Percentage of home workers by state

It must be snow that convinces workers to work from home. Northern states top our list of percentage of adults who work at home rather than commute. (The red states in the above map indicate the states with the highest proportion of home workers.)

Nearly 4.2 million people worked at home in 2000, up from 3.4 million in 1990, according to census data. The top 5 states in 2000:

• South Dakota
  
• Montana
  
• North Dakota
  
• Vermont
  
• Oregon
  

The full list appears below.

State	Home workers	Total workers	% home workers
AK	11,978	290,597	4.1%
AL	39,303	1,900,089	2.1%
AR	30,111	1,160,101	2.6%
AZ	81,158	2,210,395	3.7%
CA	557,036	14,525,322	3.8%
CO	108,132	2,191,626	4.9%
CT	51,418	1,640,823	3.1%
DC	9,930	260,884	3.8%
DE	11,091	373,070	3.0%
FL	207,089	6,910,168	3.0%
GA	108,986	3,832,803	2.8%
HI	20,196	563,154	3.6%
IA	69,784	1,469,763	4.7%
ID	28,013	594,654	4.7%
IL	176,491	5,745,731	3.1%
IN	83,983	2,910,612	2.9%
KS	51,862	1,311,343	4.0%
KY	48,144	1,781,733	2.7%
LA	39,329	1,831,057	2.1%
MA	97,504	3,102,837	3.1%
MD	86,703	2,591,670	3.3%
ME	26,962	615,144	4.4%
MI	127,765	4,540,372	2.8%
MN	116,654	2,541,611	4.6%
MO	90,784	2,629,296	3.5%
MS	22,599	1,164,118	1.9%
MT	26,911	422,159	6.4%
NC	102,951	3,837,773	2.7%
ND	19,108	319,481	6.0%
NE	40,516	873,197	4.6%
NH	25,307	638,565	4.0%
NJ	106,556	3,876,433	2.7%
NM	31,973	759,177	4.2%
NV	23,877	923,155	2.6%
NY	247,869	8,211,916	3.0%
OH	146,253	5,307,502	2.8%
OK	47,557	1,539,792	3.1%
OR	79,786	1,601,378	5.0%
PA	164,646	5,556,311	3.0%
RI	10,995	490,905	2.2%
SC	38,235	1,822,969	2.1%
SD	24,156	372,648	6.5%
TN	67,498	2,618,404	2.6%
TX	252,024	9,157,875	2.8%
UT	43,335	1,032,858	4.2%
VA	110,067	3,481,820	3.2%
VT	17,651	311,839	5.7%
WA	120,830	2,785,479	4.3%
WI	105,395	2,690,704	3.9%
WV	17,423	718,106	2.4%
WY	10,299	239,809	4.3%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau; ePodunk

Date: March 2005 Other rankings and top 10 lists