Current Numbers

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

Women in Elective Office 2020
Women of Color in Elective Office 2020

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

127

23.7% of 535 seats
Fact Sheet: Women in the U. S. Congress 2020

U.S. Senate
26

(17D, 9R) 26% of 100 seats
Fact Sheet: Women in the U.S. Senate 2020

U.S. House
101

(88D, 13R) 23.2% of 435 seats
Fact Sheet: Women in the U.S. House 2020

STATEWIDE EXECUTIVE

90

28.9% of 311 seats
(total includes 9 governors, 15 lt. governors and 66 other statewide elected officials)
Fact Sheet: Women in Statewide Elective Executive Office 2020

Governors
9

(6D, 3R); 18% of 50

Lt. Governors
15

(10D, 5R); 34.9% of 43

Other
66

(32D, 32R, 2NP) 30.3% of 218

STATE LEGISLATURE

2,151

(1,457D, 672R, 14NP, 4I, 4P) 29.1% of 7,383 seats
Fact Sheet: Women in State Legislatures 2020

State Senate
516

(332D, 170R, 14NP) 26.2% of 1,972 seats

State House/Assembly
1,635

(1,125D, 502R, 4I, 4Prg) 30.2% of 5,411 seats

LOCAL

Mayors - Cities over 30,000
300

22.0% of 1,366 seats
Fact sheet: Women Mayors in U.S. Cities 2019

Mayors - 100 Largest Cities
27

27% of 100 seats
Fact sheet: Women in Elective Office 2020: Municipal Officials

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