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Women's share of computer and science jobs: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Women's share of computer, engineering and science jobs (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Women's share of jobs by occupation group by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-09

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National value: 27.9 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 42.3 %
RI 30.7 %
DE 32.2 %
CT 27.5 %
NJ 29.2 %
MD 32.3 %
MA 33.2 %
VT 26.1 %
NH 25.5 %

Lowest: 21.5 to 24.3 %
Group 2: 24.3 to 26.8 %
Group 3: 26.8 to 27.9 %
Group 4: 27.9 to 29.2 %
Highest: 29.2 to 42.3 %

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.


1	District of Columbia	42.3
2	Massachusetts	33.2
3	Maryland	32.3
4	Delaware	32.2
5	Georgia	31.3
6	North Dakota	30.7
6	Rhode Island	30.7
8	Maine	30.3
9	Illinois	29.8
10	Iowa	29.3
11	New Jersey	29.2
12	California	29.1
12	New York	29.1
12	Pennsylvania	29.1
15	Louisiana	28.9
15	Mississippi	28.9
17	North Carolina	28.6
18	Missouri	28.5
19	Hawaii	28.3
20	Minnesota	28.1
21	Wisconsin	27.9
22	Virginia	27.6
22	Wyoming	27.6
24	Connecticut	27.5
25	Montana	27.4
25	Washington	27.4
27	Colorado	27.3
28	Oregon	27
29	Alaska	26.8
29	Michigan	26.8
29	Tennessee	26.8
32	Kansas	26.5
33	Texas	26.4
34	Vermont	26.1
35	Florida	25.9
35	New Mexico	25.9
37	Nevada	25.7
38	South Carolina	25.6
39	New Hampshire	25.5
40	Nebraska	24.7
41	Alabama	24.3
42	Arizona	24.2
42	Ohio	24.2
44	Idaho	23.8
45	Kentucky	23.4
46	Arkansas	23.2
47	Oklahoma	23.1
48	Indiana	23
49	South Dakota	22.8
50	Utah	22.7
51	West Virginia	21.5

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S2401: Occupation by Sex for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and Over. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by women's share of computer, engineering and science jobs (%) (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S2401; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-09. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-womens-share-of-computer-engineering-and-science-jobs/

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