Government Ties
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2004 — This table shows the percentage of legislators in each state who reported in 2002 receiving income from a government agency other than the state legislature. See methodology. Click on a column title to sort.
| State | Legislator Only Ties | Legislator & Spouse Ties |
| New Jersey | 33.0% | 44.0% |
| Delaware | 23.0% | 23.0% |
| Wisconsin | 20.0% | 28.5% |
| Indiana | 19.7% | 34.0% |
| Washington | 19.4% | 32.6% |
| Tennessee | 19.0% | 31.7% |
| Nevada | 19.0% | 28.6% |
| Maryland | 19.0% | 34.6% |
| Rhode Island | 18.8% | 36.8% |
| West Virginia | 18.5% | 19.2% |
| Utah | 18.0% | 23.0% |
| Alabama | 16.3% | 30.4% |
| Maine | 15.1% | 22.2% |
| Florida | 15.0% | 17.0% |
| Kentucky | 14.5% | 28.3% |
| New Mexico | 13.5% | 26.1% |
| Minnesota | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| Illinois | 11.8% | 14.7% |
| Iowa | 11.4% | 11.4% |
| Colorado | 11.2% | 19.4% |
| Virginia | 11.0% | 16.1% |
| North Dakota | 10.8% | 17.2% |
| Kansas | 10.5% | 20.4% |
| Connecticut | 10.3% | 18.4% |
| Wyoming | 10.3% | 10.3% |
| Montana | 9.3% | 9.3% |
| Oregon | 9.1% | 45.5% |
| Nebraska | 8.7% | 8.7% |
| Arizona | 8.0% | 21.8% |
| Ohio | 7.8% | 10.1% |
| Arkansas | 7.5% | 26.3% |
| New Hampshire | 6.6% | 8.9% |
| Massachusetts | 6.2% | 28.4% |
| Mississippi | 5.6% | 21.9% |
| Pennsylvania | 4.9% | 4.9% |
| New York | 4.0% | 21.4% |
| Louisiana | 3.7% | 5.9% |
| South Carolina | 3.6% | 13.3% |
| Alaska | 3.3% | 20.0% |
| California | 3.3% | 8.3% |
| Hawaii | 2.8% | 19.4% |
| Oklahoma | 2.8% | 9.9% |
| North Carolina | 2.6% | 16.4% |
| South Dakota | 1.9% | 2.9% |
| Texas | 1.7% | 9.7% |
| Missouri | 1.1% | 18.4% |