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Public administration: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Public administration. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment by industry by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 4.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 17.6 %
RI 3.8 %
DE 5.4 %
CT 3.3 %
NJ 4.2 %
MD 11.3 %
MA 3.8 %
VT 5.9 %
NH 4.3 %

Lowest: 3.3 to 4 %
Group 2: 4 to 4.4 %
Group 3: 4.4 to 4.9 %
Group 4: 4.9 to 5.9 %
Highest: 5.9 to 17.6 %

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	17.6
2	Alaska	11.8
3	Maryland	11.3
4	Virginia	9.4
5	Hawaii	7.7
6	New Mexico	7.5
6	West Virginia	7.5
8	Wyoming	6.8
9	Montana	6.4
10	Oklahoma	6
11	Vermont	5.9
12	Alabama	5.4
12	Delaware	5.4
12	Louisiana	5.4
12	North Dakota	5.4
16	Washington	5.2
17	Kansas	5.1
18	California	5
18	Colorado	5
18	Mississippi	5
21	South Dakota	4.9
22	Georgia	4.8
22	Oregon	4.8
24	Arizona	4.7
24	Maine	4.7
24	Nebraska	4.7
27	New York	4.6
28	Idaho	4.5
28	Utah	4.5
30	Arkansas	4.4
30	Missouri	4.4
32	Kentucky	4.3
32	New Hampshire	4.3
32	South Carolina	4.3
35	New Jersey	4.2
35	North Carolina	4.2
37	Florida	4.1
37	Ohio	4.1
37	Pennsylvania	4.1
37	Tennessee	4.1
41	Minnesota	4
42	Illinois	3.9
42	Nevada	3.9
42	Texas	3.9
45	Massachusetts	3.8
45	Rhode Island	3.8
47	Wisconsin	3.7
48	Indiana	3.6
48	Iowa	3.6
48	Michigan	3.6
51	Connecticut	3.3

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 public administration (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-public-administration/

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