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Civilian employed, 16+: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Civilian employed, 16+. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment by occupation group by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-10-29
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National value: 167,279,529 (United States).

Washington: 3,949,503Idaho: 977,897Montana: 566,947North Dakota: 424,036Minnesota: 3,048,112Michigan: 4,846,668Ohio: 5,844,610Pennsylvania: 6,449,699New York: 9,830,756Vermont: 342,604New Hampshire: 767,357Maine: 710,896Arizona: 3,551,607California: 18,995,602New Mexico: 960,921Texas: 15,443,066Louisiana: 2,085,590Mississippi: 1,301,789Alabama: 2,364,679Florida: 11,246,155Georgia: 5,493,495South Carolina: 2,608,349North Carolina: 5,408,731Virginia: 4,433,379District of Columbia: 377,470Maryland: 3,209,975Delaware: 510,229New Jersey: 4,938,043Connecticut: 1,893,540Rhode Island: 576,818Massachusetts: 3,766,496Oregon: 2,087,908Utah: 1,814,718Wyoming: 285,211Nevada: 1,625,446Colorado: 3,174,268South Dakota: 479,777Nebraska: 1,056,079Kansas: 1,494,302Oklahoma: 1,896,602Iowa: 1,655,777Missouri: 3,069,505Wisconsin: 3,065,849Illinois: 6,365,592Kentucky: 2,098,439Arkansas: 1,433,788Tennessee: 3,556,299West Virginia: 748,955Indiana: 3,415,709Alaska: 348,504Hawaii: 681,782

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 377,470
  • RI 576,818
  • DE 510,229
  • CT 1,893,540
  • NJ 4,938,043
  • MD 3,209,975
  • MA 3,766,496
  • VT 342,604
  • NH 767,357
  • Lowest: 285,211 to 710,896
  • Group 2: 710,896 to 1,655,777
  • Group 3: 1,655,777 to 3,065,849
  • Group 4: 3,065,849 to 4,846,668
  • Highest: 4,846,668 to 18,995,602
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. Values are as published in the source table.

1California18,995,602
2Texas15,443,066
3Florida11,246,155
4New York9,830,756
5Pennsylvania6,449,699
6Illinois6,365,592
7Ohio5,844,610
8Georgia5,493,495
9North Carolina5,408,731
10New Jersey4,938,043
11Michigan4,846,668
12Virginia4,433,379
13Washington3,949,503
14Massachusetts3,766,496
15Tennessee3,556,299
16Arizona3,551,607
17Indiana3,415,709
18Maryland3,209,975
19Colorado3,174,268
20Missouri3,069,505
21Wisconsin3,065,849
22Minnesota3,048,112
23South Carolina2,608,349
24Alabama2,364,679
25Kentucky2,098,439
26Oregon2,087,908
27Louisiana2,085,590
28Oklahoma1,896,602
29Connecticut1,893,540
30Utah1,814,718
31Iowa1,655,777
32Nevada1,625,446
33Kansas1,494,302
34Arkansas1,433,788
35Mississippi1,301,789
36Nebraska1,056,079
37Idaho977,897
38New Mexico960,921
39New Hampshire767,357
40West Virginia748,955
41Maine710,896
42Hawaii681,782
43Rhode Island576,818
44Montana566,947
45Delaware510,229
46South Dakota479,777
47North Dakota424,036
48District of Columbia377,470
49Alaska348,504
50Vermont342,604
51Wyoming285,211

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by civilian employed, 16+ (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-civilian-employed-16-plus/

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