The state a woman lives in can have a significant impact on everything from the laws that protect her from job discrimination to her access to reproductive health care. At NWLC, we track key state laws and policies that affect women and their families, and we crunch the numbers to analyze where women currently stand in each state.
Women who work full time, year round are typically paid only 81 cents for every dollar paid to their male counterparts.
9.6% of women age 19-64 do not have health coverage of any kind.
Nearly 1 in 9 women, more than 14.8 million, live in poverty.
Sources:
Poverty rates – national
National poverty rates calculated by NWLC based on 2025 Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Poverty rates – states
State poverty rates calculated by NWLC based on 2024 American Community Survey.
Wage gap
Figures are the ratio of women’s and men’s median annual earning for full time, year round workers. National wage gaps calculated by NWLC based on 2025 Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement. Overall wage gap figures by state calculated by NWLC are based on 2024 American Community Survey. Figures for Black women and Latinas calculated by NWLC are based on 2019-2023 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Uninsured women
National uninsurance rates for women calculated by NWLC based on 2025 Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
State uninsurance rates for women calculated by NWLC based on 2024 American Community Survey.
Access to care due to cost
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Population Health. BRFSS Prevalence & Trends Data, 2024. The share of women reporting trouble accessing healthcare due to cost could not be calculated for Tennessee as this state was unable to collect enough data to meet the minimum requirements to be included in the 2024 public data set.
