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Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing

Measure: Finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment by industry by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-11-03
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National value: 6.6 (United States).

Washington: 5Idaho: 5.6Montana: 5North Dakota: 6Minnesota: 6.9Michigan: 5.8Ohio: 6Pennsylvania: 6.3New York: 7.8Vermont: 4.2New Hampshire: 6.8Maine: 6.2Arizona: 8.2California: 5.4New Mexico: 3.9Texas: 7.1Louisiana: 5Mississippi: 4.9Alabama: 5.2Florida: 8.1Georgia: 6.3South Carolina: 6.4North Carolina: 7.3Virginia: 6.6District of Columbia: 6.3Maryland: 5.7Delaware: 9.7New Jersey: 8.6Connecticut: 8.9Rhode Island: 7.4Massachusetts: 7.1Oregon: 5Utah: 7.3Wyoming: 5.3Nevada: 5.4Colorado: 7.5South Dakota: 5.4Nebraska: 7.1Kansas: 6.4Oklahoma: 5.8Iowa: 7.7Missouri: 7.1Wisconsin: 5.7Illinois: 7.5Kentucky: 5.6Arkansas: 6.2Tennessee: 6West Virginia: 4.4Indiana: 5.5Alaska: 3.2Hawaii: 6

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 3.2 to 5.3 %
  • Group 2: 5.3 to 5.8 %
  • Group 3: 5.8 to 6.4 %
  • Group 4: 6.4 to 7.3 %
  • Highest: 7.3 to 9.7 %
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.

1Delaware9.7
2Connecticut8.9
3New Jersey8.6
4Arizona8.2
5Florida8.1
6New York7.8
7Iowa7.7
8Colorado7.5
8Illinois7.5
10Rhode Island7.4
11North Carolina7.3
11Utah7.3
13Massachusetts7.1
13Missouri7.1
13Nebraska7.1
13Texas7.1
17Minnesota6.9
18New Hampshire6.8
19Virginia6.6
20Kansas6.4
20South Carolina6.4
22District of Columbia6.3
22Georgia6.3
22Pennsylvania6.3
25Arkansas6.2
25Maine6.2
27Hawaii6
27North Dakota6
27Ohio6
27Tennessee6
31Michigan5.8
31Oklahoma5.8
33Maryland5.7
33Wisconsin5.7
35Idaho5.6
35Kentucky5.6
37Indiana5.5
38California5.4
38Nevada5.4
38South Dakota5.4
41Wyoming5.3
42Alabama5.2
43Louisiana5
43Montana5
43Oregon5
43Washington5
47Mississippi4.9
48West Virginia4.4
49Vermont4.2
50New Mexico3.9
51Alaska3.2

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 finance, insurance, real estate, rental and leasing (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-finance-insurance-real-estate-rental-and-leasing/

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