This report presents information from a variety of sources (primarily government agencies) regarding the status of women in the United States. The report presents data for each state on 20 component indicators as well as on 4 composite indices: political participation; employment and earnings; economic autonomy; and reproductive rights. Discussed in the report's six sections are the following topics: political participation (voter registration and voter turnout, elected officials, and institutional resources); employment and earnings (women's earnings, the wage gap, labor force participation, and women's representation in the labor market by occupation and industry); economic autonomy (access to health insurance, education, women business owners, women's poverty); reproductive rights (state by state variations in reproductive rights); health and vital statistics; and basic demographics and demographic variations among the states. Twenty-seven maps, charts, figures, and tables are included. Appended are the following: methodology, terms, and sources for the composite indices; terms and sources for reproductive rights components; national rankings on selected indicators; 88-item list of national resource organizations; and list of Census Bureau regions. The bibliography contains 49 references. (MN)