WOMEN IN NUMBERS
13% Military
Percentage of women-owned businesses in California, 198,400
which had the most women-owned businesses at 870,496. Total number of active duty women in the military, as of
New York was second with 505,077 or 8 percent of all busi- Sept. 30, 2007. Of that total, 33,500 women were officers, and
nesses. Texas was third in number of businesses with 468,705, 164,900 were enlisted.
accounting for 7 percent of all businesses.
14%
Proportion of members of the armed forces who were
Voting women, as of Sept. 30, 2007. In 1950, women comprised less
65% than 2 percent.
Percentage of female citizens 18 and older who reported
voting in the 2004 presidential election. Sixty-two percent of 1.8 million
their male counterparts cast a ballot. The number of military veterans who were women in
2007.
49%
Percentage of female citizens who voted in the 2006 con- Marriage
gressional elections, compared with 47 percent of men. 62.6 million
Number of married women (including those who were
Jobs separated or had an absent spouse) in 2007. There were 60.7
59% million unmarried (widowed, divorced or never married)
In 2007, the percentage of females 16 and older who par- women.
ticipated in the labor force, representing about 71 million
women. The participation rate for males in this age category 18%
was 73 percent. Percentage of married couples in which the wife earned at
least $5,000 more than the husband in 2007.
38%
Percent of females 16 or older who worked in manage- 23%
ment, professional and related occupations, compared with Percentage of married couples in which the wife had more
32 percent of males. education than the husband in 2007.
22.5 million 5.6 million
Number of female workers in educational services, health Number of stay-at-home mothers nationwide in 2007, up
care and social assistance industries. More women worked in from 4.6 million a decade earlier.
this industry group than in any other. Within this industry
group, 11.2 million worked in the health care industry and 8.6 Sports
million in educational services. 3 million
Number of girls who participated in high school athletic
62% programs in the 2006-07 school year. In the 1979-80 school
Chances are that your taxes will be prepared by a woman, year, only 1.75 million girls were members of a high school
as this was the percentage of tax preparers who were women athletic team.
in 2007. In addition, 75 percent of travel agents were women.
174,534
94,000 Number of women who participated in a National Colle-
Number of female police officers across the country in giate Athletic Association sport in 2006-07.
2007. In addition, there were about 14,000 women firefight-
ers, 330,000 lawyers, 266,000 physicians and surgeons, and
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
36,000 pilots. (Note: Number of pilots pertains to 2006.)
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