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Labor force participation at ages 20 to 24: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Labor force participation at ages 20 to 24 (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Young and older workers by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 77.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 71.7 %
RI 76.8 %
DE 79.5 %
CT 79.4 %
NJ 77.4 %
MD 77.3 %
MA 74.1 %
VT 80.5 %
NH 78.5 %

Lowest: 70.5 to 75.9 %
Group 2: 75.9 to 78.3 %
Group 3: 78.3 to 79.9 %
Group 4: 79.9 to 81.8 %
Highest: 81.8 to 88.8 %

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	Montana	88.8
2	Nebraska	85.1
3	Iowa	84.2
4	Wyoming	84
5	Colorado	83.7
5	Minnesota	83.7
7	Wisconsin	83.3
8	North Dakota	83
9	Utah	82.9
10	Hawaii	82.2
11	South Dakota	81.8
12	Idaho	81.5
13	Nevada	81.3
14	Alaska	81.1
15	Kansas	80.5
15	Missouri	80.5
15	Vermont	80.5
18	Ohio	80.1
19	Indiana	79.9
19	Michigan	79.9
19	South Carolina	79.9
22	Arkansas	79.6
22	Washington	79.6
24	Delaware	79.5
24	Oregon	79.5
26	Connecticut	79.4
27	Tennessee	79.3
28	Arizona	78.6
29	Maine	78.5
29	New Hampshire	78.5
31	Virginia	78.3
32	Kentucky	78.2
32	North Carolina	78.2
34	New Mexico	78
35	New Jersey	77.4
36	Maryland	77.3
37	Rhode Island	76.8
38	Illinois	76.3
39	Florida	76.1
40	Oklahoma	76
41	Texas	75.9
42	Pennsylvania	75.5
43	Georgia	75.4
44	Alabama	75.3
45	Massachusetts	74.1
46	Mississippi	74
47	West Virginia	73
48	California	72.8
49	District of Columbia	71.7
50	Louisiana	71.5
51	New York	70.5

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2301: Employment Status. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by labor force participation at ages 20 to 24 (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2301; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-labor-force-participation-at-ages-20-to-24/

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