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Share of employment in information: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of employment in information (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment by industry by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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2026-11-03
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National value: 1.8 (United States).

Washington: 3.1Idaho: 1.4Montana: 1.7North Dakota: 1.3Minnesota: 1.1Michigan: 1.1Ohio: 1.2Pennsylvania: 1.5New York: 2.8Vermont: 1.5New Hampshire: 1.4Maine: 1.6Arizona: 1.4California: 2.7New Mexico: 1.5Texas: 1.5Louisiana: 1.1Mississippi: 0.9Alabama: 1.1Florida: 1.5Georgia: 1.9South Carolina: 1.4North Carolina: 1.5Virginia: 1.6District of Columbia: 3.6Maryland: 1.9Delaware: 1.5New Jersey: 2.2Connecticut: 1.8Rhode Island: 1.1Massachusetts: 1.8Oregon: 1.4Utah: 1.2Wyoming: 1.6Nevada: 1.7Colorado: 2.2South Dakota: 1.2Nebraska: 1.5Kansas: 1.4Oklahoma: 1.6Iowa: 1.2Missouri: 1.6Wisconsin: 1.2Illinois: 1.5Kentucky: 1.4Arkansas: 1Tennessee: 1.4West Virginia: 1Indiana: 1.3Alaska: 1.2Hawaii: 1.4

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 0.9 to 1.2 %
  • Group 2: 1.2 to 1.4 %
  • Group 3: 1.4 to 1.5 %
  • Group 4: 1.5 to 1.7 %
  • Highest: 1.7 to 3.6 %
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.

1District of Columbia3.6
2Washington3.1
3New York2.8
4California2.7
5Colorado2.2
5New Jersey2.2
7Georgia1.9
7Maryland1.9
9Connecticut1.8
9Massachusetts1.8
11Montana1.7
11Nevada1.7
13Maine1.6
13Missouri1.6
13Oklahoma1.6
13Virginia1.6
13Wyoming1.6
18Delaware1.5
18Florida1.5
18Illinois1.5
18Nebraska1.5
18New Mexico1.5
18North Carolina1.5
18Pennsylvania1.5
18Texas1.5
18Vermont1.5
27Arizona1.4
27Hawaii1.4
27Idaho1.4
27Kansas1.4
27Kentucky1.4
27New Hampshire1.4
27Oregon1.4
27South Carolina1.4
27Tennessee1.4
36Indiana1.3
36North Dakota1.3
38Alaska1.2
38Iowa1.2
38Ohio1.2
38South Dakota1.2
38Utah1.2
38Wisconsin1.2
44Alabama1.1
44Louisiana1.1
44Michigan1.1
44Minnesota1.1
44Rhode Island1.1
49Arkansas1
49West Virginia1
51Mississippi0.9

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 share of employment in information (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-information/

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