Iowa’s “C+” average in a new report on The State of Women in America masks a large disparity in Iowa’s ranking across the three dozen factors measured. Anna Chu and Charles Posner of the Center for American Progress compiled the report released this week. The fact sheet on Iowa is here, and these interactive tables show how Iowa compares to other states overall and on each metric. I’ve listed the metrics considered in each area after the jump. This page explains in more detail the methodology and data used to measure the states.

The C+ grade for Iowa reflects a ranking of 21st out of 50 states when all factors are considered. Iowa did best in the “health” area, with an A- grade and a ranking of seventh. The percentage of our state’s population lacking health insurance is relatively low. Several reproductive rights issues were examined, which means that our state’s grade and rank might be far lower if the Iowa Senate had not been under Democratic control these past few years (blocking efforts to restrict access to legal abortion).

In the “economic security” area, Iowa was ranked 32nd and received a D+ grade. Those low marks reflect the gender gap in wages, especially for Iowa women of color, and the lack of any state policy on “paid family, medical, or temporary disability leave.”

Iowa’s worst marks were in the “leadership” area, where our state got an F and ranked 42nd among the states. Who can be surprised, given our dismal record of electing women to high office? The Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics at Iowa State University has an extensive database of reports on women’s representation in Iowa government at the local, state, and federal level. The Center for American Progress also noted the fact that “Women hold only 33.3 percent of the managerial jobs in Iowa, despite making up 51 percent of the state’s population.”

Factors examined in the Center for American Progress report on the State of Women in America:

Economic security factors

Overall wage gap for women

Wage gap for African American women

Wage gap for Hispanic American women

Percentage of total female population that would be impacted by raising the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour

Overall poverty rate for women and girls

Poverty rate for African American women and girls

Poverty rate for Hispanic American women and girls

Poverty rate for Asian American women and girls

Poverty rate for Native American women and girls

Paid family leave laws

Temporary disability insurance

Paid sick leave

Access to early childhood education

Spending on early childhood education

Leadership factors

Women in Congress

Women in elected executive statewide office

Women in state legislature

Minority women elected to Congress, executive statewide office, and state legislature

Overall management gap

Management gap for African American women

Management gap for Hispanic American women

Management gap for Asian American women

Management gap for Native American women

Health factors

Overall percentage of women uninsured

Percentage of African American women uninsured

Percentage of Hispanic American women uninsured

State position on Medicaid expansion

Defunding Planned Parenthood and other providers’ preventative health services

Percentage of contraceptive needs met

States with forced ultrasound provisions

Unconstitutional bans on abortion

Restrictive counseling and waiting-period restrictions

Targeted regulation of abortion provider, or TRAP, laws

Maternal mortality rate

Infant mortality rate

Rate of availability of obstetrician-gynecologists, or OB-GYNs