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Labor force participation, 25–64: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Labor force participation, 25–64. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Unemployment and labor force participation by education, by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-30

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National value: 80.6 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 84.9 %
RI 82 %
DE 81.5 %
CT 83.6 %
NJ 83.8 %
MD 84.2 %
MA 84 %
VT 84 %
NH 83.9 %

Lowest: 71.5 to 78.9 %
Group 2: 78.9 to 80.2 %
Group 3: 80.2 to 81.5 %
Group 4: 81.5 to 83.6 %
Highest: 83.6 to 85.3 %

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	North Dakota	85.3
2	Nebraska	85.2
3	Minnesota	85.1
4	District of Columbia	84.9
5	Maryland	84.2
6	Iowa	84.1
7	Massachusetts	84
7	Vermont	84
9	New Hampshire	83.9
10	New Jersey	83.8
11	Connecticut	83.6
12	South Dakota	83.5
13	Colorado	83.3
14	Wisconsin	83
15	Kansas	82.8
16	Virginia	82.5
17	Utah	82.1
18	Rhode Island	82
19	Illinois	81.8
20	Pennsylvania	81.7
21	Delaware	81.5
21	Hawaii	81.5
23	Washington	81.4
24	Maine	81.1
25	New York	80.9
26	Indiana	80.8
27	Ohio	80.5
27	Wyoming	80.5
29	Nevada	80.4
30	California	80.3
31	Florida	80.2
31	Oregon	80.2
31	Texas	80.2
34	Missouri	80.1
35	North Carolina	80
36	Montana	79.9
37	Georgia	79.8
38	Alaska	79.5
39	Idaho	79.4
40	Michigan	78.9
40	Tennessee	78.9
42	South Carolina	78.8
43	Arizona	78.5
44	Oklahoma	76.5
45	Louisiana	76.3
46	Alabama	76.2
47	Arkansas	76
48	New Mexico	75.4
49	Kentucky	75.3
49	Mississippi	75.3
51	West Virginia	71.5

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 labor force participation, 25–64 (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2301; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-30. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-labor-force-participation-25-to-64/

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