# US states by labor force participation rate (US five-year survey estimate), 2024

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `labor_force_participation_rate_acs`
- Unit: %
- Definition: People aged 16 and over in the labor force (employed, unemployed or in the Armed Forces) as a percentage of all people aged 16 and over, including people in group quarters. United States: American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. American Community Survey 5-year estimates, table B23025: population 16 years and over in the labor force as a percentage of the population 16 years and over, calculated with stored inputs. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/summary_file/2024/table-based-SF/data/5YRData/acsdt5y2024-b23025.dat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/labor-force-participation-rate-acs/us-states

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | District of Columbia | 71.6 |
| 2 | Utah | 69.6 |
| 3 | Colorado | 68.6 |
| 4 | North Dakota | 68.6 |
| 5 | Nebraska | 68.6 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 68.1 |
| 7 | South Dakota | 67.2 |
| 8 | Maryland | 67.1 |
| 9 | Massachusetts | 67 |
| 10 | Iowa | 66.4 |
| 11 | New Jersey | 66.4 |
| 12 | Alaska | 66.3 |
| 13 | New Hampshire | 66.3 |
| 14 | Kansas | 66.1 |
| 15 | Connecticut | 65.9 |
| 16 | Virginia | 65.4 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 65.3 |
| 18 | Texas | 65.3 |
| 19 | Wyoming | 65.1 |
| 20 | Rhode Island | 65 |
| 21 | Illinois | 65 |
| 22 | Vermont | 64.6 |
| 23 | Washington | 64.5 |
| 24 | Indiana | 63.8 |
| 25 | California | 63.8 |
| 26 | Georgia | 63.8 |
| 27 | Hawaii | 63.7 |
| 28 | Nevada | 63.2 |
| 29 | Missouri | 63.1 |
| 30 | Ohio | 63.1 |
| 31 | Idaho | 63 |
| 32 | Montana | 62.9 |
| 33 | North Carolina | 62.8 |
| 34 | New York | 62.7 |
| 35 | Pennsylvania | 62.7 |
| 36 | Tennessee | 62.4 |
| 37 | Oregon | 62.3 |
| 38 | Delaware | 62.1 |
| 39 | Maine | 61.7 |
| 40 | Michigan | 61.3 |
| 41 | Oklahoma | 61.2 |
| 42 | Arizona | 60.6 |
| 43 | South Carolina | 60.5 |
| 44 | Florida | 59.8 |
| 45 | Kentucky | 59.7 |
| 46 | Louisiana | 59.3 |
| 47 | Arkansas | 58.4 |
| 48 | Alabama | 58.3 |
| 49 | New Mexico | 57.8 |
| 50 | Mississippi | 57.4 |
| 51 | West Virginia | 53.8 |