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Labor force participation at ages 65 to 74: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Labor force participation at ages 65 to 74 (%). 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: 28 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 33 %
RI 33.4 %
DE 27.3 %
CT 34.9 %
NJ 36.3 %
MD 33.4 %
MA 35 %
VT 31.2 %
NH 34.3 %

Lowest: 19 to 25 %
Group 2: 25 to 26.9 %
Group 3: 26.9 to 28.5 %
Group 4: 28.5 to 31.2 %
Highest: 31.2 to 36.3 %

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	New Jersey	36.3
2	South Dakota	35.3
3	Massachusetts	35
4	Connecticut	34.9
5	Hawaii	34.3
5	New Hampshire	34.3
7	Nebraska	33.6
8	Maryland	33.4
8	Rhode Island	33.4
10	District of Columbia	33
11	Vermont	31.2
12	Kansas	30.4
13	North Dakota	29.9
13	Texas	29.9
15	Virginia	29.8
16	Alaska	29.4
16	New York	29.4
18	Colorado	29.2
19	Illinois	29.1
20	California	28.6
21	Nevada	28.5
22	Minnesota	28.3
23	Utah	28.1
24	Pennsylvania	28
25	Florida	27.5
25	Iowa	27.5
27	Maine	27.4
27	Montana	27.4
29	Delaware	27.3
30	Georgia	27.2
31	Ohio	26.9
31	Oklahoma	26.9
33	North Carolina	26.7
34	Indiana	26.5
35	Louisiana	26.3
36	Missouri	26.1
36	Tennessee	26.1
38	Wyoming	25.7
39	New Mexico	25.6
40	South Carolina	25.2
41	Washington	25
42	Oregon	24.8
43	Mississippi	24.7
44	Wisconsin	23.9
45	Arizona	23.8
46	Michigan	23.6
47	Kentucky	23.1
48	Alabama	23
49	Arkansas	22.7
50	Idaho	22.6
51	West Virginia	19

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 65 to 74 (%) (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-65-to-74/

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