List of first female-majority city councils in the United States

The following is a list of U.S. cities and dates in which their city councils consisted of a majority of women as elected or appointed members.

List

• Kanab, Utah (1911, 5/5)

• Newport, Rhode Island (2014, 4/7)
• Asheville, North Carolina (2017, 4/7) ^[1]
• Amarillo, Texas (2017, 3/5) ^[2]
• Providence, Rhode Island (2018, 8/15) ^[3]
• Tulsa, Oklahoma (2018, 6/9) ^[4]
• Portland, Oregon (2019, 3/5) ^{[5] [6]}
• Boston, Massachusetts (2019, 8/13) ^[7]
• Albuquerque, New Mexico (2019)
• St. Petersburg, Florida (2019, 6/8) ^[8]
• Bangor, Maine (2019, 6/9) ^[9]
• Houston, Texas (2019, 9/16) ^[10]
• Kyle, Texas (1944, 5/5) ^[11]
• South Bend, Indiana (2019, 5/9) ^[12]
• Knoxville, Tennessee (2019, 7/9) ^[13]
• San Antonio, Texas (2019, 6/11) ^[14]
• Phoenix, Arizona (2021, 6/9) ^[15]
• Pensacola, Florida (2020, 4/7) ^[16]
• Santa Fe, New Mexico (2020, 5/8) ^[17]
• Washington, D.C. (2020, 7/13) ^[18]
• West Hollywood, California (2020, 3/5) ^[19]
• New York City, (New York City Council) (2022, 31/51) ^[20]
• Niota, TN, (1988) ^[21]
• Nashville, TN (2022-23, 20/39; 2023, 22/40) ^{[22] [23]}
• Saint Paul, Minnesota (2024-, 5/5) ^[24]
• Munday, Texas (2024, 5/5)
• Gulfport, Florida (2025, 5/5) ^[25]

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25.Ibarra, Ashly (2024-5-21) https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/city-of-munday-makes-history-by-electing-full-council-entirely-of-women/#:~:text=MUNDAY%2C%20Texas%20(KTAB%2FKRBC,one%20day%20run%20for%20office.