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Labor force participation of people 60+: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Labor force participation of people 60 and over (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in People 60 and over: living situation, work and income by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 29.7 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 33.9 %
RI 32 %
DE 30.1 %
CT 34.7 %
NJ 36.5 %
MD 34.8 %
MA 34.6 %
VT 32.3 %
NH 35.4 %

Lowest: 20.6 to 26.8 %
Group 2: 26.8 to 28.9 %
Group 3: 28.9 to 30.7 %
Group 4: 30.7 to 32 %
Highest: 32 to 36.5 %

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	New Jersey	36.5
2	South Dakota	35.9
3	New Hampshire	35.4
4	Maryland	34.8
5	Connecticut	34.7
6	Massachusetts	34.6
7	District of Columbia	33.9
8	Nebraska	33
9	Vermont	32.3
10	Kansas	32.1
11	Rhode Island	32
11	Texas	32
13	Virginia	31.7
14	Hawaii	31.5
15	North Dakota	31.3
16	Minnesota	31.1
17	Utah	31
18	Alaska	30.9
19	Colorado	30.7
19	Illinois	30.7
19	New York	30.7
22	California	30.2
23	Delaware	30.1
24	Georgia	29.9
25	Nevada	29.7
26	Indiana	29.5
26	Iowa	29.5
26	Maine	29.5
26	Pennsylvania	29.5
30	Wyoming	29.1
31	Ohio	28.9
32	Tennessee	28.7
33	Oklahoma	28.4
34	Montana	28.3
35	North Carolina	28.2
36	Florida	28.1
37	Louisiana	27.9
37	Missouri	27.9
39	Wisconsin	27.5
40	Washington	27.3
41	South Carolina	26.8
42	Mississippi	26.6
43	Michigan	26.4
44	Idaho	26.1
45	New Mexico	25.9
46	Alabama	25.7
46	Arkansas	25.7
48	Oregon	25.5
49	Arizona	25.4
49	Kentucky	25.4
51	West Virginia	20.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S0102: Population 60 Years and Over in the United States. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by labor force participation of people 60 and over (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S0102; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-labor-force-participation-of-people-60-and-over/

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