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

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 Rank	State	Total Score	Workplace Environment	Education & Health	Political Empowerment
1	Hawaii	73.54	6	7	2
2	Alaska	69.25	15	10	4
3	Maine	67.97	8	30	1
4	Delaware	67.82	9	3	19
5	Vermont	67.77	5	2	23
6	California	67.43	2	34	6
7	Oregon	67.32	3	23	14
8	New York	65.9	21	9	11
9	New Mexico	65.71	16	19	12
10	Nevada	65.4	1	38	8
11	Washington	64.63	13	33	7
12	Massachusetts	64.35	33	11	9
13	Colorado	64.28	10	28	15
14	Iowa	63.42	19	27	13
15	Wisconsin	62.52	7	24	20
16	Minnesota	61.86	30	32	5
17	Maryland	61.8	23	1	24
18	Rhode Island	61.3	4	8	36
19	Montana	58.74	17	22	32
20	Arkansas	58.62	11	5	47
21	Illinois	58.04	27	37	16
22	Arizona	57.71	24	40	10
23	Connecticut	57.3	28	20	22
24	Mississippi	57.15	25	17	26
25	North Carolina	56.99	22	18	31
26	New Jersey	56.64	41	13	25
27	Michigan	55.84	46	43	3
28	New Hampshire	55.72	43	31	17
29	Kentucky	55.37	20	12	45
30	West Virginia	54.93	39	16	30
31	Florida	54.74	12	46	21
32	South Carolina	53.94	36	4	48
33	Ohio	53.74	34	6	46
34	Nebraska	53.26	26	35	27
35	Tennessee	52.66	44	15	34
36	Pennsylvania	51.25	38	25	35
37	South Dakota	50.95	31	36	37
38	Virginia	50.56	29	39	29
39	Wyoming	50.22	47	45	18
40	Indiana	49.91	45	21	38
41	Oklahoma	48.73	42	26	43
42	Alabama	48.19	50	29	28
43	Louisiana	47.79	48	14	50
44	Kansas	47.43	35	44	33
45	North Dakota	46.27	37	42	44
46	Missouri	45.77	18	48	40
47	Georgia	44.95	40	41	41
48	Idaho	42.43	32	47	42
49	Texas	41.54	14	49	39
50	Utah	19.43	49	50	49

Source: WalletHub.com