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Lowest government jobs by state

Share of workers employed by government.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Federal, state and local government as a share of the civilian employed, including public school teachers and university staff. Steadies a local economy through downturns, and concentrates in state capitals, county seats, military towns and places built around a public university.

  1. 1Pennsylvania11.5%
  2. 2Michigan11.6%
  3. 3Florida11.7%
  4. 4Indiana11.7%
  5. 5Nevada12.6%
  6. 6Massachusetts12.7%
  7. 7Minnesota12.9%
  8. 8Ohio12.9%
  9. 9Wisconsin12.9%
  10. 10Connecticut13.1%
  11. 11New Hampshire13.1%
  12. 12Rhode Island13.1%
  13. 13Missouri13.2%
  14. 14Illinois13.3%
  15. 15Tennessee13.7%
  16. 16North Carolina13.8%
  17. 17Arizona13.9%
  18. 18Maine14.1%
  19. 19Texas14.1%
  20. 20Georgia14.3%
  21. 21New Jersey14.3%
  22. 22Colorado14.5%
  23. 23Iowa14.5%
  24. 24Oregon14.5%
  25. 25Kentucky14.6%
  26. 26California14.8%
  27. 27Idaho15.0%
  28. 28Nebraska15.0%
  29. 29Vermont15.0%
  30. 30Utah15.1%
  31. 31Arkansas15.2%
  32. 32South Carolina15.2%
  33. 33Delaware15.7%
  34. 34South Dakota15.8%
  35. 35Louisiana16.0%
  36. 36Washington16.0%
  37. 37New York16.4%
  38. 38Alabama16.6%
  39. 39Montana16.6%
  40. 40Kansas16.7%
  41. 41North Dakota17.3%
  42. 42Oklahoma17.7%
  43. 43Mississippi18.5%
  44. 44West Virginia20.3%
  45. 45Virginia20.5%
  46. 46Hawaii21.7%
  47. 47Wyoming22.0%
  48. 48Maryland22.5%
  49. 49New Mexico23.4%
  50. 50Alaska25.9%
  51. 51District of Columbia26.3%
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built