WalletHub compared all 50 states on three dimensions — workplace environment, education and health, and political empowerment. The scores were weighted and graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most favorable conditions for women’s equality. For education and health, WalleHub looked at gender disparity in advanced educational attainment, disparity in math test scores and disparity in physician-visit affordability.
Here are states ranked by women’s education and health, along with their overall score:
- Hawaii — 79.24
- West Virginia — 64.17
- Kentucky — 60.58
- Louisiana — 52.87
- Maryland — 65.62
- Ohio — 55.46
- South Carolina — 56.41
- Tennessee — 58.54
- Rhode Island — 65.65
- Arkansas — 54.42
- New Jersey — 59.73
- Mississippi — 52.73
- New York — 67.66
- South Dakota — 57.73
- Massachusetts — 65.99
- Vermont — 63.69
- New Hampshire — 58.29
- California — 71.50
- Connecticut — 57.05
- New Mexico — 67.77
- Montana — 56.24
- Indiana — 52.61
- Maine — 67.95
- Alabama — 51.68
- North Carolina — 55.21
- Delaware — 65.52
- Nebraska — 59.51
- Iowa — 62.77
- Virginia — 54.97
- Illinois — 61.74
- Colorado — 65.05
- Wisconsin — 60.05
- Pennsylvania — 53.24
- Kansas — 55.17
- Minnesota — 68.43
- Arizona — 64.80
- Florida — 57.33
- Oregon — 66.61
- Alaska — 64.19
- Michigan — 61.44
- Washington — 64.41
- Oklahoma — 49.08
- Georgia — 47.81
- Idaho — 45.24
- Missouri — 45.58
- North Dakota — 49.25
- Wyoming — 44.86
- Nevada — 54.94
- Texas — 39.75
- Utah — 23.04
