Who shares a ride to work?
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Which states have the biggest share of workers who carpool? Tap them most-to-least.
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I bet… Texas — long drives, share the gas!
Answer
The real order is…
Hawaii tops it — on an island there are only so many roads to share.
📚 Background Hawaii has the largest share of workers who carpool. Interestingly New York — the public-transportation champion — carpools the least. Why the two ends look like that is a good question; this survey counts what people do, not why. (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023) (opens in a new tab)
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Share of workers who carpool (%, ACS 2023)
Highest: Hawaii (15.8 %); lowest: New York (6.4 %).
Note: carpooling means two or more people riding to work in the same car.
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| Rank | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | 15.8 % |
| #2 | Nevada | 12.1 % |
| #3 | Alaska | 11.6 % |
| #4 | Texas | 10.6 % |
| #5 | Utah | 10.5 % |
| #5 | Wyoming | 10.5 % |
| #7 | Arizona | 10.3 % |
| #7 | Mississippi | 10.3 % |
| #9 | California | 10.2 % |
| #9 | Idaho | 10.2 % |
| #11 | New Mexico | 10.1 % |
| #11 | North Dakota | 10.1 % |
| #13 | Arkansas | 9.9 % |
| #13 | Kentucky | 9.9 % |
| #13 | Oklahoma | 9.9 % |
| #16 | West Virginia | 9.8 % |
| #17 | Florida | 9.7 % |
| #18 | Georgia | 9.5 % |
| #19 | Indiana | 9.4 % |
| #19 | Montana | 9.4 % |
| #19 | Oregon | 9.4 % |
| #22 | South Dakota | 9.1 % |
| #23 | Washington | 8.9 % |
| #24 | Kansas | 8.8 % |
| #25 | South Carolina | 8.7 % |
| #26 | Louisiana | 8.6 % |
| #26 | Nebraska | 8.6 % |
| #26 | Virginia | 8.6 % |
| #29 | North Carolina | 8.5 % |
| #29 | Vermont | 8.5 % |
| #31 | Michigan | 8.4 % |
| #31 | Missouri | 8.4 % |
| #33 | Alabama | 8.3 % |
| #33 | Connecticut | 8.3 % |
| #33 | Illinois | 8.3 % |
| #33 | Maryland | 8.3 % |
| #33 | Tennessee | 8.3 % |
| #38 | Delaware | 8.2 % |
| #38 | Iowa | 8.2 % |
| #38 | Pennsylvania | 8.2 % |
| #41 | Ohio | 8.1 % |
| #42 | Minnesota | 8 % |
| #42 | New Jersey | 8 % |
| #44 | Colorado | 7.9 % |
| #45 | Maine | 7.8 % |
| #46 | Rhode Island | 7.6 % |
| #46 | Wisconsin | 7.6 % |
| #48 | Massachusetts | 7.2 % |
| #49 | New Hampshire | 6.8 % |
| #50 | New York | 6.4 % |
| 🇺🇸 USA (national figure) | 9 % |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau (2023 (ACS 1-year estimates))
Sources
Data as of: 2023 (ACS 1-year estimates)
U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey 2023 1-year profile DP03_0020PE (share of workers who carpool) (opens in a new tab) (2026-08-02) — Official published survey estimates (the committed raw file is the API response, unchanged).
↳ On data.census.gov, open profile table “DP03” for 2023 and read DP03_0020PE (share of workers who carpool) by state.