1. Our Challenge
2. By the Numbers
3. US Overview

US Overview

U.S. Overview

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

• 25% of the U.S. Senate
• 23% of the U.S. House of Representatives
• 29% of statewide elected executives
• 29% of state legislative seats
• 22% 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 2019 women of color only make up:

• 37% of the women serving in Congress
• 19% of the women serving as statewide elected executives
• 25% of female state legislators
• 37% of mayors in the nation’s 100 largest cities 

 

Source: Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers University (CAWP). Updated October 2019.