Women Mayors in U.S. Cities 2023

(cities over 30,000 as of September 2023)

As of September 2023, per CAWP research and population data from the U.S. Census, of the 1,616 mayors and officials who perform mayoral functions of U.S. cities, towns, and minor civil divisions with populations over 30,000, 417, or 25.8%, were women. (Primary reference source: U.S. Census Population Data.) Access the most current list of women mayors of the top 100 cities.

State City Name Population Rank
California Los Angeles Karen Bass 3970219 2
Arizona Phoenix Kate Sarah Gallego 1708127 5
Texas Fort Worth Mattie Parker 927720 12
Florida Jacksonville Donna Deegan 920570 13
North Carolina Charlotte Vi Lyles 900350 15
California San Francisco London N Breed 866606 17
District of Columbia Washington Muriel Bowser 712816 21
Massachusetts Boston Michelle Wu 691531 23
Nevada Las Vegas Carolyn Goodman 662368 26
Arizona Tucson Regina Romero 553571 34
Nebraska Omaha Jean Stothert 478393 42
North Carolina Raleigh Mary-Ann Baldwin 474414 43
California Oakland Sheng Thao 424891 48
Florida Tampa Jane Castor 407599 49
Louisiana New Orleans LaToya Cantrell 389476 53
California Bakersfield Karen Goh 385725 55
California Anaheim Ashleigh Aitken 353676 57
California Santa Ana Valerie Amezcua 331301 59
California Riverside Patricia Lock Dawson 330786 60
Nevada Henderson Michelle Romero 329172 61
New York Islip Angie Carpenter 328812 62
Texas Corpus Christi Paulette Guajardo 327248 63
Kentucky Lexington Linda Gorton 322200 64
North Carolina Greensboro Nancy Vaughan 297878 69
Missouri St. Louis Tishaura Jones 297645 70
Nebraska Lincoln Leirion Baird 290505 73
North Carolina Durham Elaine O'Neal 285897 76
California Irvine Farrah N. Khan 283700 77
Wisconsin Madison Satya Rhodes-Conway 263094 85
Nevada North Las Vegas Pamela Goynes-Brown 260098 89
Nevada Reno Hillary Schieve 259290 90
Arizona Gilbert Brigette Peterson 257658 91
California Fremont Lily Mei 234569 99
New York North Hempstead Jennifer DeSena 230379 102
Idaho Boise City Lauren McLean 229776 103
Washington Spokane Nadine Woodward 222050 104
Washington Tacoma Victoria Woodards 219945 105
Louisiana Baton Rouge Sharon Weston Broome 219052 106
California San Bernardino Helen Tran 217491 107
California Fontana Acquanetta Warren 216173 108
California Modesto Sue Zwahlen 215666 109
New York Babylon Mary Adams 209785 115
Florida Port St. Lucie Shannon Martin 209715 116
Utah Salt Lake City Erin Mendenhall 204087 121
Michigan Grand Rapids Rosalynn Bliss 200031 127
Tennessee Knoxville Indya Kincannon 190223 139
Washington Vancouver Anne McEnerny-Ogle 186192 142
California Elk Grove Bobbie Singh-Allen 177302 153
California Oceanside Esther C. Sanchez 174648 155
California Santa Rosa Natalie Rogers 174613 156
Oregon Eugene Lucy Vinis 173236 159
Colorado Fort Collins Jeni Arndt 168234 163
Illinois Thornton Tiffany A. Henyard 162029 165
California Salinas Kimberly Craig 154868 172
Texas Killeen Debbie Nash-King 153991 174
Illinois Wheeling township Kathy Penner 152300 178
California Palmdale Laura Bettencourt 150498 182
Colorado Thornton Janifer Kulmann 148113 186
Washington Bellevue Lynne Robinson 148073 187
Texas Midland Lori Blong 147069 191
Illinois Worth Mary Werner 146491 193
