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Share of commuters leaving at noon or later: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of commuters leaving at noon or later (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in When workers leave for work by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-14

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National value: 12.6 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 8.7 %
RI 14 %
DE 13.5 %
CT 11.9 %
NJ 11.5 %
MD 10.9 %
MA 10.9 %
VT 10.3 %
NH 11.7 %

Lowest: 8.7 to 11.4 %
Group 2: 11.4 to 12.2 %
Group 3: 12.2 to 12.8 %
Group 4: 12.8 to 13.3 %
Highest: 13.3 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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Nevada	17.6
2	Ohio	15.4
3	Indiana	15.2
4	Kentucky	15.1
5	Michigan	14.6
6	Tennessee	14.3
7	Rhode Island	14
8	Minnesota	13.7
8	Wisconsin	13.7
10	Delaware	13.5
11	Arizona	13.3
11	West Virginia	13.3
13	Illinois	13.2
13	Pennsylvania	13.2
15	Alaska	13.1
15	Arkansas	13.1
15	Kansas	13.1
15	Missouri	13.1
19	Utah	13
20	Iowa	12.9
21	Oklahoma	12.8
22	Oregon	12.7
23	South Carolina	12.6
23	Washington	12.6
25	Alabama	12.5
25	California	12.5
27	Nebraska	12.4
27	North Carolina	12.4
29	Florida	12.3
29	Idaho	12.3
31	Georgia	12.2
32	Mississippi	12.1
33	North Dakota	12
34	Connecticut	11.9
34	South Dakota	11.9
34	Texas	11.9
37	Hawaii	11.7
37	New Hampshire	11.7
37	New York	11.7
40	New Jersey	11.5
41	Colorado	11.4
42	New Mexico	11.3
43	Maryland	10.9
43	Massachusetts	10.9
43	Virginia	10.9
46	Wyoming	10.6
47	Louisiana	10.5
48	Montana	10.3
48	Vermont	10.3
50	Maine	10.1
51	District of Columbia	8.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B08011: Sex of workers by time of departure to go to work. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of commuters leaving at noon or later (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B08011: Sex of workers by time of departure to go to work; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-commuters-leaving-at-noon-or-later/

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