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Air transportation share of transportation jobs: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Air transportation share of transportation jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Transportation and warehousing jobs by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 48-49, 481, 484, 492, 493 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 8.8 (United States).

Washington: 12.5Idaho: 6Montana: 9.3North Dakota: 1.7Minnesota: 10.7Michigan: 9.6Ohio: 5.3Pennsylvania: 4New York: 13Vermont: 2.8New Hampshire: 4.7Maine: 1.6Arizona: 11.3California: 8.3New Mexico: 3.3Texas: 11.4Louisiana: 3.8Mississippi: 0.3Alabama: 1.7Florida: 14.4Georgia: 16.6South Carolina: 1.7North Carolina: 10Virginia: 10.9District of Columbia: 15.8Maryland: 5.9Delaware: 0.6New Jersey: 7.5Connecticut: 2.2Rhode Island: 2.4Massachusetts: 10.5Oregon: 7.7Utah: 15Wyoming: 3.9Nevada: 12.1Colorado: 23.6South Dakota: 2.2Nebraska: 2.7Kansas: 0.6Oklahoma: 10Iowa: 1.1Missouri: 2.7Wisconsin: 2.1Illinois: 9.3Kentucky: 3.4Arkansas: 0.9Tennessee: 1.7West Virginia: 0.4Indiana: 1.7Alaska: 29.6Hawaii: 32.4

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 0.3 to 1.7 %
  • Group 2: 1.7 to 3.4 %
  • Group 3: 3.4 to 8.3 %
  • Group 4: 8.3 to 11.4 %
  • Highest: 11.4 to 32.4 %
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1Hawaii32.4
2Alaska29.6
3Colorado23.6
4Georgia16.6
5District of Columbia15.8
6Utah15
7Florida14.4
8New York13
9Washington12.5
10Nevada12.1
11Texas11.4
12Arizona11.3
13Virginia10.9
14Minnesota10.7
15Massachusetts10.5
16North Carolina10
16Oklahoma10
18Michigan9.6
19Illinois9.3
19Montana9.3
21California8.3
22Oregon7.7
23New Jersey7.5
24Idaho6
25Maryland5.9
26Ohio5.3
27New Hampshire4.7
28Pennsylvania4
29Wyoming3.9
30Louisiana3.8
31Kentucky3.4
32New Mexico3.3
33Vermont2.8
34Missouri2.7
34Nebraska2.7
36Rhode Island2.4
37Connecticut2.2
37South Dakota2.2
39Wisconsin2.1
40Alabama1.7
40Indiana1.7
40North Dakota1.7
40South Carolina1.7
40Tennessee1.7
45Maine1.6
46Iowa1.1
47Arkansas0.9
48Delaware0.6
48Kansas0.6
50West Virginia0.4
51Mississippi0.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 48-49, 481, 484, 492, 493 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by air transportation share of transportation jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sectors 48-49 (transportation and warehousing) and subsectors 481, 484, 492, 493; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-air-transportation-share-of-transportation-jobs/

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