Illinois Proviso Katrina Thompson 145051 196
Iowa Cedar Rapids Tiffany O'Donnell 134027 220
Utah West Valley City Karen Lang 133894 221
Illinois Maine Karen Dimond 132928 223
Connecticut Stamford Caroline Simmons 131397 227
California Santa Clara Lisa M. Gillmor 131055 228
Washington Kent Dana Ralph 130676 230
California Concord Laura Hoffmeister 128544 231
California Victorville Debra Jones 124982 241
Missouri Columbia Barbara Buffaloe 124769 244
Minnesota Rochester Kim Norton 119862 255
Massachusetts Cambridge Sumbul Siddiqui 119192 258
California Clovis Lynne Ashbeck 117662 263
California Fairfield Catherine T. Moy 117580 264
California Murrieta Lisa DeForest 116522 270
Utah Provo Michelle Kaufusi 116295 271
Colorado Westminster Nancy McNally 115046 277
Illinois Springfield Misty Buscher 113671 279
New Hampshire Manchester Joyce Craig 112546 284
Washington Everett Cassie Franklin 112482 285
California El Monte Jessica Ancona 112344 288
Oklahoma Broken Arrow Debra Wimpee 111648 290
Colorado Centennial Stephanie Piko 110156 297
Illinois Peoria Rita Ali 109428 305
California Downey Claudia Frometa 109202 307
Florida Davie Judy Paul 106621 318
Illinois Bremen Kathryn Staniero 106197 319
California Santa Maria Alice Patino 105851 321
California Rialto Deborah Robertson 104132 325
California West Covina Rosario Diaz 103656 327
Idaho Nampa Debbie Kling 103215 328
Washington Spokane Valley Pam Haley 102893 329
California Norwalk Ana Valencia 102635 332
California San Mateo Amourence Lee 102398 335
Oregon Bend Melanie Kebler 101886 338
Texas San Angelo Brenda Gunter 101612 343
Illinois Peoria Township Rita Ali 99157 356
Oregon Beaverton Lacey Beaty 98957 359
Kansas Lawrence Courtney Shipley 98448 362
Colorado Longmont Joan Peck 98445 363
California San Marcos Rebecca Jones 97477 367
California Hesperia Brigit Bennington 96911 370
Washington Kirkland Penny Sweet 95431 378
New York Albany Kathy Sheehan 95429 379
California Tracy Nancy Young 95025 385
Utah Sandy Monica Zoltanski 94871 387
Michigan Canton Anne Marie Graham-Hudak 94330 392
Washington Yakima Janice Deccio 94322 393
California Compton Emma Sharif 93967 396
Michigan Livonia Maureen Miller Brosnan 93189 400
California South Gate Maria del Pilar Avalos 93134 403
North Carolina Asheville Esther Manheimer 92852 404
Utah St. George Michele Randall 92378 407
California Chino Eunice Ulloa 92290 409
California Santa Monica Gleam Davis 90024 418
California Carson Lula Davis-Holmes 89860 419
Illinois Champaign Deborah Frank Feinen 89390 424
Massachusetts Newton Ruthanne Fuller 87803 435
Minnesota Duluth Emily Larson 85773 447
Illinois Northfield Shiva Mohsenzadeh 85758 448
Illinois Waukegan Ann B. Taylor 85453 452
New York Cheektowaga Diane Benczkowski 85452 453
Texas Mission Norie Gonzalez Garza 84496 466
Indiana Pike Annette M. Johnson 83721 471
Colorado Loveland Jacki Marsh 83517 473
Pennsylvania Upper Darby Barbarann Keffer 82883 479
California Folsom Rosario Rodriguez 82726 482
Virginia Lynchburg Stephanie Reed 81561 486
Washington Auburn Nancy Backus 81024 496
Massachusetts Somerville Katjana Ballantyne 80935 498
California Pleasanton Karla Brown 80247 500
California Mountain View Alison Hicks 80030 502
Michigan Farmington Hills Vicki Barnett 80017 503
