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Share of commuters leaving before 6 a.m.: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of commuters leaving before 6 a.m. (%). 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: 14.3 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 4.3 %
RI 11.9 %
DE 12.4 %
CT 10.8 %
NJ 10.4 %
MD 15.6 %
MA 10.7 %
VT 10.7 %
NH 14.1 %

Lowest: 4.3 to 12.1 %
Group 2: 12.1 to 13.8 %
Group 3: 13.8 to 14.7 %
Group 4: 14.7 to 16 %
Highest: 16 to 20.3 %

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	Arizona	20.3
2	Hawaii	18.9
3	Louisiana	18.4
4	Alabama	17.9
5	Wisconsin	17.8
6	Nevada	17.5
7	Washington	17.3
8	Indiana	17.2
9	West Virginia	16.7
10	Mississippi	16.5
11	Kentucky	16
12	Tennessee	15.7
13	Maryland	15.6
14	Maine	15.5
15	Arkansas	15.3
15	California	15.3
15	Texas	15.3
18	Missouri	14.9
18	Wyoming	14.9
20	Iowa	14.7
20	Ohio	14.7
20	Oklahoma	14.7
23	Georgia	14.5
23	Idaho	14.5
23	Illinois	14.5
26	Oregon	14.4
27	New Mexico	14.2
28	New Hampshire	14.1
29	Pennsylvania	14
29	Utah	14
31	Michigan	13.8
32	Minnesota	13.7
32	South Carolina	13.7
34	Virginia	13.4
35	Colorado	13.2
35	Kansas	13.2
37	Nebraska	12.7
38	Florida	12.6
39	North Carolina	12.5
40	Delaware	12.4
41	South Dakota	12.1
42	Rhode Island	11.9
43	Alaska	11.3
44	North Dakota	11.1
45	Connecticut	10.8
46	Massachusetts	10.7
46	Vermont	10.7
48	Montana	10.5
49	New Jersey	10.4
49	New York	10.4
51	District of Columbia	4.3

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 before 6 a.m. (%) (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-before-6-a-m/

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