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Warehousing and storage share of transportation jobs

Measure: Warehousing and storage share of transportation jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Transportation and warehousing jobs 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 48-49, 481, 484, 492, 493 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: 25.2 (United States).

Washington: 22.6Idaho: 24.8Montana: 3.4North Dakota: 9.1Minnesota: 17Michigan: 21.4Ohio: 37.1Pennsylvania: 32.3New York: 12.3Vermont: 4.6New Hampshire: 12.9Maine: 27.8Arizona: 22.4California: 29.5New Mexico: 23.6Texas: 25.4Louisiana: 12.9Mississippi: 28.3Alabama: 29Florida: 16.8Georgia: 34.1South Carolina: 34.2North Carolina: 27.2Virginia: 24.2District of Columbia: 1.5Maryland: 24.8Delaware: 35.5New Jersey: 27.8Connecticut: 21.6Rhode Island: 15.1Massachusetts: 17.7Oregon: 22.2Utah: 21Wyoming: 22.9Nevada: 34.2Colorado: 18.4South Dakota: 13.9Nebraska: 12.2Kansas: 27.3Oklahoma: 25Iowa: 22.9Missouri: 21.1Wisconsin: 24.3Illinois: 24.9Kentucky: 23.9Arkansas: 19.7Tennessee: 28West Virginia: 22Indiana: 32.7Alaska: 4.2Hawaii: 3.3

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 1.5 to 13.9 %
  • Group 2: 13.9 to 21.6 %
  • Group 3: 21.6 to 24.3 %
  • Group 4: 24.3 to 28 %
  • Highest: 28 to 37.1 %
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.

1Ohio37.1
2Delaware35.5
3Nevada34.2
3South Carolina34.2
5Georgia34.1
6Indiana32.7
7Pennsylvania32.3
8California29.5
9Alabama29
10Mississippi28.3
11Tennessee28
12Maine27.8
12New Jersey27.8
14Kansas27.3
15North Carolina27.2
16Texas25.4
17Oklahoma25
18Illinois24.9
19Idaho24.8
19Maryland24.8
21Wisconsin24.3
22Virginia24.2
23Kentucky23.9
24New Mexico23.6
25Iowa22.9
25Wyoming22.9
27Washington22.6
28Arizona22.4
29Oregon22.2
30West Virginia22
31Connecticut21.6
32Michigan21.4
33Missouri21.1
34Utah21
35Arkansas19.7
36Colorado18.4
37Massachusetts17.7
38Minnesota17
39Florida16.8
40Rhode Island15.1
41South Dakota13.9
42Louisiana12.9
42New Hampshire12.9
44New York12.3
45Nebraska12.2
46North Dakota9.1
47Vermont4.6
48Alaska4.2
49Montana3.4
50Hawaii3.3
51District of Columbia1.5

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 48-49, 481, 484, 492, 493 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 warehousing and storage share of transportation jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sectors 48-49 (transportation and warehousing) and subsectors 481, 484, 492, 493; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-warehousing-and-storage-share-of-transportation-jobs/

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