Utah Layton Joy Petro 79012 512
California Alameda Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft 78841 515
Georgia Warner Robins LaRhonda Patrick 78601 516
Utah South Jordan Dawn Ramsey 78503 517
Illinois Bloomington City township Deborah Skillrud 77132 525
Washington Pasco Blanche Barajas 77095 526
Indiana St. Joseph township Sarah Gnagy 76995 528
New Jersey Brick Lisa Crate 76863 529
Pennsylvania Scranton Paige Cognetti 76532 534
California Rancho Cordova Linda Budge 76166 538
California Milpitas Carmen Montano 75867 540
California Union City Carol Dutra-Vernaci 74501 546
Minnesota Woodbury Anne Burt 74255 548
Illinois Bolingbrook Mary Alexander-Basta 74025 553
Arizona Flagstaff Becky Daggett 73939 556
Florida North Port Barbara Langdon 73738 559
California Turlock Amy Bublak 73059 563
Florida Kissimmee Olga Gonzalez 72858 565
California Pittsburg Shanelle Scales-Preston 72622 567
Washington Redmond Angela Birney 72507 568
Colorado Broomfield Guyleen Castriotta 72236 572
Connecticut New Britain Erin Stewart 72198 574
New Jersey Cherry Hill Susan Shin Angulo 72037 578
Florida Weston Margaret Brown 71086 587
Texas Leander Christine DeLisle 70519 592
Illinois Decatur Julie Moore Wolfe 70007 597
Florida Delray Beach Shelly Petrolia 69577 601
California Camarillo Susan Santangelo 69521 602
Maryland Rockville Bridget Donnell Newton 69512 603
Indiana Penn David Schmidt 68199 616
Florida Doral Christi Fraga 67792 621
Indiana Knight Township Kathryn Martin 67231 627
Florida Tamarac Michelle Gomez 67112 631
California Palo Alto Lydia Kou 67008 633
California Dublin Melissa Hernandez 66936 634
Maine Portland Kate Snyder 66803 638
California Tulare Terry A. Sayre 66797 639
New York Mount Vernon Shawyn Patterson-Howard 66775 640
Indiana Center Township LaDonna M. Freeman 66574 643
California South San Francisco Flor Nicolas 66558 644
Texas San Marcos Jane Hughson 66350 647
Kansas Shawnee Michelle Distler 66298 648
Washington Sammamish Kali Clark 65960 653
California Lake Elsinore Natasha Johnson 65867 654
Illinois Dundee Arin Thrower 65476 659
Florida Wellington Anne Gerwig 65454 660
Texas Harlingen Norma Sepulveda 65176 667
California Laguna Niguel Kelly Jennings 64569 675
Idaho Idaho Falls Rebecca Noah Casper 64142 679
North Carolina Chapel Hill Pam Hemminger 63705 684
Colorado Grand Junction Anna Stout 63447 685
Illinois Avon Michele Bauman 63182 687
Connecticut West Hartford Shari Cantor 62868 691
Connecticut Fairfield Brenda Kupchick 62215 699
Minnesota Burnsville Elizabeth Kautz 62170 701
Massachusetts Waltham Jeanette McCarthy 62069 704
Indiana Pleasant Karyl VanDyke 61867 705
Massachusetts Medford Breanna Lungo-Koehn 60847 715
California Woodland Victoria Fernandez 60446 724
Connecticut Hamden Lauren Garrett 60294 727
Arizona Queen Creek Julia Wheatley 60097 729
Utah Taylorsville Kristie Overson 59402 740
Ohio Colerain Township Cathy Ulrich 59145 746
North Carolina Huntersville Melinda Bales 59095 748
Massachusetts Brookline Heather Hamilton 59022 751
Pennsylvania Lancaster Danene Sorace 58990 752
California Porterville Martha A. Flores 58949 755
California San Rafael Kate Colin 58528 765
California Gardena Tasha Cerda 58498 766
Florida Palm Beach Gardens Chelsea Reed 58210 777
Massachusetts Taunton Shaunna O'Connell 57675 784
