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Production, transportation and material moving: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Production, transportation and material moving. 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: 12.3 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 3.7 %
RI 11.4 %
DE 10.3 %
CT 10.5 %
NJ 10.8 %
MD 8.4 %
MA 9.1 %
VT 10.6 %
NH 11.1 %

Lowest: 3.7 to 10.5 %
Group 2: 10.5 to 11.6 %
Group 3: 11.6 to 13.1 %
Group 4: 13.1 to 14.2 %
Highest: 14.2 to 18.1 %

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	Indiana	18.1
2	Kentucky	17
3	Mississippi	16.6
4	Alabama	16.3
5	Wisconsin	16.1
6	Ohio	15.7
7	Iowa	15.6
8	Arkansas	15.2
8	Tennessee	15.2
10	Michigan	15
11	Georgia	14.2
11	Illinois	14.2
13	Missouri	14.1
14	Oklahoma	14
15	South Carolina	13.7
16	Kansas	13.6
16	West Virginia	13.6
18	Nevada	13.4
19	Nebraska	13.3
20	Pennsylvania	13.1
20	South Dakota	13.1
22	Alaska	12.9
23	Louisiana	12.8
23	Minnesota	12.8
25	North Carolina	12.7
25	North Dakota	12.7
25	Utah	12.7
28	Wyoming	12.6
29	Texas	12.5
30	Idaho	11.9
31	Oregon	11.6
31	Washington	11.6
33	Maine	11.4
33	Rhode Island	11.4
35	California	11.2
36	New Hampshire	11.1
37	New Jersey	10.8
38	Arizona	10.7
38	New Mexico	10.7
40	Vermont	10.6
41	Connecticut	10.5
42	Delaware	10.3
43	Florida	10.1
44	Virginia	9.9
45	Montana	9.3
46	Colorado	9.2
47	Massachusetts	9.1
48	New York	9
49	Maryland	8.4
50	Hawaii	8.3
51	District of Columbia	3.7

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 production, transportation and material moving (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-production-transportation-and-material-moving/

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