10-21. Women Holding State and Local Public
Offices by Office and by State: 1985-1995
STATEWIDE COUNTY MAYORS &
ELECTIVE EXEC- STATE GOVERNING MUNICIPAL
UTIVE OFFICES LEGISLATURES BOARDS COUNCIL MEMBERS
STATE 1995 1/ 2/ 1995 2/ 1988 1985
Alabama 3 5 7 281
Alaska 1 14 17 233
Arizona 3 27 8 87
Arkansas 2 17 71 365
California 2 25 56 465
3
Colorado 3 31 18 315
Connecticut 2 50 (x) 240
Delaware 4 13 2 57
D.C. (x) (x) 7
Florida 1 31 51 311
Georgia 1 43 28 251
2
Hawaii 1 16 8 3
Idaho 2 30 14 141
Illinois 2 42 152 0
Indiana 4 33 10 0
Iowa 1 27 35 732
Kansas 4 46 24 445
Kentucky 1 11 17 0
Louisiana 2 14 32 183
Maine 0 50 3 243
Maryland 1 54 21 133
Massachusetts 0 48 5 217
Michigan 2 33 123 2,779
Minnesota 3 50 37 542
Mississippi 0 20 8 176
Missouri 2 * 39 17 0
36
Montana 1 36 18 110
Nebraska 1 12 27 241
Nevada 1 22 10 15
New Hampshire 0 128 8 113
New Jersey 1 16 15 451
New Mexico 2 23 17 86
New York 1 38 131 797
North Carolina 0 27 45 337
North Dakota 5 22 11 174
Ohio 2 32 25 1,129
Oklahoma 3 16 5 312
Oregon 1 24 20 344
Pennsylvania 2 30 35 0
Rhode Island 1 36 (x) 30
SOUTH CAROLINA 1 21 36 184
South Dakota 3 19 16 149
Tennessee 1 18 117 144
Texas 2 33 30 786
Utah 2 15 2 137
Vermont 1 53 (x) 87
Virginia 0 16 49 211
Washington 4 58 15 341
West Virginia 0 20 11 202
Wisconsin 0 32 241 0
Wyoming 2 19 5 86
UNITED STATES 84 1,535 1,653 14,672
* Includes one official who was appointed to an elective position.
1/: As of January. Excludes women elected to the judiciary, women
appointed to State cabinet-level positions, women elected to executive
posts by the legislature, & elected members of the University Board of
Trustees or Board of Education.
2/: As of January.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the U.S.,
1995 (115th edition), Washington, D.C., Table 453.
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