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Telecommunications share of information sector jobs

Measure: Telecommunications share of information sector jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Information industry 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 51, 511, 517, 518 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: 24 (United States).

Washington: 13.9Idaho: 27Montana: 38.5North Dakota: 33.1Minnesota: 16.9Michigan: 29.8Ohio: 29.4Pennsylvania: 34.7New York: 15.9Vermont: 16.3New Hampshire: 24.1Maine: 38.4Arizona: 33.1California: 9.4New Mexico: 52.1Texas: 33.2Louisiana: 48.8Mississippi: 59.7Alabama: 42.4Florida: 35.6Georgia: 30.8South Carolina: 53.2North Carolina: 36.8Virginia: 22.5District of Columbia: 8.7Maryland: 27.5Delaware: 18.3New Jersey: 35.2Connecticut: 26Rhode Island: 30Massachusetts: 12Oregon: 21.3Utah: 18.3Wyoming: 46.9Nevada: 34.2Colorado: 38.5South Dakota: 49.7Nebraska: 23.7Kansas: 42.3Oklahoma: 55.1Iowa: 32Missouri: 45.6Wisconsin: 27.7Illinois: 25.1Kentucky: 42.6Arkansas: 33.2Tennessee: 30.6West Virginia: 56.1Indiana: 30.2Alaska: 66.8Hawaii: 56.7

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 8.7 to 22.5 %
  • Group 2: 22.5 to 30 %
  • Group 3: 30 to 34.7 %
  • Group 4: 34.7 to 45.6 %
  • Highest: 45.6 to 66.8 %
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.

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

1Alaska66.8
2Mississippi59.7
3Hawaii56.7
4West Virginia56.1
5Oklahoma55.1
6South Carolina53.2
7New Mexico52.1
8South Dakota49.7
9Louisiana48.8
10Wyoming46.9
11Missouri45.6
12Kentucky42.6
13Alabama42.4
14Kansas42.3
15Colorado38.5
15Montana38.5
17Maine38.4
18North Carolina36.8
19Florida35.6
20New Jersey35.2
21Pennsylvania34.7
22Nevada34.2
23Arkansas33.2
23Texas33.2
25Arizona33.1
25North Dakota33.1
27Iowa32
28Georgia30.8
29Tennessee30.6
30Indiana30.2
31Rhode Island30
32Michigan29.8
33Ohio29.4
34Wisconsin27.7
35Maryland27.5
36Idaho27
37Connecticut26
38Illinois25.1
39New Hampshire24.1
40Nebraska23.7
41Virginia22.5
42Oregon21.3
43Delaware18.3
43Utah18.3
45Minnesota16.9
46Vermont16.3
47New York15.9
48Washington13.9
49Massachusetts12
50California9.4
51District of Columbia8.7

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 51, 511, 517, 518 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 telecommunications share of information sector jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 51 (information) and subsectors 511, 517, 518; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-telecommunications-share-of-information-sector-jobs/

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