2021: Women are 27% of the members of the U.S. Congress

Submitted by cawp_DciRpF9 on Tue, 10/05/2021 - 22:36
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2 pie charts depicting the 2021 statistics

In 2021: 

  • Women are 27% of the members of the U.S. Congress: 119 women serve in the House and 24 women serve in the Senate. Of the 143 women serving in the 117th US Congress, 49 (34%) are women of color. (More details.) In addition, four women, all women of color, serve as delegates to the House from Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Virgin Islands, respectively.
  • Nationwide 2,287 women serve in state legislatures, representing 31% of all state legislators. Of the women serving, 26% are women of color. (More details.)
  • In addition, there are 54 women serving in the legislatures of the U.S. Territories (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands) and on the D.C. City Council.
  • Ten women serve as governors (nine concurrently; more details.) 
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2021