This page contains current numbers of women officeholders with links on the right to basic fact sheets for each level of office.
Federal Executive
Cabinet and cabinet-level positions
Fact sheet: Obama’s Executive Appointments
U.S. Supreme Court
Fact sheet: Women on the U.S. Supreme Court
Congress
19.4% of 535 seats
Fact Sheet: Women in the U. S. Congress 2015
U.S. Senate
Fact Sheet: Women in the U.S. Senate 2015
U.S. House
19.3% of 435 seats
Fact Sheet: Women in the U.S. House 2015
Statewide Executive
24.7% of 312 seats
(total, includes governor, lt. governor and other statewide elected officials)
Fact Sheet: Women in Statewide Elective Executive Office 2015
1 nonpartisan
Overview Fact Sheets (summary information for all levels of office)
Women in Elective Office 2015
Women of Color in Elective Office 2015
State Legislature
24.4% of 7383 seats
Fact Sheet: Women in State Legislatures 2015
11 nonpartisan, 4 Independent, 1 Working Families Party.
State Senate
22.3% of 1972 seats
11 nonpartisan, 1 Independent.
State House/Assembly
25.2% of 5411 seats
3 Independent, 1 Working Families Party.
Mayors – Cities over 30,000
18.4% of 1393 seats
Fact sheet: Women Mayors in U.S. Cities 2015
Mayors – 100 Largest Cities
17% of 100 seats
Fact sheet: Women Mayors in U.S. Cities 2015
