Industry Ties
WASHINGTON, September 24, 2004 — This table shows the percentage of state legislators nationwide reporting in 2002 at least one outside tie—an employer, a personal business, a stock investment or a directorship—to a company or an organization within each sector. See methodology. Click on a column title to sort. Click on a sector for details.
| Sector | Legislator Only Ties | Legislator & Spouse Ties |
| Finance, Insurance & Real Estate | 37.2% | 39.5% |
| Misc Business | 29.7% | 33.1% |
| Other | 18.2% | 21.1% |
| Communications/Electronics | 15.2% | 16.8% |
| Agribusiness | 14.1% | 15.0% |
| Lawyers & Lobbyists | 14.1% | 15.2% |
| Health | 13.1% | 16.5% |
| Education | 10.1% | 16.7% |
| Energy & Natural Resources | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| Government | 7.1% | 11.9% |
| Transportation | 6.2% | 7.1% |
| Construction | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| Defense | 1.7% | 1.9% |
| Ideological/Single-Issue | 1.7% | 1.9% |
| Labor | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| Unknown Or Unspecified | 0.4% | 0.9% |