Current Numbers

Overview Fact Sheets (summary information for all levels of office)

Women in Elective Office 2018
Women of Color in Elective Office 2018

FEDERAL

Cabinet and Cabinet-level Positions
7

Fact sheet: High-Level Presidential Appointments

U.S. Supreme Court
3

Fact sheet: Women on the U.S. Supreme Court

CONGRESS

107

20.0% of 535 seats
Fact Sheet: Women in the U. S. Congress 2018

U.S. Senate
23

(17D, 6R) 23% of 100 seats
Fact Sheet: Women in the U.S. Senate 2018

U.S. House
84

(61D, 23R) 19.3% of 435 seats
Fact Sheet: Women in the U.S. House 2018

STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE

74

23.7% of 312 seats
(total includes 6 governors, 13 lt. governors and 55 other statewide elected officials)
Fact Sheet: Women in Statewide Elective Executive Office 2018

Governors
6

(2D, 4R); 12% of 50

Lt. Governors
13

(5D, 7R, 1NP); 28% of 43

Other
55

(21D, 33R, 1NP) 24.7% of 219

STATE LEGISLATURE

1,875

(1,144D, 705R, 14NP, 7I, 5P) 25.4% of 7,383 seats
Fact Sheet: Women in State Legislatures 2018

State Senate
450

(261D, 173R, 14NP, 2I) 22.8% of 1,972 seats

State House/Assembly
1,425

(883D, 532R, 5I, 5Prg) 26.3% of 5,411 seats

LOCAL

Mayors - Cities over 30,000
297

21.8% of 1,365 seats
Fact sheet: Women Mayors in U.S. Cities 2018

Mayors - 100 Largest Cities
23

23% of 100 seats
Fact sheet: Women in Elective Office 2018: Municipal Officials

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