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Children 6–17 with all parents in labor force: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Children 6–17 with all parents in labor force. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Working parents and women's labor-force participation by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-04

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National value: 75.3 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 78.1 %
RI 80.1 %
DE 75.7 %
CT 79.5 %
NJ 78.4 %
MD 80 %
MA 82.1 %
VT 80.2 %
NH 80.1 %

Lowest: 66.5 to 72.5 %
Group 2: 72.5 to 75.5 %
Group 3: 75.5 to 76.7 %
Group 4: 76.7 to 79.5 %
Highest: 79.5 to 83.1 %

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	83.1
2	Massachusetts	82.1
2	Wisconsin	82.1
4	Iowa	81.5
4	Nebraska	81.5
6	Vermont	80.2
7	New Hampshire	80.1
7	Rhode Island	80.1
9	Maryland	80
10	South Dakota	79.7
11	Connecticut	79.5
12	Maine	79
13	North Dakota	78.9
14	New Jersey	78.4
15	District of Columbia	78.1
16	Kansas	78
17	Virginia	77.9
18	Illinois	77.2
18	Ohio	77.2
20	Florida	76.8
21	Louisiana	76.7
22	Indiana	76.6
22	Pennsylvania	76.6
24	Hawaii	76.2
25	South Carolina	76
26	Arkansas	75.8
26	Missouri	75.8
28	Delaware	75.7
28	Georgia	75.7
30	Colorado	75.6
31	New York	75.5
32	Oregon	75.4
33	Alabama	75.3
34	Mississippi	75
35	Michigan	74.5
36	North Carolina	74.4
36	Wyoming	74.4
38	Nevada	74
39	Tennessee	73.1
40	New Mexico	72.9
41	Oklahoma	72.5
42	Arizona	72.4
43	California	72.2
44	Kentucky	71.8
44	Texas	71.8
44	Washington	71.8
47	Montana	71.4
48	Alaska	70.3
49	Utah	68.4
50	Idaho	68.3
51	West Virginia	66.5

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by children 6–17 with all parents in labor force (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-04. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-children-6-to-17-with-all-parents-in-labor-force/

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