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Management, business, science and arts: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Management, business, science and arts. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment by occupation group by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-29

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National value: 43.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 72.6 %
RI 45.7 %
DE 43.4 %
CT 47.8 %
NJ 47.1 %
MD 51.3 %
MA 51.4 %
VT 47.2 %
NH 46.7 %

Lowest: 34.6 to 39.4 %
Group 2: 39.4 to 40.9 %
Group 3: 40.9 to 42.7 %
Group 4: 42.7 to 46.2 %
Highest: 46.2 to 72.6 %

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	District of Columbia	72.6
2	Massachusetts	51.4
3	Maryland	51.3
4	Virginia	49.5
5	Colorado	48
6	Connecticut	47.8
7	Vermont	47.2
8	New Jersey	47.1
9	New Hampshire	46.7
10	New York	46.2
10	Washington	46.2
12	Rhode Island	45.7
13	Minnesota	45.4
14	Pennsylvania	43.9
15	Utah	43.8
16	California	43.7
17	North Carolina	43.6
18	Delaware	43.4
19	Illinois	43.3
19	Maine	43.3
21	Oregon	42.7
22	Nebraska	42.6
23	Georgia	42.1
24	Arizona	41.7
25	Kansas	41.5
26	Michigan	41.4
26	Missouri	41.4
28	Texas	41.3
29	Montana	41.2
30	Florida	41
31	Ohio	40.9
32	South Dakota	40.8
33	New Mexico	40.7
33	Wisconsin	40.7
35	North Dakota	40.5
36	Tennessee	40
37	Alabama	39.8
37	South Carolina	39.8
39	Idaho	39.7
40	Iowa	39.6
41	Hawaii	39.4
42	Wyoming	39.3
43	Alaska	39
44	Louisiana	38.9
45	Indiana	38.8
46	Oklahoma	38.5
47	Arkansas	38.1
47	Kentucky	38.1
49	West Virginia	36.8
50	Mississippi	35.9
51	Nevada	34.6

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 management, business, science and arts (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-management-business-science-and-arts/

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