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Wholesale trade: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Wholesale trade. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment by industry by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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2026-11-03
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National value: 1.9 (United States).

Washington: 1.9Idaho: 1.8Montana: 1.8North Dakota: 2.3Minnesota: 2.1Michigan: 1.8Ohio: 2Pennsylvania: 2New York: 1.6Vermont: 1.4New Hampshire: 1.9Maine: 1.6Arizona: 1.6California: 1.9New Mexico: 1Texas: 2.1Louisiana: 1.6Mississippi: 2Alabama: 1.8Florida: 2.1Georgia: 2South Carolina: 2North Carolina: 1.9Virginia: 1.2District of Columbia: 0.6Maryland: 1.6Delaware: 1.5New Jersey: 2.4Connecticut: 1.7Rhode Island: 2.6Massachusetts: 1.5Oregon: 1.9Utah: 1.5Wyoming: 1.4Nevada: 1.5Colorado: 1.6South Dakota: 1.6Nebraska: 2.1Kansas: 1.9Oklahoma: 1.9Iowa: 2.2Missouri: 2Wisconsin: 2.1Illinois: 2.2Kentucky: 1.8Arkansas: 1.7Tennessee: 1.9West Virginia: 1.5Indiana: 1.8Alaska: 2.6Hawaii: 1.5

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 0.6 to 1.5 %
  • Group 2: 1.5 to 1.8 %
  • Group 3: 1.8 to 1.9 %
  • Group 4: 1.9 to 2.1 %
  • Highest: 2.1 to 2.6 %
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. Values are as published in the source table.

1Alaska2.6
1Rhode Island2.6
3New Jersey2.4
4North Dakota2.3
5Illinois2.2
5Iowa2.2
7Florida2.1
7Minnesota2.1
7Nebraska2.1
7Texas2.1
7Wisconsin2.1
12Georgia2
12Mississippi2
12Missouri2
12Ohio2
12Pennsylvania2
12South Carolina2
18California1.9
18Kansas1.9
18New Hampshire1.9
18North Carolina1.9
18Oklahoma1.9
18Oregon1.9
18Tennessee1.9
18Washington1.9
26Alabama1.8
26Idaho1.8
26Indiana1.8
26Kentucky1.8
26Michigan1.8
26Montana1.8
32Arkansas1.7
32Connecticut1.7
34Arizona1.6
34Colorado1.6
34Louisiana1.6
34Maine1.6
34Maryland1.6
34New York1.6
34South Dakota1.6
41Delaware1.5
41Hawaii1.5
41Massachusetts1.5
41Nevada1.5
41Utah1.5
41West Virginia1.5
47Vermont1.4
47Wyoming1.4
49Virginia1.2
50New Mexico1
51District of Columbia0.6

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by wholesale trade (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-wholesale-trade/

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