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Workers 16+: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Workers 16+. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Commuting to work by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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Data last updated
2026-10-29
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National value: 165,214,453 (United States).

Washington: 3,912,058Idaho: 959,066Montana: 561,953North Dakota: 426,586Minnesota: 2,999,334Michigan: 4,755,644Ohio: 5,753,655Pennsylvania: 6,342,083New York: 9,654,086Vermont: 336,494New Hampshire: 757,025Maine: 700,372Arizona: 3,516,108California: 18,635,762New Mexico: 955,432Texas: 15,278,739Louisiana: 2,064,063Mississippi: 1,293,969Alabama: 2,344,600Florida: 11,128,119Georgia: 5,429,690South Carolina: 2,599,763North Carolina: 5,419,398Virginia: 4,485,851District of Columbia: 373,088Maryland: 3,179,937Delaware: 502,259New Jersey: 4,828,177Connecticut: 1,857,031Rhode Island: 568,214Massachusetts: 3,687,781Oregon: 2,037,946Utah: 1,794,708Wyoming: 283,095Nevada: 1,605,977Colorado: 3,166,027South Dakota: 475,348Nebraska: 1,044,976Kansas: 1,490,389Oklahoma: 1,892,255Iowa: 1,625,721Missouri: 3,037,995Wisconsin: 3,025,750Illinois: 6,269,691Kentucky: 2,071,816Arkansas: 1,413,291Tennessee: 3,513,161West Virginia: 737,038Indiana: 3,352,659Alaska: 359,647Hawaii: 710,626

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • DC 373,088
  • RI 568,214
  • DE 502,259
  • CT 1,857,031
  • NJ 4,828,177
  • MD 3,179,937
  • MA 3,687,781
  • VT 336,494
  • NH 757,025
  • Lowest: 283,095 to 710,626
  • Group 2: 710,626 to 1,625,721
  • Group 3: 1,625,721 to 3,025,750
  • Group 4: 3,025,750 to 4,755,644
  • Highest: 4,755,644 to 18,635,762
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.

1California18,635,762
2Texas15,278,739
3Florida11,128,119
4New York9,654,086
5Pennsylvania6,342,083
6Illinois6,269,691
7Ohio5,753,655
8Georgia5,429,690
9North Carolina5,419,398
10New Jersey4,828,177
11Michigan4,755,644
12Virginia4,485,851
13Washington3,912,058
14Massachusetts3,687,781
15Arizona3,516,108
16Tennessee3,513,161
17Indiana3,352,659
18Maryland3,179,937
19Colorado3,166,027
20Missouri3,037,995
21Wisconsin3,025,750
22Minnesota2,999,334
23South Carolina2,599,763
24Alabama2,344,600
25Kentucky2,071,816
26Louisiana2,064,063
27Oregon2,037,946
28Oklahoma1,892,255
29Connecticut1,857,031
30Utah1,794,708
31Iowa1,625,721
32Nevada1,605,977
33Kansas1,490,389
34Arkansas1,413,291
35Mississippi1,293,969
36Nebraska1,044,976
37Idaho959,066
38New Mexico955,432
39New Hampshire757,025
40West Virginia737,038
41Hawaii710,626
42Maine700,372
43Rhode Island568,214
44Montana561,953
45Delaware502,259
46South Dakota475,348
47North Dakota426,586
48District of Columbia373,088
49Alaska359,647
50Vermont336,494
51Wyoming283,095

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table S0801: Commuting Characteristics by Sex. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by workers 16+ (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table S0801; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-29. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-workers-16-plus/

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