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Share of workers who carpool: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of workers who carpool (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in How workers get to work by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-11-11
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National value: 8.9 (United States).

Washington: 9.3Idaho: 10.5Montana: 8.1North Dakota: 9.5Minnesota: 7.5Michigan: 8.8Ohio: 8.1Pennsylvania: 7.9New York: 6.1Vermont: 8.4New Hampshire: 7.2Maine: 8.5Arizona: 10.4California: 9.7New Mexico: 10.7Texas: 10.3Louisiana: 8.9Mississippi: 9.4Alabama: 8.5Florida: 9.2Georgia: 9.2South Carolina: 9.2North Carolina: 9.1Virginia: 8.1District of Columbia: 4.6Maryland: 8.2Delaware: 7.5New Jersey: 8.1Connecticut: 7.6Rhode Island: 8.5Massachusetts: 7.5Oregon: 8.4Utah: 10.2Wyoming: 8.4Nevada: 11.9Colorado: 8.2South Dakota: 8.5Nebraska: 9.4Kansas: 9.2Oklahoma: 10.3Iowa: 8.6Missouri: 8.8Wisconsin: 7.7Illinois: 8.3Kentucky: 10.8Arkansas: 10.4Tennessee: 8.8West Virginia: 9.1Indiana: 9.1Alaska: 13.6Hawaii: 14.8

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 4.6 to 8.1 %
  • Group 2: 8.1 to 8.5 %
  • Group 3: 8.5 to 9.1 %
  • Group 4: 9.1 to 10.2 %
  • Highest: 10.2 to 14.8 %
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.

1Hawaii14.8
2Alaska13.6
3Nevada11.9
4Kentucky10.8
5New Mexico10.7
6Idaho10.5
7Arizona10.4
7Arkansas10.4
9Oklahoma10.3
9Texas10.3
11Utah10.2
12California9.7
13North Dakota9.5
14Mississippi9.4
14Nebraska9.4
16Washington9.3
17Florida9.2
17Georgia9.2
17Kansas9.2
17South Carolina9.2
21Indiana9.1
21North Carolina9.1
21West Virginia9.1
24Louisiana8.9
25Michigan8.8
25Missouri8.8
25Tennessee8.8
28Iowa8.6
29Alabama8.5
29Maine8.5
29Rhode Island8.5
29South Dakota8.5
33Oregon8.4
33Vermont8.4
33Wyoming8.4
36Illinois8.3
37Colorado8.2
37Maryland8.2
39Montana8.1
39New Jersey8.1
39Ohio8.1
39Virginia8.1
43Pennsylvania7.9
44Wisconsin7.7
45Connecticut7.6
46Delaware7.5
46Massachusetts7.5
46Minnesota7.5
49New Hampshire7.2
50New York6.1
51District of Columbia4.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B08301: Means of transportation to work. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of workers who carpool (%, derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B08301: Means of transportation to work; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-workers-who-carpool/

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