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Men's labor force participation: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Men's labor force participation (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: 84 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 85.7 %
RI 82.6 %
DE 83.9 %
CT 86.1 %
NJ 86.7 %
MD 86.2 %
MA 84.9 %
VT 85.5 %
NH 85.7 %

Lowest: 75.1 to 82.6 %
Group 2: 82.6 to 83.8 %
Group 3: 83.8 to 84.8 %
Group 4: 84.8 to 86.1 %
Highest: 86.1 to 88.7 %

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	88.7
2	North Dakota	88.5
3	Nebraska	88.2
4	Minnesota	87.3
5	Colorado	86.8
6	Idaho	86.7
6	New Jersey	86.7
8	Iowa	86.6
9	Kansas	86.2
9	Maryland	86.2
11	Connecticut	86.1
12	South Dakota	85.9
13	Wisconsin	85.8
14	District of Columbia	85.7
14	New Hampshire	85.7
14	Virginia	85.7
17	Vermont	85.5
18	Washington	85.4
19	Wyoming	85.3
20	Massachusetts	84.9
21	Indiana	84.8
21	Texas	84.8
23	Hawaii	84.7
24	Alaska	84.4
24	Illinois	84.4
24	Nevada	84.4
27	California	84
28	Delaware	83.9
28	North Carolina	83.9
28	Pennsylvania	83.9
31	Montana	83.8
32	Ohio	83.7
33	Missouri	83.6
34	Tennessee	83.5
35	Florida	83.4
36	Oregon	83.1
36	South Carolina	83.1
38	Arizona	82.9
39	Maine	82.8
40	Georgia	82.7
41	Michigan	82.6
41	Rhode Island	82.6
43	New York	82.5
44	Oklahoma	80.7
45	Arkansas	80.4
46	Alabama	80.3
47	New Mexico	79.3
48	Kentucky	79.2
49	Louisiana	78.3
50	Mississippi	78.2
51	West Virginia	75.1

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 labor force participation (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-labor-force-participation/

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