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Data processing share of information jobs: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Data processing and hosting share of information sector jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Information industry jobs and pay 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 51, 511, 517, 518 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: 16.5 (United States).

Washington: 8.9Idaho: 11.3Montana: 9North Dakota: 3.2Minnesota: 25.1Michigan: 17.2Ohio: 15.8Pennsylvania: 17.3New York: 12.1Vermont: 36.9New Hampshire: 23.7Maine: 19.6Arizona: 26.5California: 13.9New Mexico: 10.3Texas: 19.2Louisiana: 14.9Mississippi: 13.6Alabama: 11.9Florida: 17.3Georgia: 19.6South Carolina: 11.8North Carolina: 18.2Virginia: 30District of Columbia: 11.6Maryland: 27.6Delaware: 16.3New Jersey: 21Connecticut: 15.3Rhode Island: 7.8Massachusetts: 19.8Oregon: 17.4Utah: 15.5Wyoming: 7.5Nevada: 17.7Colorado: 17.4South Dakota: 7Nebraska: 24.9Kansas: 14Oklahoma: 14Iowa: 16.3Missouri: 14Wisconsin: 10.7Illinois: 18.3Kentucky: 26.3Arkansas: 30.6Tennessee: 18.4West Virginia: 6.5Indiana: 13Alaska: 16Hawaii: 7.6

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 3.2 to 11.3 %
  • Group 2: 11.3 to 14 %
  • Group 3: 14 to 17.3 %
  • Group 4: 17.3 to 19.8 %
  • Highest: 19.8 to 36.9 %
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.

1Vermont36.9
2Arkansas30.6
3Virginia30
4Maryland27.6
5Arizona26.5
6Kentucky26.3
7Minnesota25.1
8Nebraska24.9
9New Hampshire23.7
10New Jersey21
11Massachusetts19.8
12Georgia19.6
12Maine19.6
14Texas19.2
15Tennessee18.4
16Illinois18.3
17North Carolina18.2
18Nevada17.7
19Colorado17.4
19Oregon17.4
21Florida17.3
21Pennsylvania17.3
23Michigan17.2
24Delaware16.3
24Iowa16.3
26Alaska16
27Ohio15.8
28Utah15.5
29Connecticut15.3
30Louisiana14.9
31Kansas14
31Missouri14
31Oklahoma14
34California13.9
35Mississippi13.6
36Indiana13
37New York12.1
38Alabama11.9
39South Carolina11.8
40District of Columbia11.6
41Idaho11.3
42Wisconsin10.7
43New Mexico10.3
44Montana9
45Washington8.9
46Rhode Island7.8
47Hawaii7.6
48Wyoming7.5
49South Dakota7
50West Virginia6.5
51North Dakota3.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 51, 511, 517, 518 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 data processing and hosting share of information sector jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 51 (information) and subsectors 511, 517, 518; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-data-processing-and-hosting-share-of-information-sector-jobs/

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