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Couriers and messengers share of transportation jobs

Measure: Couriers and messengers 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: 18.1 (United States).

Washington: 15.2Idaho: 15.4Montana: 22.6North Dakota: 14Minnesota: 16.2Michigan: 16Ohio: 14.7Pennsylvania: 16.3New York: 20.7Vermont: 26.8New Hampshire: 26.2Maine: 14.7Arizona: 20.1California: 19.8New Mexico: 16.9Texas: 14.8Louisiana: 11.6Mississippi: 15.1Alabama: 13.2Florida: 21.1Georgia: 14.6South Carolina: 16.8North Carolina: 19.8Virginia: 16District of Columbia: 20.4Maryland: 24.9Delaware: 20New Jersey: 21.2Connecticut: 23.5Rhode Island: 24.6Massachusetts: 19.7Oregon: 21Utah: 18.2Wyoming: 10.4Nevada: 13.7Colorado: 22.7South Dakota: 19.4Nebraska: 11.2Kansas: 16.7Oklahoma: 13.4Iowa: 11.6Missouri: 17.3Wisconsin: 13Illinois: 19.1Kentucky: 36.6Arkansas: 15Tennessee: 22West Virginia: 18.1Indiana: 16.7Alaska: 13.3Hawaii: 6.7

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 6.7 to 14 %
  • Group 2: 14 to 16 %
  • Group 3: 16 to 19.1 %
  • Group 4: 19.1 to 21.1 %
  • Highest: 21.1 to 36.6 %
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. 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.

1Kentucky36.6
2Vermont26.8
3New Hampshire26.2
4Maryland24.9
5Rhode Island24.6
6Connecticut23.5
7Colorado22.7
8Montana22.6
9Tennessee22
10New Jersey21.2
11Florida21.1
12Oregon21
13New York20.7
14District of Columbia20.4
15Arizona20.1
16Delaware20
17California19.8
17North Carolina19.8
19Massachusetts19.7
20South Dakota19.4
21Illinois19.1
22Utah18.2
23West Virginia18.1
24Missouri17.3
25New Mexico16.9
26South Carolina16.8
27Indiana16.7
27Kansas16.7
29Pennsylvania16.3
30Minnesota16.2
31Michigan16
31Virginia16
33Idaho15.4
34Washington15.2
35Mississippi15.1
36Arkansas15
37Texas14.8
38Maine14.7
38Ohio14.7
40Georgia14.6
41North Dakota14
42Nevada13.7
43Oklahoma13.4
44Alaska13.3
45Alabama13.2
46Wisconsin13
47Iowa11.6
47Louisiana11.6
49Nebraska11.2
50Wyoming10.4
51Hawaii6.7

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 couriers and messengers 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-couriers-and-messengers-share-of-transportation-jobs/

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