Texas ranks 49th in new study of the women’s equality among states

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Texas ranks near the bottom in a new WalletHub study that measured women’s equality issues such as the gender gap in executive positions and jobless-rate disparities between the women and men.

The Lone Star State earned an overall score of 41.54 in the study, which made its evaluations on a 100-point scale. In comparison, No. 1 Hawaii received a score of 73.54. In the three overall dimensions measured in the study, Texas ranked 14th in the category of women’s equality in the workplace, 49th in education and health and 39th in political empowerment.

The analysis ranked the 50 states on 17 different metrics of women’s equality, including women’s share of state and federal legislative positions as well as income disparities.

The U.S. ranked 43rd this year in the World Economic Forum’s ranking of 146 nations on gender equality, the analysis found, and the nation failed to place in even the top 30 nations. Last year, the United States ranked 27th in the World Economic Forum’s ranking.

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How States Rank on Equity for Women in 2023 

Overall RankStateTotal ScoreWorkplace EnvironmentEducation & HealthPolitical Empowerment
1Hawaii73.54672
2Alaska69.2515104
3Maine67.978301
4Delaware67.829319
5Vermont67.775223
6California67.432346
7Oregon67.3232314
8New York65.921911
9New Mexico65.71161912
10Nevada65.41388
11Washington64.6313337
12Massachusetts64.3533119
13Colorado64.28102815
14Iowa63.42192713
15Wisconsin62.5272420
16Minnesota61.8630325
17Maryland61.823124
18Rhode Island61.34836
19Montana58.74172232
20Arkansas58.6211547
21Illinois58.04273716
22Arizona57.71244010
23Connecticut57.3282022
24Mississippi57.15251726
25North Carolina56.99221831
26New Jersey56.64411325
27Michigan55.8446433
28New Hampshire55.72433117
29Kentucky55.37201245
30West Virginia54.93391630
31Florida54.74124621
32South Carolina53.9436448
33Ohio53.7434646
34Nebraska53.26263527
35Tennessee52.66441534
36Pennsylvania51.25382535
37South Dakota50.95313637
38Virginia50.56293929
39Wyoming50.22474518
40Indiana49.91452138
41Oklahoma48.73422643
42Alabama48.19502928
43Louisiana47.79481450
44Kansas47.43354433
45North Dakota46.27374244
46Missouri45.77184840
47Georgia44.95404141
48Idaho42.43324742
49Texas41.54144939
50Utah19.43495049
Source: WalletHub.com

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