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Women's labor force participation: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Women's labor force participation (ages 20 to 64, %). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment of women and men by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 76.5 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 81.5 %
RI 80.2 %
DE 78.9 %
CT 80.3 %
NJ 79.7 %
MD 80.8 %
MA 80.9 %
VT 81.8 %
NH 80.9 %

Lowest: 68.2 to 74.3 %
Group 2: 74.3 to 76.5 %
Group 3: 76.5 to 78.1 %
Group 4: 78.1 to 80.3 %
Highest: 80.3 to 82.6 %

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. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Minnesota	82.6
2	Nebraska	82.1
3	Vermont	81.8
4	District of Columbia	81.5
5	Iowa	81.4
6	North Dakota	81.1
7	Massachusetts	80.9
7	New Hampshire	80.9
9	Maryland	80.8
10	South Dakota	80.5
11	Connecticut	80.3
12	Rhode Island	80.2
12	Wisconsin	80.2
14	Colorado	79.7
14	New Jersey	79.7
16	Maine	79
17	Delaware	78.9
17	Kansas	78.9
19	Hawaii	78.5
19	Virginia	78.5
21	Illinois	78.1
21	Pennsylvania	78.1
23	Montana	77.9
24	Ohio	77.3
25	Oregon	77.2
26	New York	77
27	Washington	76.9
28	Missouri	76.8
29	Indiana	76.6
30	Nevada	76.5
30	Wyoming	76.5
32	Florida	76.4
33	Georgia	76.1
34	North Carolina	75.9
35	Michigan	75.5
35	Utah	75.5
37	South Carolina	75.1
38	California	74.9
39	Tennessee	74.6
39	Texas	74.6
41	Alaska	74.3
42	Arizona	74.1
43	Louisiana	73.3
44	Arkansas	72.6
45	Idaho	72.4
46	Mississippi	72.3
47	New Mexico	72.2
47	Oklahoma	72.2
49	Alabama	72.1
49	Kentucky	72.1
51	West Virginia	68.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2301: Employment Status. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by women's labor force participation (ages 20 to 64, %) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2301; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-womens-labor-force-participation/

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