This Is the Best State for Women's Equality

Women's Equality Day was celebrated in the US on Friday, commemorating the 1920 adoption of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. There's been significant progress in terms of women's equality since, but the scales still aren't completely balanced, and some states are earning higher marks than others on that front. WalletHub wanted to see where women have a better shot at equal treatment, so it looked at 17 metrics across all 50 states, in three main categories: workplace environment, which includes disparities in income, entrepreneurship, job security, and unemployment rates, among others; education and health (think gaps in advanced educational attainment and math test scores); and political empowerment, which examines disparities tied to lawmakers serving both locally and nationally. New Mexico shows up at the top of the list, while Utah comes in last. Here are the other states that round out the top and bottom 10:

Best States

1. New Mexico (No. 1 in "Workplace Environment" category)
2. Nevada (No. 1 in "Political Empowerment" category)
3. California
4. New York
5. Vermont
6. West Virginia (No. 1 in "Education & Health" category)
7. Hawaii
8. Maine
9. Massachusetts
10. Michigan

Worst States

41. Alabama
42. Texas
43. Kansas
44. Colorado
45. Tennessee
46. South Carolina
47. Oklahoma
48. Idaho
49. Georgia
50. Utah (last in "Education & Health" category)

See the rest of WalletHub's rankings here. (More equality stories.)