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Information sector jobs per 1,000 residents: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Information sector jobs per 1,000 residents (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: 11.3 (United States).

Washington: 20.9Idaho: 9Montana: 6.9North Dakota: 9.4Minnesota: 10.8Michigan: 5.9Ohio: 7.9Pennsylvania: 8.6New York: 16.6Vermont: 9.6New Hampshire: 10.3Maine: 6.7Arizona: 7.4California: 22.8New Mexico: 4.3Texas: 9.6Louisiana: 4.2Mississippi: 4Alabama: 5.9Florida: 7.7Georgia: 12.1South Carolina: 5.9North Carolina: 8.7Virginia: 12.8District of Columbia: 44Maryland: 7.9Delaware: 10.3New Jersey: 9.4Connecticut: 8.9Rhode Island: 5.7Massachusetts: 19.9Oregon: 9.1Utah: 17.3Wyoming: 6.6Nevada: 6Colorado: 17.2South Dakota: 6.6Nebraska: 12.7Kansas: 8.9Oklahoma: 5.8Iowa: 7.4Missouri: 8.5Wisconsin: 9.5Illinois: 9.5Kentucky: 5.8Arkansas: 6.5Tennessee: 6.7West Virginia: 4Indiana: 5.6Alaska: 9.1Hawaii: 4.8

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 4 to 5.9
  • Group 2: 5.9 to 7.4
  • Group 3: 7.4 to 9.1
  • Group 4: 9.1 to 10.8
  • Highest: 10.8 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.

1District of Columbia44
2California22.8
3Washington20.9
4Massachusetts19.9
5Utah17.3
6Colorado17.2
7New York16.6
8Virginia12.8
9Nebraska12.7
10Georgia12.1
11Minnesota10.8
12Delaware10.3
12New Hampshire10.3
14Texas9.6
14Vermont9.6
16Illinois9.5
16Wisconsin9.5
18New Jersey9.4
18North Dakota9.4
20Alaska9.1
20Oregon9.1
22Idaho9
23Connecticut8.9
23Kansas8.9
25North Carolina8.7
26Pennsylvania8.6
27Missouri8.5
28Maryland7.9
28Ohio7.9
30Florida7.7
31Arizona7.4
31Iowa7.4
33Montana6.9
34Maine6.7
34Tennessee6.7
36South Dakota6.6
36Wyoming6.6
38Arkansas6.5
39Nevada6
40Alabama5.9
40Michigan5.9
40South Carolina5.9
43Kentucky5.8
43Oklahoma5.8
45Rhode Island5.7
46Indiana5.6
47Hawaii4.8
48New Mexico4.3
49Louisiana4.2
50Mississippi4
50West Virginia4

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 information sector 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 51 (information) and subsectors 511, 517, 518; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-information-sector-jobs-per-1000-residents/

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