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Share of women in the U.S. Congress 1971-2018
Share of women in the United States Congress from 1971 to 2018
by Erin Duffin,
last edited
Jan 4, 2019
This statistic depicts the share of women in the United States Congress from 1971 to 2018. In 2018, 23.7 percent of Congressional representatives were women, an increase from six percent of members in 1991.
Share of women in the United States Congress from 1971 to 2018
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by Erin Duffin,
last edited
Jan 4, 2019
This statistic depicts the share of women in the United States Congress from 1971 to 2018. In 2018, 23.7 percent of Congressional representatives were women, an increase from six percent of members in 1991.
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- Number of women of color in the U.S. Congress, by party 2019
- Number of women of color in the U.S. House of Representatives, by ethnicity 2019
- Number of women running in midterm elections, by office 2018
- Share of U.S. Congress members, by religious affiliation 2019
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- Potential women challengers for U.S. Senate seats by party 2012-2018 cycle
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- United States: Life expectancy of women at birth from 2007 to 2017 (in years)
- Would you define yourself as a feminist - someone who advocates and supports equal opportunities for women?
- Women: Do you think you have full equality with men and the freedom to reach your full dreams and aspirations?
- Do you believe there is currently an inequality between women and men in terms of social, political or economic rights in your country?
- Do you advocate and support equal opportunities for women - not just in thought but also in word and action?
- Employment rate of women in the United States from 1990 to 2018
- Number of employed women in the United States from 1990 to 2018 (in millions)
- Number of full-time employed women in the United States from 1990 to 2018 (in millions)
- Number of part-time employed women in the United States from 1990 to 2018 (in millions)
- Number of unemployed women in the United States from 1990 to 2018 (in millions)
- Unemployment rate of women in the United States from 1990 to 2018
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- Gender wage gap by industry in the United States in 2017, by median weekly earnings (in U.S. dollars)
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- Percentage of households led by a single mother with children under age 18 living in the household in the U.S. in 2017, by state*
- Top 50 metropolitan areas with the highest percentage of female-headed family households in the United States in 2017
- Women: How happy has having a baby made you?
- Women: All things considered, how happy are you currently with your life as a parent?
- Percentage of childless women in the United States in 2018, by age
- Marital status of the U.S. population in 2018, by sex (in millions)
- Number of single-person households in the U.S. in 2014, by sex and age (in 1,000)
- United States: Share of singles who are not actively dating 2016, by gender
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- How long are you in your current relationship/single?
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- How happy are you with your current relationship status?
- Are you in love at this moment? (by gender)
- How important is romance to you in a relationship?
- Women: How happy does shopping for yourself make you?
- Women: In a typical week, how often do you do online shopping?
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- What are women's favorite brands of athletic apparel?*
- What are men's and women's favorite fibers to wear?
- Retail sales of handbags in the United States from 2010 to 2018 (in million U.S. dollars)
- Retail sales value of women's small leather goods in the United States from 2012 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)*
- Retail sales value of the women's accessories market in the United States from 2012 to 2017, by product category (in billion U.S. dollars)
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- Sales of the women's plus-size apparel market in the United States in 2013 and 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Average number of clothing products women in the United States have in their wardrobe and don't wear, as of January 2017
- Average hours per day spent on leisure and sports in the U.S. sorted by marital status and gender from 2010 to 2018
- Average hours per day spent on leisure and sports by females in the U.S. by age from 2010 to 2018
- Distribution of outdoor activity participants in the United States in 2015, by age and gender
- Total number of participants in lacrosse in the United States in 2017, by level and gender
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- Average monthly spend among crafters in United States on craft and hobby items as of September 2016, by gender (in U.S. dollars)
- Average daily time spent playing games per capita in the United States in 2017, by gender (in hours)
- Women's hot dog eating competition record holder from 2011 to 2019
- Number of women in the United States Congress in 2019, by party
- Number of women of color in the United States Senate in 2019, by ethnicity
- Number of women of color in the United States Congress in 2019, by party
- Number of women of color in the United States House of Representatives in 2019, by ethnicity
- Number of women running for public office in 2018 U.S. midterm elections, by office
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- Sectarian composition of Christian members of the 115th United States Congress
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- Median wealth in the U.S. Congress from 2004 to 2010, by political party (in U.S. dollars)
- Receipts for U.S. Congressional Campaign financing in the election period from 2015 to 2016 by type (in million U.S. dollars)
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