Arkansas Bentonville Stephanie Orman 57537 786
Texas Euless Linda Martin 57332 789
California Huntington Park Marilyn Sanabria 56714 793
Oregon Tigard Heidi Lueb 56049 807
Nevada Carson City Lori Bagwell 56034 808
California Cathedral City Rita Lamb 55678 813
Georgia Stonecrest Jazzmin Cobble 55642 814
Ohio Beavercreek Township Deborah L. Wallace 55485 817
California Fountain Valley Kim Constantine 55405 818
Illinois New Trier Gail Schnitzer Eisenberg 55192 822
Michigan Ypsilanti Township Brenda Stumbo 55072 823
Florida Pinellas Park Sandra Bradbury 54854 827
California Gilroy Marie Blankley 54831 830
Ohio Kettering Peggy Lehner 54773 833
Arizona Maricopa Nancy Smith 54539 838
Virginia Leesburg Kelly Burk 54488 839
Alabama Decatur Patti Garrett 54381 843
Connecticut West Haven Nancy Rossi 54367 845
California West Sacramento Martha Guerrero 53680 856
Washington Olympia Cheryl Selby 53620 857
California Palm Desert Kathleen Kelly 53524 858
Indiana Fairfield Mónica Casanova 53445 859
California Novato Susan Wernick 53351 861
Virginia Harrisonburg Deanna Reed 53204 866
Illinois Libertyville Donna Johnson 53195 867
Tennessee Smyrna Mary Esther Reed 53185 868
Illinois Palos Colleen Grant-Schumann 53076 875
California Paramount Vilma Cuellar Stallings 53018 878
Texas DeSoto Rachel Proctor 52910 879
Pennsylvania Millcreek Kim Clear 52205 885
New Jersey Howell Theresa Berger 52006 889
Illinois Oak Park Township Clairmarie Keenan 51852 890
Illinois Oak Park Village Vicki Scaman 51852 891
Utah Logan Holly Daines 51680 893
Connecticut Stratford Laura Hoydick 51660 895
Idaho Twin Falls Ruth Pierce 51411 903
Washington Burien Sofia Aragon 51268 908
Montana Bozeman Cyndy Andrus 50970 912
Indiana Washington township Danielle Carey Tolan 50146 926
Michigan Portage Patricia Randall 49787 931
New York Orangetown Teresa M. Kenny 49631 935
Ohio Dublin Jane Fox 49372 943
Ohio Lakewood Meghan George 49350 944
Georgia Dunwoody Lynn Deutsch 49326 945
Pennsylvania Harrisburg Wanda Williams 49322 946
California Lincoln Holly Andreatta 48996 952
California Cypress Anne Hertz-Mallari 48982 953
California Palm Springs Grace Garner 48929 955
Ohio Middletown Nicole Condrey 48925 956
Illinois Decatur township Lisa Stanley 48586 963
New Jersey Washington Township Joann Gattinelli 48186 969
Michigan Saginaw Brenda Moore 47823 975
California San Luis Obispo Erica A Stewart 47590 982
New Jersey West Orange Susan McCartney 47473 986
North Carolina Wake Forest Vivian Jones 47314 992
Indiana Bloomington township Efrat Rosser 46770 999
Florida Fort Pierce Linda Hudson 46343 1010
Illinois Winfield Nicole Prater 46273 1013
Ohio Euclid Kirsten Holzheimer Gail 46205 1014
West Virginia Charleston Amy Goodwin 45879 1024
Massachusetts Attleboro Cathleen DeSimone 45444 1030
Illinois DeKalb Township Mary Hess 45375 1031
New Jersey Evesham Jaclyn Veasy 45174 1034
Florida Oakland Park Aisha Gordon 45070 1039
Illinois Ela Gloria Palmblad 44524 1051
Tennessee Gallatin Paige Brown 44335 1055
Virginia Blacksburg Leslie Hager-Smith 44074 1064
Minnesota Moorhead Michelle Carlson 44016 1068
Utah Bountiful Kendalyn Harris 43921 1074
New Jersey Sayreville Victoria Kirkpatrick 43855 1077
Florida Altamonte Springs Patricia Bates 43799 1079
