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Government workers: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Government workers. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Class of worker by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 14.6 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 25.2 %
RI 12.9 %
DE 14.9 %
CT 13.1 %
NJ 13.7 %
MD 23.1 %
MA 12.6 %
VT 15.9 %
NH 13.3 %

Lowest: 11.5 to 13.2 %
Group 2: 13.2 to 14.3 %
Group 3: 14.3 to 15.4 %
Group 4: 15.4 to 17.5 %
Highest: 17.5 to 26.1 %

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.


1	Alaska	26.1
2	District of Columbia	25.2
3	Maryland	23.1
4	New Mexico	23
5	Wyoming	22.3
6	Hawaii	21.2
6	Virginia	21.2
8	West Virginia	19.6
9	Mississippi	18.3
10	North Dakota	17.7
11	Oklahoma	17.5
12	Kansas	16.8
13	Alabama	16.6
14	Montana	16.3
15	Louisiana	16.1
16	New York	16
17	California	15.9
17	Vermont	15.9
17	Washington	15.9
20	South Dakota	15.6
21	Arkansas	15.4
22	Iowa	15.3
22	Oregon	15.3
24	Nebraska	15.2
25	Delaware	14.9
25	South Carolina	14.9
25	Utah	14.9
28	Colorado	14.6
29	Georgia	14.5
30	Maine	14.4
31	Kentucky	14.3
32	Idaho	14
33	Texas	13.9
34	Illinois	13.7
34	New Jersey	13.7
36	North Carolina	13.6
37	Arizona	13.4
37	Tennessee	13.4
39	Minnesota	13.3
39	New Hampshire	13.3
41	Ohio	13.2
42	Connecticut	13.1
43	Wisconsin	13
44	Rhode Island	12.9
45	Missouri	12.8
46	Massachusetts	12.6
47	Nevada	12.5
48	Indiana	12
48	Michigan	12
50	Pennsylvania	11.9
51	Florida	11.5

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 government workers (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-government-workers/

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