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Maine ranks seventh best in WalletHub’s “best and worst states for women,” released today by the personal finance website.
The list compares the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 24 key metrics. It analyzed data ranging from median earnings for female workers to women’s preventive health to the percentage of women-owned businesses.
Here’s how Maine ranked in WalletHub’s report in some of the key metrics related to women (1=best, 25=average):
In WalletHub’s “best versus worst comparisons”:
Noting that March is “Women’s History Month,” WalletHub reported that women only hold 23.7% of the seats in Congress despite making up 51% of the U.S. population.
Data used to create the rankings were collected from the U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Educational Statistics, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Violence Policy Center, National Center for Injury Prevention, Council for Community and Economic Research, Womenable, American Express OPEN, U.S. News & World Report, Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation and WalletHub research.
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