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Information sector share of private-sector jobs: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Information sector share of private-sector jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Information industry jobs and pay 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 51, 511, 517, 518 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: 2.7 (United States).

Washington: 5.3Idaho: 2.5Montana: 1.9North Dakota: 2.1Minnesota: 2.2Michigan: 1.5Ohio: 1.8Pennsylvania: 2New York: 3.7Vermont: 2.4New Hampshire: 2.3Maine: 1.7Arizona: 1.9California: 5.4New Mexico: 1.4Texas: 2.4Louisiana: 1.1Mississippi: 1.2Alabama: 1.7Florida: 1.8Georgia: 3South Carolina: 1.5North Carolina: 2.2Virginia: 3.1District of Columbia: 5.4Maryland: 2Delaware: 2.3New Jersey: 2.2Connecticut: 2.1Rhode Island: 1.4Massachusetts: 4Oregon: 2.3Utah: 3.8Wyoming: 1.8Nevada: 1.4Colorado: 4South Dakota: 1.6Nebraska: 2.7Kansas: 2.1Oklahoma: 1.6Iowa: 1.7Missouri: 2Wisconsin: 2.1Illinois: 2.1Kentucky: 1.5Arkansas: 1.8Tennessee: 1.6West Virginia: 1.3Indiana: 1.3Alaska: 2.5Hawaii: 1.3

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 1.1 to 1.5 %
  • Group 2: 1.5 to 1.8 %
  • Group 3: 1.8 to 2.1 %
  • Group 4: 2.1 to 2.5 %
  • Highest: 2.5 to 5.4 %
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.

1California5.4
1District of Columbia5.4
3Washington5.3
4Colorado4
4Massachusetts4
6Utah3.8
7New York3.7
8Virginia3.1
9Georgia3
10Nebraska2.7
11Alaska2.5
11Idaho2.5
13Texas2.4
13Vermont2.4
15Delaware2.3
15New Hampshire2.3
15Oregon2.3
18Minnesota2.2
18New Jersey2.2
18North Carolina2.2
21Connecticut2.1
21Illinois2.1
21Kansas2.1
21North Dakota2.1
21Wisconsin2.1
26Maryland2
26Missouri2
26Pennsylvania2
29Arizona1.9
29Montana1.9
31Arkansas1.8
31Florida1.8
31Ohio1.8
31Wyoming1.8
35Alabama1.7
35Iowa1.7
35Maine1.7
38Oklahoma1.6
38South Dakota1.6
38Tennessee1.6
41Kentucky1.5
41Michigan1.5
41South Carolina1.5
44Nevada1.4
44New Mexico1.4
44Rhode Island1.4
47Hawaii1.3
47Indiana1.3
47West Virginia1.3
50Mississippi1.2
51Louisiana1.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 51, 511, 517, 518 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 information sector share of private-sector jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 51 (information) and subsectors 511, 517, 518; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-information-sector-share-of-private-sector-jobs/

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