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Share of workers who walk to work: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of workers who walk to work (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in How workers get to work by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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

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National value: 2.4 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 10.8 %
RI 3.8 %
DE 1.6 %
CT 2.4 %
NJ 2.6 %
MD 2 %
MA 4.2 %
VT 4 %
NH 2.4 %

Lowest: 1.2 to 1.7 %
Group 2: 1.7 to 2.1 %
Group 3: 2.1 to 2.6 %
Group 4: 2.6 to 3.4 %
Highest: 3.4 to 10.8 %

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	10.8
2	Alaska	6.6
3	New York	5.8
4	Montana	4.4
5	Massachusetts	4.2
6	Vermont	4
7	Hawaii	3.8
7	Rhode Island	3.8
9	Oregon	3.7
10	Pennsylvania	3.6
11	Maine	3.4
12	North Dakota	3.3
13	South Dakota	3.1
13	Wyoming	3.1
15	Illinois	3
16	Nebraska	2.9
16	Washington	2.9
18	Iowa	2.6
18	Minnesota	2.6
18	New Jersey	2.6
18	Wisconsin	2.6
22	California	2.4
22	Connecticut	2.4
22	New Hampshire	2.4
22	Utah	2.4
26	Colorado	2.3
26	Virginia	2.3
28	Idaho	2.2
28	Kansas	2.2
28	West Virginia	2.2
31	New Mexico	2.1
32	Indiana	2
32	Maryland	2
32	Michigan	2
32	Missouri	2
32	Ohio	2
37	Kentucky	1.8
38	Arkansas	1.7
38	Louisiana	1.7
38	North Carolina	1.7
38	Oklahoma	1.7
42	Arizona	1.6
42	Delaware	1.6
42	Florida	1.6
42	Mississippi	1.6
42	South Carolina	1.6
47	Nevada	1.4
47	Texas	1.4
49	Georgia	1.3
49	Tennessee	1.3
51	Alabama	1.2

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B08301: Means of transportation to work. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by share of workers who walk to work (%, derived) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2025 1-year estimates, Table B08301: Means of transportation to work; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-share-of-workers-who-walk-to-work/

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