Economy
Where Creative Class Women Should Work
Some states treat their creative women better than others
Yesterday we learned that while women make up the majority of the creative class, a substantial earnings gap persists. Today we will look at which states are the best for creative class women to work in. To get us started, the map below charts women’s share of the creative class across the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
The top of the list may seem surprising. Mississippi takes first place, where women comprise 58.9 percent of the creative class. It is followed by Maine (58.7 percent), Arkansas (58.2 percent), Virginia, (57.7 percent) and Louisiana (57.4 percent). At the bottom of the list are Utah (45.7 percent), Colorado (50.3 percent), West Virginia (50.5 percent), California (50.7 percent) and Vermont (51.4 percent).