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Men's employment-population ratio: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Men's employment-population ratio (ages 20 to 64, %). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment of women and men 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: 79.1 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 78 %
RI 77.8 %
DE 78.9 %
CT 80.8 %
NJ 81.8 %
MD 80.8 %
MA 80.4 %
VT 82.3 %
NH 83 %

Lowest: 70.9 to 77.4 %
Group 2: 77.4 to 78.9 %
Group 3: 78.9 to 79.9 %
Group 4: 79.9 to 81.8 %
Highest: 81.8 to 85 %

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	Utah	85
2	North Dakota	84.6
3	Nebraska	84.5
4	Idaho	83.8
5	Minnesota	83.5
6	Iowa	83.4
7	New Hampshire	83
8	South Dakota	82.7
8	Wisconsin	82.7
10	Vermont	82.3
11	New Jersey	81.8
12	Colorado	81.4
13	Indiana	81
14	Kansas	80.9
15	Connecticut	80.8
15	Maryland	80.8
17	Massachusetts	80.4
18	Ohio	80.1
19	Texas	80
20	Montana	79.9
20	Tennessee	79.9
22	Pennsylvania	79.6
23	Illinois	79.5
23	Missouri	79.5
23	Wyoming	79.5
26	Maine	79.2
27	Florida	79.1
27	Washington	79.1
29	Nevada	79
30	Delaware	78.9
30	Virginia	78.9
32	Arizona	78.5
33	Michigan	78.3
34	Oregon	78.2
35	North Carolina	78.1
36	California	78
36	District of Columbia	78
38	Rhode Island	77.8
39	Georgia	77.7
40	New York	77.5
41	South Carolina	77.4
42	Arkansas	76.6
43	Oklahoma	76.3
44	Alabama	75.7
45	Kentucky	74.6
46	Louisiana	73.9
47	New Mexico	73.7
48	Hawaii	72.9
48	Mississippi	72.9
50	Alaska	72.7
51	West Virginia	70.9

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 men's employment-population ratio (ages 20 to 64, %) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2301; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-mens-employment-population-ratio/

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