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Share of workers employed in another state: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of workers employed in another state (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Where people work relative to home by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-14

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National value: 3.4 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 20.5 %
RI 18.6 %
DE 13.8 %
CT 8 %
NJ 13.2 %
MD 14.3 %
MA 3.4 %
VT 5.1 %
NH 13.7 %

Lowest: 0.4 to 1.8 %
Group 2: 1.8 to 2.7 %
Group 3: 2.7 to 4 %
Group 4: 4 to 6.6 %
Highest: 6.6 to 20.5 %

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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.


1	District of Columbia	20.5
2	Rhode Island	18.6
3	Maryland	14.3
4	Delaware	13.8
5	New Hampshire	13.7
6	New Jersey	13.2
7	West Virginia	12.5
8	Mississippi	9
9	Connecticut	8
10	Kansas	6.9
11	Kentucky	6.6
12	Virginia	6.4
13	Missouri	5.7
13	South Carolina	5.7
15	Idaho	5.2
16	Indiana	5.1
16	Vermont	5.1
18	Iowa	4.8
19	Pennsylvania	4.6
20	Alabama	4.2
21	New Mexico	4
22	Maine	3.7
23	Arkansas	3.5
23	Tennessee	3.5
25	Massachusetts	3.4
26	North Dakota	3.3
26	Wisconsin	3.3
28	Illinois	3.2
28	Nebraska	3.2
28	Wyoming	3.2
31	Oklahoma	2.7
31	South Dakota	2.7
31	Washington	2.7
34	Georgia	2.5
35	Ohio	2.4
36	North Carolina	2.3
37	Louisiana	2.2
37	Minnesota	2.2
39	Nevada	2
39	New York	2
41	Oregon	1.8
42	Michigan	1.7
43	Arizona	1.5
44	Florida	1.4
44	Montana	1.4
46	Colorado	1.1
47	Alaska	1
47	Texas	1
47	Utah	1
50	Hawaii	0.8
51	California	0.4

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B08007: Sex of workers by place of work — state and county level. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of workers employed in another state (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B08007: Sex of workers by place of work — state and county level; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-14. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-workers-employed-in-another-state/

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