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Colorado leads, with Oregon and Arizona close behind — the West, not the coastal megacities.
📚 Background Colorado leads, with Oregon and Arizona close behind — the West, not the big coastal cities. Nationwide about 1 in 7 workers works from home. (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2023) (opens in a new tab)
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Share of workers who work from home (%, ACS 2023)
Highest: Colorado (19.9 %); lowest: Mississippi (6.4 %).
Note: this is where people usually work, as reported in the 2023 survey.
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| Rank | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | Colorado | 19.9 % |
| #2 | Oregon | 17.7 % |
| #3 | Arizona | 17.5 % |
| #4 | Washington | 17.3 % |
| #5 | Maryland | 16.9 % |
| #6 | Virginia | 16.7 % |
| #7 | Utah | 16.4 % |
| #8 | Vermont | 16.2 % |
| #9 | Minnesota | 16.1 % |
| #9 | New Hampshire | 16.1 % |
| #9 | North Carolina | 16.1 % |
| #12 | Florida | 15.8 % |
| #13 | Massachusetts | 15.6 % |
| #14 | Georgia | 15.2 % |
| #15 | California | 14.6 % |
| #16 | Connecticut | 14.3 % |
| #16 | Maine | 14.3 % |
| #18 | Pennsylvania | 14.1 % |
| #19 | Illinois | 14 % |
| #19 | New Jersey | 14 % |
| #21 | Texas | 13.7 % |
| #22 | Delaware | 13.6 % |
| #23 | Idaho | 13.5 % |
| #24 | Tennessee | 12.8 % |
| #25 | Missouri | 12.5 % |
| #26 | New York | 12.4 % |
| #27 | Michigan | 12.2 % |
| #27 | Wisconsin | 12.2 % |
| #29 | Ohio | 11.9 % |
| #30 | Rhode Island | 11.8 % |
| #30 | South Carolina | 11.8 % |
| #32 | Nevada | 11.6 % |
| #33 | Montana | 11.3 % |
| #34 | New Mexico | 10.7 % |
| #35 | Iowa | 10.5 % |
| #36 | Indiana | 10.4 % |
| #36 | Kansas | 10.4 % |
| #38 | Wyoming | 10.2 % |
| #39 | Nebraska | 10.1 % |
| #40 | South Dakota | 9.8 % |
| #41 | Kentucky | 9.5 % |
| #42 | Oklahoma | 9.1 % |
| #43 | Alaska | 9 % |
| #44 | Alabama | 8.8 % |
| #45 | Arkansas | 8.7 % |
| #45 | Hawaii | 8.7 % |
| #47 | North Dakota | 8.3 % |
| #47 | West Virginia | 8.3 % |
| #49 | Louisiana | 8.1 % |
| #50 | Mississippi | 6.4 % |
| 🇺🇸 USA (national figure) | 13.8 % |
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_0024PE (share of workers who work from home) (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_0024PE (share of workers who work from home) by state.