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Finance and insurance jobs per 1,000: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Finance and insurance jobs per 1,000 residents (derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Finance and insurance 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 52, 522, 523, 524 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: 20.8 (United States).

Washington: 14Idaho: 13.1Montana: 14.9North Dakota: 23Minnesota: 29.5Michigan: 17.1Ohio: 22Pennsylvania: 23New York: 28.4Vermont: 14.2New Hampshire: 21.3Maine: 22.1Arizona: 25.8California: 16.2New Mexico: 11.4Texas: 21Louisiana: 14.1Mississippi: 11.7Alabama: 14.9Florida: 20.6Georgia: 18.3South Carolina: 15.2North Carolina: 20.4Virginia: 20.4District of Columbia: 33.7Maryland: 15.8Delaware: 44New Jersey: 23Connecticut: 32.8Rhode Island: 28.4Massachusetts: 28.2Oregon: 14.9Utah: 24.8Wyoming: 12.7Nevada: 14.8Colorado: 21.2South Dakota: 26.6Nebraska: 35.7Kansas: 22.4Oklahoma: 14.7Iowa: 31.6Missouri: 25.1Wisconsin: 23.5Illinois: 28.9Kentucky: 16.4Arkansas: 14.1Tennessee: 19.3West Virginia: 10.5Indiana: 16.2Alaska: 10Hawaii: 14

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 10 to 14.2
  • Group 2: 14.2 to 16.4
  • Group 3: 16.4 to 22
  • Group 4: 22 to 26.6
  • Highest: 26.6 to 44
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.

1Delaware44
2Nebraska35.7
3District of Columbia33.7
4Connecticut32.8
5Iowa31.6
6Minnesota29.5
7Illinois28.9
8New York28.4
8Rhode Island28.4
10Massachusetts28.2
11South Dakota26.6
12Arizona25.8
13Missouri25.1
14Utah24.8
15Wisconsin23.5
16New Jersey23
16North Dakota23
16Pennsylvania23
19Kansas22.4
20Maine22.1
21Ohio22
22New Hampshire21.3
23Colorado21.2
24Texas21
25Florida20.6
26North Carolina20.4
26Virginia20.4
28Tennessee19.3
29Georgia18.3
30Michigan17.1
31Kentucky16.4
32California16.2
32Indiana16.2
34Maryland15.8
35South Carolina15.2
36Alabama14.9
36Montana14.9
36Oregon14.9
39Nevada14.8
40Oklahoma14.7
41Vermont14.2
42Arkansas14.1
42Louisiana14.1
44Hawaii14
44Washington14
46Idaho13.1
47Wyoming12.7
48Mississippi11.7
49New Mexico11.4
50West Virginia10.5
51Alaska10

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 52, 522, 523, 524 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

Cite this ranking

U.S. states ranked by finance and insurance jobs per 1,000 residents (derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 52 (finance and insurance) and subsectors 522, 523, 524; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-finance-and-insurance-jobs-per-1000-residents/

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