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Publishing and software share of information jobs: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Publishing and software share of information sector jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Information industry jobs and pay by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 51, 511, 517, 518 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 33.1 (United States).

Washington: 62.6Idaho: 51.3Montana: 31North Dakota: 45.5Minnesota: 41.6Michigan: 33Ohio: 36.6Pennsylvania: 27.6New York: 25.1Vermont: 23New Hampshire: 39.7Maine: 19.4Arizona: 23.1California: 35.7New Mexico: 14.7Texas: 29.8Louisiana: 13.6Mississippi: 10.2Alabama: 28.2Florida: 26.2Georgia: 27.7South Carolina: 20.4North Carolina: 31.6Virginia: 29District of Columbia: 32.5Maryland: 25.9Delaware: 52.8New Jersey: 26.1Connecticut: 19.4Rhode Island: 35.7Massachusetts: 51.4Oregon: 42.7Utah: 53.9Wyoming: 22.6Nevada: 21.5Colorado: 29.9South Dakota: 16.8Nebraska: 34.1Kansas: 24.7Oklahoma: 11.7Iowa: 34.6Missouri: 25.4Wisconsin: 46.7Illinois: 34.1Kentucky: 14.2Arkansas: 22.7Tennessee: 20.4West Virginia: 17.2Indiana: 37.4Alaska: 3.6Hawaii: 11.9

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 3.6 to 19.4 %
  • Group 2: 19.4 to 25.4 %
  • Group 3: 25.4 to 31 %
  • Group 4: 31 to 37.4 %
  • Highest: 37.4 to 62.6 %
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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1Washington62.6
2Utah53.9
3Delaware52.8
4Massachusetts51.4
5Idaho51.3
6Wisconsin46.7
7North Dakota45.5
8Oregon42.7
9Minnesota41.6
10New Hampshire39.7
11Indiana37.4
12Ohio36.6
13California35.7
13Rhode Island35.7
15Iowa34.6
16Illinois34.1
16Nebraska34.1
18Michigan33
19District of Columbia32.5
20North Carolina31.6
21Montana31
22Colorado29.9
23Texas29.8
24Virginia29
25Alabama28.2
26Georgia27.7
27Pennsylvania27.6
28Florida26.2
29New Jersey26.1
30Maryland25.9
31Missouri25.4
32New York25.1
33Kansas24.7
34Arizona23.1
35Vermont23
36Arkansas22.7
37Wyoming22.6
38Nevada21.5
39South Carolina20.4
39Tennessee20.4
41Connecticut19.4
41Maine19.4
43West Virginia17.2
44South Dakota16.8
45New Mexico14.7
46Kentucky14.2
47Louisiana13.6
48Hawaii11.9
49Oklahoma11.7
50Mississippi10.2
51Alaska3.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 51, 511, 517, 518 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by publishing and software share of information sector jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 51 (information) and subsectors 511, 517, 518; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-publishing-and-software-share-of-information-sector-jobs/

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