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Retail jobs per 1,000 residents: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Retail jobs per 1,000 residents (derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Retail trade jobs and pay by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 44-45, 441, 445, 452, 454 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 47.6 (United States).

Washington: 43.5Idaho: 47.8Montana: 55.6North Dakota: 58.2Minnesota: 53.3Michigan: 46.1Ohio: 47.5Pennsylvania: 50New York: 43.6Vermont: 57.9New Hampshire: 68.3Maine: 60.8Arizona: 48.1California: 43.4New Mexico: 44.9Texas: 45Louisiana: 48.2Mississippi: 46.5Alabama: 46.6Florida: 50Georgia: 46.4South Carolina: 49.9North Carolina: 49.2Virginia: 48.5District of Columbia: 31Maryland: 46.7Delaware: 60New Jersey: 49.6Connecticut: 49.8Rhode Island: 45.1Massachusetts: 50.6Oregon: 50.6Utah: 51.8Wyoming: 54.9Nevada: 51.4Colorado: 49.5South Dakota: 59.7Nebraska: 55.4Kansas: 49Oklahoma: 46.4Iowa: 58.2Missouri: 50.6Wisconsin: 52.7Illinois: 45.2Kentucky: 47.3Arkansas: 47.1Tennessee: 48.9West Virginia: 43.9Indiana: 48.8Alaska: 46.3Hawaii: 45.8

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 31 to 46.1
  • Group 2: 46.1 to 47.8
  • Group 3: 47.8 to 49.8
  • Group 4: 49.8 to 53.3
  • Highest: 53.3 to 68.3
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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1New Hampshire68.3
2Maine60.8
3Delaware60
4South Dakota59.7
5Iowa58.2
5North Dakota58.2
7Vermont57.9
8Montana55.6
9Nebraska55.4
10Wyoming54.9
11Minnesota53.3
12Wisconsin52.7
13Utah51.8
14Nevada51.4
15Massachusetts50.6
15Missouri50.6
15Oregon50.6
18Florida50
18Pennsylvania50
20South Carolina49.9
21Connecticut49.8
22New Jersey49.6
23Colorado49.5
24North Carolina49.2
25Kansas49
26Tennessee48.9
27Indiana48.8
28Virginia48.5
29Louisiana48.2
30Arizona48.1
31Idaho47.8
32Ohio47.5
33Kentucky47.3
34Arkansas47.1
35Maryland46.7
36Alabama46.6
37Mississippi46.5
38Georgia46.4
38Oklahoma46.4
40Alaska46.3
41Michigan46.1
42Hawaii45.8
43Illinois45.2
44Rhode Island45.1
45Texas45
46New Mexico44.9
47West Virginia43.9
48New York43.6
49Washington43.5
50California43.4
51District of Columbia31

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 44-45, 441, 445, 452, 454 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by retail jobs per 1,000 residents (derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sectors 44-45 (retail trade) and subsectors 441, 445, 452, 454; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-retail-jobs-per-1000-residents/

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