1. The Issues
2. Women's Representation
3. US Overview

US Overview

U.S. Overview

Women are 51% of the population in the U.S. but make up only:

• 23% of the U.S. Senate
• 19% of the U.S. House of Representatives
• 24% of statewide offices
• 25% of state legislative seats
• 20% of mayors in cities with populations over 30,000
• 0% of presidents of the United States

 

For certain demographics, the numbers are even worse

Women of color, Republican women, young women, and low-income women are especially underrepresented.

Learn more about how demographics affect representation

 

In 2018 women of color only make up:

• 36.5% of the women serving in Congress
• 9.3% of the women serving in statewide elected offices
• 23.8% of female state legislators
• 7% of mayors in the nation’s 100 largest cities 

 

Data from a fact sheet from the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University (CAWP)