Arizona

0

33.3%

Arkansas

0

0.0%

California

2

35.8%

Colorado

0

14.3%

Connecticut

0

40.0%

Delaware

0

0.0%

Florida

0

25.9%

Georgia

0

0.0%

Hawaii

1

50.0%

Idaho

0

0.0%

Illinois

0

22.2%

Indiana

0

22.2%

Iowa

1

0.0%

Kansas

0

25.0%

Kentucky

0

0.0%

Louisiana

0

0.0%

Maine

1

50.0%

Maryland

1

12.5%

Massachusetts

1

22.2%

Michigan

1

21.4%

Minnesota

1

12.5%

Mississippi

0

0.0%

Missouri

1

25.0%

Montana

0

0.0%

Nebraska

1

0.0%

Nevada

0

25.0%

New Hampshire

2

50.0%

New Jersey

0

8.3%

New Mexico

0

33.3%

New York

1

29.6%

North Carolina

0

23.1%

North Dakota

1

0.0%

Ohio

0

18.8%

Oklahoma

0

0.0%

Oregon

0

20.0%

Pennsylvania

0

0.0%

Rhode Island

0

0.0%

South Carolina

0

0.0%

South Dakota

0

100.0%

Tennessee

0

22.2%

Texas

0

8.3%

Utah

0

25.0%

Vermont

0

0.0%

Virginia

0

9.1%

Washington

2

30.0%

West Virginia

1

0.0%

Wisconsin

1

12.5%

Wyoming

0

100.0%

United States

20

19.3%

Source: IWPR compilation of data from Center for American Women and Politics 2015.