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Which state rides the bus or train most? 🚇

1Guess
Which states have the biggest share of workers using public transportation? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… California — huge cities everywhere!
2Answer
The real order is…
    New York is in a league of its own — about 2.45× the share of #2 New Jersey.
    📚 Background New York is in a league of its own — about 1 in 4 workers gets to work by bus, train, subway or ferry, more than twice the share of #2 New Jersey. In the lowest states it's under 1 in 100. (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023)
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    I bet… California — huge cities everywhere!
    3Compare
    Share of workers using public transportation (%, ACS 2023)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)3.5 %
    New York #1 23.5 %
    Highest: New York (23.5 %); lowest: North Dakota (0.2 %).

    Note: buses, trains, subways and ferries all count — taxis do not.

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    4Recap
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    : 2023 (ACS 1-year estimates)
    U.S. Census Bureau: American Community Survey 2023 1-year profile DP03_0021PE (share of workers using public transportation) (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_0021PE (share of workers using public transportation) by state.