Women in the States

Women

Men

State

Percent

Rank

Percent

Rank

Alabama

38.3%

33

47.8%

41

Alaska

47.1%

48

52.0%

48

Arizona

37.0%

29

47.4%

39

Arkansas

44.6%

47

49.5%

45

California

35.7%

26

43.6%

30

Colorado

31.6%

20

37.1%

19

Connecticut

21.2%

8

32.0%

11

Delaware

21.6%

9

28.1%

8

District of Columbia

7.5%

2

16.3%

3

Florida

44.2%

46

51.5%

47

Georgia

48.5%

49

53.5%

49

Hawaii

17.6%

4

27.0%

5

Idaho

39.3%

36

41.6%

26

Illinois

30.2%

18

44.8%

35

Indiana

37.3%

30

44.5%

33

Iowa

24.7%

13

29.8%

9

Kansas

42.7%

43

39.3%

22

Kentucky

39.6%

37

44.3%

31

Louisiana

41.0%

39

47.4%

39

Maine

21.1%

7

28.0%

6

Maryland

24.8%

14

30.5%

10

Massachusetts

7.7%

3

13.0%

1

Michigan

25.9%

16

36.1%

17

Minnesota

19.5%

5

22.8%

4

Mississippi

40.4%

38

47.9%

43

Missouri

36.7%

28

39.8%

23

Montana

38.7%

35

44.7%

34

Nebraska

30.1%

17

40.7%

24

Nevada

52.1%

50

55.6%

50

New Hampshire

30.5%

19

40.7%

24

New Jersey

38.5%

34

46.8%

38

New Mexico

43.4%

44

51.1%

46

New York

19.6%

6

28.0%

6

North Carolina

42.1%

41

48.3%

44

North Dakota

32.2%

21

32.7%

13

Ohio

25.4%

15

36.3%

18

Oklahoma

43.9%

45

46.0%

37

Oregon

32.7%

23

39.2%

21

Pennsylvania

23.0%

11

33.9%

14

Rhode Island

24.1%

12

41.7%

27

South Carolina

38.1%

32

47.8%

41

South Dakota

41.2%

40

44.3%

31

Tennessee

32.6%

22

45.3%

36

Texas

52.8%

51

56.7%

51

Utah

34.7%

25

39.1%

20

Vermont

5.3%

1

15.3%

2

Virginia

36.2%

27

42.3%

28

Washington

37.5%

31

42.7%

29

West Virginia

33.3%

24

34.0%

15

Wisconsin

21.8%

10

32.5%

12

Wyoming

42.3%

42

34.7%

16

United States

35.4%

42.7%

Note: Aged 18 to 64.

Source: IWPR analysis of American Community Survey microdata (Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Version 5.0).