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Number of Legislators by State

February 19, 2003

State

Rank

Total Legislators

New Hampshire

1

424

Pennsylvania

2

253

Georgia

3

236

New York

4

212

Minnesota

5

201

Massachusetts

6

200

Missouri

7

197

Maryland

8

188

Connecticut

9

187

Maine

10

186

Texas

11

181

Vermont

12

180

Illinois

13

177

Mississippi

14

174

North Carolina

15

170

South Carolina

16

170

Kansas

17

165

Florida

18

160

Indiana

19

150

Iowa

20

150

Montana

21

150

Oklahoma

22

149

Michigan

23

148

Washington

24

147

Louisiana

25

144

North Dakota

26

141

Alabama

27

140

Virginia

28

140

Kentucky

29

138

Arkansas

30

135

West Virginia

31

134

Ohio

32

132

Tennessee

33

132

Wisconsin

34

132

California

35

120

New Jersey

36

120

Phode Island

37

113

New Mexico

38

112

Idaho

39

105

South Dakota

40

105

Utah

41

104

Colorado

42

100

Arizona

43

90

Oregon

44

90

Wyoming

45

90

Hawaii

46

76

Nevada

47

63

Delaware

48

62

Alaska

49

60

Nebraska

50

49


Source: National Conference of State Legislatures, December 2003.

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