% of Legislators In descending numerical order

Identifying as
State
"Engineer/Scientist/
Architect" (2007)
UT 4.9
DE 4.8
NV 4.8
MN 4.6
MT 4.0
TX 4.0
GA 3.0
VA 2.9
LA 2.7
NM 2.7
KS 2.4
NH 2.4
AZ 2.3
OH 2.3
OK 2.0
AK 1.7
MS 1.7
AR 1.5
TN 1.5
WI 1.5
WV 1.5
IA 1.3
NC 1.2
PA 1.2
SC 1.2
CT 1.1
MD 1.1
VT 1.1
WY 1.1
RI 0.9
NJ 0.8
IN 0.7
MI 0.7
ND 0.7
WA 0.7
FL 0.6
ME 0.5
NY 0.5
AL 0.0
CA 0.0
CO 0.0
HI 0.0
ID 0.0
IL 0.0
KY 0.0
MA 0.0
MO 0.0
NE 0.0
OR 0.0
SD 0.0
Source: NCSL (http://www.ncsl.org/?tabid=18248)

Note: "Full-Time Legislator" made up 16.4 percent of the nationwide total in 2007 and varying percentages in individual states, which
likely skews some of the above figures downward.