California El Centro Martha Cardenas-Singh 43601 1082
Minnesota Mankato Najwa Massad 43435 1087
New York Lancaster Lynne Ruda 43325 1088
Ohio Marion township Sheila Perin 43151 1092
California Rohnert Park Samantha Rodriguez 42975 1097
Michigan Meridian Patricia Herring Jackson 42824 1103
Ohio Delaware Carolyn Riggle 42607 1107
California Campbell Anne Bybee 42427 1113
California La Quinta Linda Evans 42271 1117
California Lompoc Jenelle Osborne 42253 1118
New Jersey Egg Harbor Township Laura Pfrommer 42105 1121
Ohio Deerfield Lelle Lutts Hedding 42084 1122
Massachusetts Pittsfield Linda Tyer 41834 1127
California Hollister Mia Casey 41805 1129
Michigan Midland Maureen Donker 41769 1130
Michigan Bloomfield Township Dani Walsh 41729 1132
Illinois Cunningham Township Danielle Chynoweth 41724 1133
Illinois Urbana Diane Wolf Marlin 41724 1134
Florida Oviedo Megan Sladek 41652 1135
Missouri Cape Girardeau Stacy Kinder 41588 1136
Rhode Island Woonsocket Lisa Baldelli-Hunt 41545 1138
Illinois Moline Sangeetha Rayapati 41065 1146
California Bell Gardens Alejandra Cortez 40954 1151
Virginia Manassas Michelle Davis-Younger 40869 1154
California Rancho Palos Verdes Barbara Ferraro 40855 1155
Ohio Findlay Christina Muryn 40832 1157
Ohio Bath Elaina Goodrich 40772 1160
Minnesota Maplewood Marylee Abrams 40653 1161
Massachusetts Amherst Lynn Griesemer 40643 1162
Pennsylvania Manheim Donna DiMeo 40623 1163
Illinois Belleville Patty Gregory 40536 1168
Pennsylvania Penn Hills Pauline Calabrese 40517 1169
Arkansas Pine Bluff ShirleyM. Washington 40435 1172
Ohio Norwich Melissa West 40167 1180
Maryland Hagerstown Tekesha Martinez 39918 1189
Florida Hallandale Beach Joy F. Cooper 39724 1199
Washington Issaquah Mary Lou Pauly 39681 1200
Oregon Keizer Cathy Clark 39593 1206
Illinois Quincy township Maggie Hoyt 39589 1208
Indiana Wayne township Susan Isaacs 39451 1214
New Jersey Manalapan Susan Cohen 39225 1222
Washington Lynnwood Christine Frizzell 39042 1228
Michigan Pittsfield Mandy Grewal 38899 1237
Colorado Northglenn Meredith Leighty 38845 1238
Illinois Streamwood Billie Roth 38777 1240
Florida Lake Worth Betty Resch 38701 1241
New Jersey Winslow Marie Lawrence 38543 1245
Washington Longview MaryAlice Wallis 38515 1247
Wisconsin Wausau Katie Rosenberg 38511 1248
South Carolina Florence Teresa Myers Ervin 38467 1252
Oregon Grants Pass Sara Bristol 38416 1253
Indiana Delaware Township Debbie Driskell 38368 1255
Ohio Mifflin Lynn Stewart 38122 1269
California Martinez Brianne Zorn 38027 1272
Oregon Oregon City Denyse McGriff 38026 1273
California Monrovia BeckyA. Shevlin 37771 1277
New York Ossining ElizabethR. Feldman 37551 1279
Illinois Nunda Leda Bobera-Drain 37353 1281
New York Penfield Marie Cinti 37243 1283
Oklahoma Owasso Kelly Lewis 37241 1284
Indiana Portage Sue Lynch 37137 1289
Utah Tooele Debbie Winn 37046 1292
Florida Lauderdale Lakes Veronica Edwards Phillips 36769 1303
Georgia Rome Sundai Stevenson 36764 1305
Georgia Peachtree City Kim Learnard 36763 1306
Wisconsin Beloit Regina Dunkin 36637 1309
Arizona El Mirage Alexis Hermosillo 36481 1316
Florida Dunedin Julie Ward Bujalski 36464 1318
Ohio Lima Sharetta Smith 36440 1323
Washington Mount Vernon Jill Boudreau 36336 1325
Indiana Plainfield Robin Brandgard 36275 1326
