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Transportation jobs per 1,000 residents: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Transportation jobs per 1,000 residents (derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Transportation and warehousing jobs 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 48-49, 481, 484, 492, 493 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: 19.4 (United States).

Washington: 16.5Idaho: 14.8Montana: 11.7North Dakota: 21.5Minnesota: 18.4Michigan: 14.8Ohio: 22.3Pennsylvania: 22.1New York: 14.6Vermont: 8.4New Hampshire: 11.5Maine: 12.5Arizona: 17.6California: 20.1New Mexico: 11.3Texas: 21.2Louisiana: 15.7Mississippi: 17.7Alabama: 15Florida: 16.4Georgia: 28.9South Carolina: 14.9North Carolina: 16.7Virginia: 15.8District of Columbia: 3.4Maryland: 15.6Delaware: 18.5New Jersey: 25.3Connecticut: 15.4Rhode Island: 11.6Massachusetts: 15.7Oregon: 17.5Utah: 22.7Wyoming: 17.6Nevada: 22.6Colorado: 18.8South Dakota: 12.8Nebraska: 17.8Kansas: 26Oklahoma: 15.2Iowa: 22.4Missouri: 17.3Wisconsin: 20.5Illinois: 27.6Kentucky: 29.3Arkansas: 23Tennessee: 26.4West Virginia: 9.4Indiana: 23Alaska: 28.6Hawaii: 20.3

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 3.4 to 14.8
  • Group 2: 14.8 to 16.4
  • Group 3: 16.4 to 18.5
  • Group 4: 18.5 to 22.6
  • Highest: 22.6 to 29.3
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.

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

1Kentucky29.3
2Georgia28.9
3Alaska28.6
4Illinois27.6
5Tennessee26.4
6Kansas26
7New Jersey25.3
8Arkansas23
8Indiana23
10Utah22.7
11Nevada22.6
12Iowa22.4
13Ohio22.3
14Pennsylvania22.1
15North Dakota21.5
16Texas21.2
17Wisconsin20.5
18Hawaii20.3
19California20.1
20Colorado18.8
21Delaware18.5
22Minnesota18.4
23Nebraska17.8
24Mississippi17.7
25Arizona17.6
25Wyoming17.6
27Oregon17.5
28Missouri17.3
29North Carolina16.7
30Washington16.5
31Florida16.4
32Virginia15.8
33Louisiana15.7
33Massachusetts15.7
35Maryland15.6
36Connecticut15.4
37Oklahoma15.2
38Alabama15
39South Carolina14.9
40Idaho14.8
40Michigan14.8
42New York14.6
43South Dakota12.8
44Maine12.5
45Montana11.7
46Rhode Island11.6
47New Hampshire11.5
48New Mexico11.3
49West Virginia9.4
50Vermont8.4
51District of Columbia3.4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 48-49, 481, 484, 492, 493 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 transportation jobs per 1,000 residents (derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sectors 48-49 (transportation and warehousing) and subsectors 481, 484, 492, 493; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-transportation-jobs-per-1000-residents/

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