# US states by female population share, 2025

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `female_share`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Female residents as a percentage of total population on 1 July. United States: Census Bureau county population estimates by sex; states and the nation are sums of their counties.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Population Estimates Program, county population by age and sex: female residents as a percentage of the total on 1 July, 2010 to 2019 from the 2010 to 2020 intercensal file and 2020 onwards from the latest vintage; states and the nation summed from counties. https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/data/data-sets.html. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/female-population-share/us-states

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 53.3 |
| 2 | Delaware | 52 |
| 3 | Maryland | 51.9 |
| 4 | Mississippi | 51.8 |
| 5 | Alabama | 51.8 |
| 6 | South Carolina | 51.8 |
| 7 | Georgia | 51.7 |
| 8 | New York | 51.6 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | 51.6 |
| 10 | North Carolina | 51.6 |
| 11 | Louisiana | 51.5 |
| 12 | Connecticut | 51.4 |
| 13 | Rhode Island | 51.4 |
| 14 | Florida | 51.3 |
| 15 | Tennessee | 51.3 |
| 16 | New Jersey | 51.2 |
| 17 | Virginia | 51.1 |
| 18 | Pennsylvania | 51 |
| 19 | Maine | 51 |
| 20 | Arkansas | 51 |
| 21 | Ohio | 51 |
| 22 | Illinois | 50.9 |
| 23 | Missouri | 50.9 |
| 24 | Kentucky | 50.8 |
| 25 | Vermont | 50.8 |
| 26 | Michigan | 50.7 |
| 27 | Indiana | 50.7 |
| 28 | California | 50.7 |
| 29 | Oregon | 50.6 |
| 30 | New Mexico | 50.6 |
| 31 | Arizona | 50.6 |
| 31 | Texas | 50.6 |
| 33 | Oklahoma | 50.5 |
| 34 | West Virginia | 50.4 |
| 35 | New Hampshire | 50.4 |
| 36 | Minnesota | 50.3 |
| 37 | Hawaii | 50.3 |
| 38 | Wisconsin | 50.2 |
| 39 | Kansas | 50.2 |
| 40 | Iowa | 50.2 |
| 41 | Washington | 50.1 |
| 42 | Nebraska | 50.1 |
| 43 | Nevada | 50 |
| 44 | Idaho | 49.9 |
| 45 | Montana | 49.8 |
| 46 | Colorado | 49.8 |
| 47 | Utah | 49.6 |
| 48 | South Dakota | 49.6 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 49.3 |
| 50 | North Dakota | 48.8 |
| 51 | Alaska | 47.9 |