As of August 2022, there have been 17 Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Of those 17, all were men. Of the 116 Associate Justices, 6 have been women, including Sandra Day O'Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Supreme Court justices in the United States from 1789 to 2022, by gender and type
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Statistics on The United States Supreme Court
The Court
4
Appointments to the Court
3
Philosophy of the Court
5
- Premium Statistic U.S. Supreme Court justices ideological score 2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. Supreme Court ideological score 1937-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. Supreme Court justices ideological MQ scores 2005-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults perceived ideology of the Supreme Court 2023
- Premium Statistic Perceived ideology of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023, by party
Decisions of the Court
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- Premium Statistic Number of opinions by U.S. Supreme Court justices 2020, by type
- Premium Statistic U.S. Supreme Court voting alignment between justices 2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. Supreme Court voting alignment between justices on non-unanimous cases 2020
- Premium Statistic Number of U.S. Supreme Court justice dissenting votes 2020, by type
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults' approval of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults' support for overturning Obergefell v. Hodges 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults' support for overturning Griswold v. Connecticut 2022
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults' support for overturning Lawrence v. Texas 2022
Public opinion
8
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults' confidence in the Supreme Court 1973-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults' confidence in the Supreme Court by party 2012-2022
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults who approve of the Supreme Court 2023
- Premium Statistic U.S. adults approval of the Supreme Court 2023, by party
- Basic Statistic U.S. adults favorability rating of Supreme Court Justices 2023
- Premium Statistic U.S. public opinion on expansion of Supreme Court Justices 2022
- Premium Statistic Public opinion on if Supreme Court Justices should have term limits U.S. 2022
- Premium Statistic Opinion of U.S. adults on if the Supreme Court has too much power 2022, by party
Further related statistics
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- U.S. adults favorability rating of Supreme Court Justices 2023
- Tenure of current U.S. Supreme Court Justices 2023
- U.S. adults who approve of the Supreme Court 2023
- Public opinion on if Supreme Court Justices should have term limits U.S. 2022
- U.S. Supreme Court appointments 1789-2022, by president
- Longest serving U.S. Supreme Court Justices 2023
- U.S. adults perceived ideology of the Supreme Court 2023
- U.S. adults approval of the Supreme Court 2023, by party
- Perceived ideology of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2023, by party
- U.S. public opinion on expansion of Supreme Court Justices 2022
- Opinion of U.S. adults on if the Supreme Court has too much power 2022
- Breakdown of votes for U.S. Supreme Court Justices since Scalia
- Number of U.S. Supreme Court justice dissenting votes 2020, by type
- U.S. Supreme Court justices ideological score 2022
- U.S. Supreme Court ideological score 1937-2021
- U.S. adults' confidence in the Supreme Court 1973-2022
- U.S. adults' confidence in the Supreme Court by party 2012-2022
- U.S. Supreme Court justices ideological MQ scores 2005-2021
- Opinion of U.S. adults on if the Supreme Court has too much power 2022, by party
- U.S. Supreme Court cases decided 2010-2023, by term
- U.S. adults' approval of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade 2022
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Supreme Court of the United States. "Supreme Court justices in the United States from 1789 to 2022, by gender and type." Chart. August 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327328/supreme-court-justices-gender/
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Supreme Court of the United States. "Supreme Court Justices in The United States from 1789 to 2022, by Gender and Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327328/supreme-court-justices-gender/
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