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How many legislators serve in each legislature?

With the exception of Nebraska, every state has two chambers in its legislature, usually called the House and the Senate. They vary widely in size. The table below shows how many legislators I have data for from each chamber. In some states I am missing data for one or two legislators, but for the most part, the numbers below correspond to the actual sizes of each chamber.

The graphs depict relative chamber sizes visually. Click a column heading to sort by that variable.

State Lower chamber size Upper chamber size
Alaska 40
20
Nevada 42
21
Delaware 41
21
New Hampshire 399
24
Hawaii 51
25
Utah 75
29
Vermont 150
30
Oregon 60
30
Arizona 60
30
Wyoming 60
30
Texas 150
31
Ohio 99
33
Tennessee 99
33
Wisconsin 96
33
Missouri 163
33
Connecticut 145
33
West Virginia 100
34
State Lower chamber size Upper chamber size
Alabama 104
35
Colorado 65
35
Arkansas 98
35
Idaho 70
35
South Dakota 70
35
Maine 152
35
Rhode Island 75
38
Michigan 110
38
Louisiana 104
38
Kentucky 100
38
Florida 120
39
Kansas 125
40
New Jersey 80
40
California 79
40
Virginia 99
40
Massachusetts 159
40
New Mexico 70
42
South Carolina 123
45
State Lower chamber size Upper chamber size
North Dakota 94
47
Maryland 141
47
Oklahoma 101
48
Washington 98
49
Nebraska0Nebraska has a unicameral legislature. 49
Pennsylvania 203
49
North Carolina 120
50
Montana 100
50
Iowa 100
50
Indiana 100
50
Mississippi 122
51
Georgia 179
56
Illinois 118
58
New York 149
62
Minnesota 133
67