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Trucking share of transportation jobs: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Trucking share of transportation jobs (%, 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: 25.9 (United States).

Washington: 22.6Idaho: 36.2Montana: 34.4North Dakota: 54.2Minnesota: 28.8Michigan: 33.8Ohio: 28Pennsylvania: 25New York: 16.6Vermont: 35.3New Hampshire: 24.4Maine: 34.4Arizona: 27California: 20.2New Mexico: 34.6Texas: 25.6Louisiana: 22.9Mississippi: 40.6Alabama: 38Florida: 18.3Georgia: 20.9South Carolina: 27.3North Carolina: 28.6Virginia: 27District of Columbia: 13.6Maryland: 19.4Delaware: 15.8New Jersey: 19.2Connecticut: 18.3Rhode Island: 24Massachusetts: 19.7Oregon: 28.6Utah: 34.6Wyoming: 40.9Nevada: 15.7Colorado: 18.6South Dakota: 45.5Nebraska: 48.3Kansas: 27.8Oklahoma: 36.4Iowa: 53.9Missouri: 39.1Wisconsin: 43.4Illinois: 24.8Kentucky: 17.8Arkansas: 54Tennessee: 34.6West Virginia: 36.3Indiana: 35.7Alaska: 14.2Hawaii: 11.6

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 11.6 to 19.2 %
  • Group 2: 19.2 to 25 %
  • Group 3: 25 to 33.8 %
  • Group 4: 33.8 to 36.4 %
  • Highest: 36.4 to 54.2 %
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.

1North Dakota54.2
2Arkansas54
3Iowa53.9
4Nebraska48.3
5South Dakota45.5
6Wisconsin43.4
7Wyoming40.9
8Mississippi40.6
9Missouri39.1
10Alabama38
11Oklahoma36.4
12West Virginia36.3
13Idaho36.2
14Indiana35.7
15Vermont35.3
16New Mexico34.6
16Tennessee34.6
16Utah34.6
19Maine34.4
19Montana34.4
21Michigan33.8
22Minnesota28.8
23North Carolina28.6
23Oregon28.6
25Ohio28
26Kansas27.8
27South Carolina27.3
28Arizona27
28Virginia27
30Texas25.6
31Pennsylvania25
32Illinois24.8
33New Hampshire24.4
34Rhode Island24
35Louisiana22.9
36Washington22.6
37Georgia20.9
38California20.2
39Massachusetts19.7
40Maryland19.4
41New Jersey19.2
42Colorado18.6
43Connecticut18.3
43Florida18.3
45Kentucky17.8
46New York16.6
47Delaware15.8
48Nevada15.7
49Alaska14.2
50District of Columbia13.6
51Hawaii11.6

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 trucking share of transportation jobs (%, 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-trucking-share-of-transportation-jobs/

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