|
Asians in State
Legislatures
and Voting Age
Population
|
|
Total |
Total No. |
Percentage |
Percentage |
%
Points |
|
|
|
State |
Seats |
Asians |
of
Seats |
of
VAP |
VAP-Seats |
VAP
% |
|
Alabama |
140 |
0 |
|
0.6% |
0.6 |
|
0
- 9.9% |
|
Alaska |
60 |
0 |
|
4.4% |
4.4 |
|
10
- 20.9% |
|
Arizona |
90 |
0 |
|
2.1% |
2.1 |
|
20
- 24.9% |
|
Arkansas |
135 |
0 |
|
0.7% |
0.7 |
|
over
25% |
|
California |
120 |
3 |
2.5% |
12.4% |
9.9 |
|
|
|
Colorado |
100 |
1 |
1.0% |
2.4% |
1.4 |
|
|
|
Connecticut |
187 |
0 |
|
2.6% |
2.6 |
|
|
|
Delaware |
62 |
0 |
|
2.2% |
2.2 |
|
Asian Representation: Any % of Seats
|
|
Florida |
160 |
0 |
|
1.9% |
1.9 |
|
|
Georgia |
236 |
0 |
|
2.1% |
2.1 |
|
|
Hawaii |
76 |
54 |
71.1% |
61.5% |
-9.6 |
|
|
Idaho |
105 |
0 |
|
1.2% |
1.2 |
|
|
|
Illinois |
177 |
0 |
|
3.5% |
3.5 |
|
|
|
Indiana |
150 |
0 |
|
1.0% |
1.0 |
|
More than five percentage
points difference between VAP% and
Seats% |
|
Iowa |
150 |
0 |
|
1.2% |
1.2 |
|
|
Kansas |
165 |
0 |
|
1.8% |
1.8 |
|
|
Kentucky |
138 |
0 |
|
0.7% |
0.7 |
|
|
Louisiana |
144 |
0 |
|
1.2% |
1.2 |
|
|
Maine |
186 |
0 |
|
0.7% |
0.7 |
|
|
Maryland |
188 |
2 |
1.1% |
4.1% |
3.0 |
|
|
Massachusetts |
200 |
0 |
|
3.5% |
3.5 |
|
|
Michigan |
148 |
0 |
|
1.7% |
1.7 |
|
|
Minnesota |
201 |
1 |
|
2.3% |
2.3 |
|
|
Mississippi |
174 |
0 |
|
0.7% |
0.7 |
|
|
|
Missouri |
197 |
0 |
|
1.1% |
1.1 |
|
|
|
Montana |
150 |
0 |
|
0.6% |
0.6 |
|
|
|
Nebraska |
49 |
0 |
|
1.2% |
1.2 |
|
|
|
Nevada |
63 |
0 |
|
4.8% |
4.8 |
|
|
|
New Hampshire |
424 |
0 |
|
1.2% |
1.2 |
|
|
|
New
Jersey |
120 |
0 |
|
6.0% |
6.0 |
|
|
|
New Mexico |
112 |
0 |
|
1.6% |
1.6 |
|
|
|
New
York |
211 |
0 |
|
5.7% |
5.7 |
|
|
|
North Carolina |
170 |
0 |
|
1.4% |
1.4 |
|
|
|
North Dakota |
147 |
0 |
|
0.8% |
0.8 |
|
|
|
Ohio |
132 |
0 |
|
1.2% |
1.2 |
|
|
|
Oklahoma |
149 |
0 |
|
1.3% |
1.3 |
|
|
|
Oregon |
90 |
1 |
1.1% |
3.2% |
2.1 |
|
|
|
Pennsylvania |
253 |
0 |
|
1.7% |
1.7 |
|
|
|
Rhode Island |
150 |
0 |
|
2.1% |
2.1 |
|
|
|
South Carolina |
170 |
0 |
|
0.9% |
0.9 |
|
|
|
South Dakota |
105 |
0 |
|
0.6% |
0.6 |
|
|
|
Tennessee |
132 |
0 |
|
1.0% |
1.0 |
|
|
|
Texas |
181 |
0 |
|
3.0% |
3.0 |
|
|
|
Utah |
104 |
0 |
|
2.5% |
2.5 |
|
|
|
Vermont |
180 |
0 |
|
0.9% |
0.9 |
|
|
|
Virginia |
140 |
0 |
|
3.8% |
3.8 |
|
|
|
Washington |
147 |
4 |
2.7% |
5.8% |
3.1 |
|
|
|
West Virginia |
134 |
1 |
0.7% |
0.5% |
-0.3 |
|
|
|
Wisconsin |
132 |
0 |
|
1.3% |
1.3 |
|
|
|
Wyoming |
90 |
0 |
|
0.8% |
0.8 |
|
|
|
Total |
7424 |
67 |
0.9% |
4.0% |
1.8 |
|
|
|
Totals minus HI |
7348 |
13 |
0.2% |
3.7% |
1.8 |
|
| |
