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Labor Force Participation by state

Percent. Every state colored on one scale across all years, joined to the map by FIPS code.

2024
20102024
Texas: 65.7%California: 64.2%Kentucky: 60.2%Georgia: 64.5%Wisconsin: 65.4%Oregon: 62.9%Missouri: 63.5%Virginia: 65.2%Tennessee: 63.3%Louisiana: 59.9%New York: 63.0%Idaho: 63.2%Florida: 60.8%Illinois: 65.5%Montana: 63.2%Minnesota: 68.1%Maryland: 67.9%Iowa: 66.5%District of Columbia: 71.3%Ohio: 63.5%Nebraska: 68.7%Washington: 65.0%South Dakota: 67.9%Oklahoma: 61.5%Wyoming: 64.9%West Virginia: 54.9%Indiana: 64.2%Massachusetts: 67.2%Nevada: 64.6%North Dakota: 68.4%Arkansas: 59.0%Mississippi: 58.9%Colorado: 68.7%North Carolina: 63.4%Utah: 69.8%Hawaii: 64.1%New Mexico: 58.7%Kansas: 66.6%Rhode Island: 65.6%Michigan: 61.6%Alaska: 66.6%Delaware: 62.6%Alabama: 59.2%South Carolina: 61.3%Maine: 61.9%New Jersey: 66.9%Pennsylvania: 63.2%New Hampshire: 66.4%Arizona: 61.4%Connecticut: 66.1%Vermont: 64.8%6664606565636465636063636166636868676469656862655564676568595969637064596762675961626361
52.4%
72.8%

The color scale is fixed across all years, so a state changing shade as you move the slider is a real change in the value.

2024 · Highest: District of Columbia 71.3% · Lowest: West Virginia 54.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 1-year · S2301_C02_001E · table · 2010 to 2024

Reading it. Counts people in the labor force (employed or seeking). Moves with the age mix of a state as well as the job market.

Comparing states is harder than it looks. A dollar buys more in some states than others, and survey estimates carry a margin of error. Read the map for the pattern, not for a precise ranking.