Arizona San Luis Nieves Riedel 36242 1327
Minnesota Richfield Mary Supple 36237 1330
Utah Kearns Metro Township Kelly Bush 35960 1342
Texas Socorro Ivy Avalos 35883 1345
Minnesota Inver Grove Heights Brenda Dietrich 35776 1349
South Carolina Myrtle Beach Brenda Bethune 35555 1360
Ohio Gahanna Laurie Jadwin 35531 1362
Massachusetts Chelmsford Linda Mascot 35528 1363
Connecticut Trumbull Vicki Tesoro 35438 1369
California Temple City Cynthia Sternquist 35225 1375
Oregon McMinnville Remy Drabkin 35185 1377
Indiana Adams Township Denita Washington 35143 1380
California West Hollywood Sepi Shyne 35111 1382
Tennessee Cookeville Laurin Wheaton 35060 1386
Georgia East Point Deana Ingraham 35042 1388
California Menlo Park Jen Wolosin 34934 1390
Rhode Island Coventry Ann Dickson 34931 1391
Illinois St. Clair township Shelly Korves 34896 1393
Kansas Leawood Peggy Dunn 34669 1405
Ohio Mason Barbara Spaeth 34300 1418
Indiana Goshen Gina Leichty 34168 1426
Georgia Douglasville Rochelle Robinson 34036 1431
Connecticut Torrington Elinor Carbone 33870 1436
North Carolina Salisbury Karen Alexander 33821 1438
Illinois Moraine Anne Flanigan Bassi 33542 1446
Minnesota Andover Sheri Bukkila 33448 1451
New York Riverhead Yvette Aguilar 33434 1454
Kentucky Florence Dr. Julie Metzger Aubuchon 33423 1455
Illinois Woodridge Gina Cunningham-Picek 33329 1458
New York Long Beach Donna Gayden 33303 1461
Pennsylvania Upper Merion Carole Kenney 33129 1465
California Beverly Hills Lilli Bosse 33001 1472
Minnesota Savage Janet Williams 32858 1476
Illinois St. Charles Lora Vitek 32709 1479
Illinois Northbrook Kathryn Ciesla 32657 1481
Ohio Massillon Kathy Catazaro-Perry 32641 1482
California Goleta Paula Perotte 32629 1484
Utah Kaysville Tamara Tran 32603 1487
Michigan Bay City Kathleen Newsham 32435 1493
Illinois Fremont Diana O'Kelly 32377 1497
New York Rome Jacqueline M. Izzo 32145 1514
New Mexico Alamogordo Susan Payne 32126 1518
New Jersey Willingboro Kaya McIntosh 32014 1519
Pennsylvania Radnor Moira Mulroney 31902 1525
Alaska Juneau Beth Weldon 31849 1528
Michigan Eastpointe Monique Owens 31720 1532
Arkansas Sherwood Mary Jo Heye-Townsell 31653 1536
Massachusetts Needham Marianne Cooley 31537 1542
Massachusetts North Andover Janice Phillips 31460 1547
Massachusetts Dracut Alison Genest 31423 1549
Pennsylvania Mount Lebanon Mindy Ranney 31418 1550
Illinois West Deerfield Allyson Feiger 31406 1551
California Laguna Hills Janine Heft 31197 1553
Ohio North Olmsted Nicole Dailey Jones 31173 1555
Massachusetts Falmouth Nancy Taylor 31107 1558
Colorado Fountain Sharon Thompson 31017 1561
New York Ithaca Laura Lewis 30981 1562
Wisconsin Fitchburg Julia Arata-Fratta 30866 1570
West Virginia Morgantown Jennifer Selin 30847 1571
Illinois Algonquin Debby Sosine 30730 1578
Ohio Liberty Shyra Eichhorn 30553 1583
California Saratoga Kookie Fitzsimmons 30525 1585
North Carolina Sanford Rebecca Wyhof Salmon 30361 1596
California Los Altos Sally Meadows 30281 1601
California Los Gatos Maria Rastow 30266 1603
California Atascadero Heather Moreno 30254 1604
Minnesota Brooklyn Center April Graves 30253 1605
Michigan Flint Township Karyn Miller 30190 1608
Texas Seguin Donna Dodgen 30165 1610
New York Rotterdam Mollie Collins 30080 1614