| State | Full-time (incl. session-only) | Part-time | Students/ interns | Other | Total | Avg. legis. session (months) | Population (2020) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 15 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 3.14 | 5,024,279 | |
| Alaska | 6 | 6 | 3.98 | 733,391 | |||
| Arizona | 16 | 15 | 7 | 38 | 4.44 | 7,151,502 | |
| Arkansas | 7 | 11 | 18 | 1.94 | 3,011,524 | ||
| California | 65 | 24 | 5 | 16 | 110 | 8.50 | 39,538,223 |
| Colorado | 17 | 12 | 1 | 30 | 4.60 | 5,773,714 | |
| Connecticut | 18 | 8 | 26 | 3.70 | 3,605,944 | ||
| Delaware | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5.65 | 989,948 | ||
| Florida | 36 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 1.98 | 21,538,187 |
| Georgia | 20 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 4.03 | 10,711,908 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 4.69 | 1,455,271 |
| Idaho | 13 | 15 | 28 | 2.80 | 1,839,106 | ||
| Illinois | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 4.61 | 12,812,508 |
| Indiana | 18 | 6 | 7 | 31 | 2.93 | 6,785,528 | |
| Iowa | 16 | 10 | 26 | 4.25 | 3,190,369 | ||
| Kansas | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 26 | 4.37 | 2,937,880 |
| Kentucky | 18 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 42 | 3.02 | 4,505,836 |
| Louisiana | 14 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 42 | 2.34 | 4,657,757 |
| Maine | 9 | 10 | 19 | 4.40 | 1,362,359 | ||
| Maryland | 19 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 40 | 2.65 | 6,177,224 |
| Massachusetts | 17 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 43 | 11.94 | 7,029,917 |
| Michigan | 26 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 52 | 11.40 | 10,077,331 |
| Minnesota | 19 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 46 | 3.79 | 5,706,494 |
| Mississippi | 9 | 4 | 13 | 5.89 | 2,961,279 | ||
| Missouri | 17 | 8 | 26 | 51 | 4.45 | 6,154,913 | |
| Montana | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 3.61 | 1,084,225 |
| Nebraska | 9 | 19 | 40 | 1 | 69 | 5.94 | 1,961,504 |
| Nevada | 11 | 13 | 7 | 31 | 3.96 | 3,104,614 | |
| New Hampshire | 10 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 7.26 | 1,377,529 | |
| New Jersey | 28 | 10 | 1 | 39 | 12.00 | 9,288,994 | |
| New Mexico | 11 | 40 | 4 | 55 | 1.52 | 2,117,522 | |
| New York | 39 | 31 | 1 | 71 | 8.58 | 20,201,249 | |
| North Carolina | 20 | 31 | 3 | 54 | 4.94 | 10,439,388 | |
| North Dakota | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3.77 | 779,094 | ||
| Ohio | 34 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 58 | 11.74 | 11,799,448 |
| Oklahoma | 13 | 17 | 2 | 32 | 3.72 | 3,959,353 | |
| Oregon | 8 | 19 | 1 | 28 | 3.24 | 4,237,256 | |
| Pennsylvania | 28 | 10 | 9 | 47 | 11.16 | 13,002,700 | |
| Rhode Island | 5 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 6.85 | 1,097,379 | |
| South Carolina | 12 | 8 | 20 | 6.92 | 5,118,425 | ||
| South Dakota | 7 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 2.60 | 886,667 | |
| Tennessee | 13 | 13 | 1 | 27 | 4.17 | 6,910,840 | |
| Texas | 44 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 78 | 4.61 | 29,145,505 |
| Utah | 14 | 24 | 3 | 41 | 1.53 | 3,271,616 | |
| Vermont | 5 | 17 | 22 | 6.63 | 643,077 | ||
| Virginia | 20 | 13 | 11 | 44 | 1.83 | 8,631,393 | |
| Washington | 10 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 2.72 | 7,705,281 | |
| West Virginia | 10 | 14 | 10 | 34 | 1.98 | 1,793,716 | |
| Wisconsin | 30 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 11.95 | 5,893,718 | |
| Wyoming | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1.39 | 576,851 |
Note: “Full-time” statehouse reporters include those who report on the statehouse full time all year and those who report on the statehouse full time only during the legislative session. N=1,761 statehouse reporters in 2022. See Methodology for more details.
Source: Pew Research Center data collected Sept. 23, 2021-March 11, 2022, U.S. Census Bureau 2020 population estimates, and The Book of the States 2020, 2021.
