Idaho ranks last in number of female judges
July 18, 2012
Idaho: Idaho has taken its share of criticism for being only one of three states with no women on its Supreme Court. Now, a study from the Center for Women in Government & Civil Society from the University of Albany has ranked the state last out of all fifty-one (including Washington D.C.) states. Only 11.3% of Idaho's state and federal judges are women, which is more than two percentage points less than the next lowest state.[1]
Idaho is one of thirteen states ranked in Tier 3 by the report. It earned that distinction by being a state with less than 20% of judgeships occupied by women. The other states, in descending order, are: Virginia, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alaska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Wyoming and South Dakota.[1]
Footnotes
| |||||
