With Women’s History Month coming up in March, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the Best & Worst States for Women in 2024, as well as expert commentary, to highlight the areas that provide an ideal living environment for women and the places that are in need of improvement.
To identify the most women-friendly states, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 25 key metrics. The data set ranges from median earnings for female workers to women’s health care to the female homicide rate.
Woman-Friendliness of Georgia (1=Best, 25=Avg.):
- Overall Rank: 43rd
- 39th – Share of Women in Poverty
- 49th – High School Graduation Rate for Women
- 23rd – Share of Women Who Voted in 2020 Presidential Election
- 49th – Female Uninsured Rate
- 38th – Women’s Life Expectancy at Birth
- 34th – Quality of Women’s Hospitals
- 33rd – Women’s Preventive Health Care
