Best States in U.S. by % of Females Employed

Rank	Employed Female Civilian Population Percentage	State / Population
1.	63.1%	North Dakota / 659,858
2.	63.0%	Minnesota / 5,241,914
3.	62.7%	Nebraska / 1,799,125
4.	62.6%	South Dakota / 799,462
5.	61.9%	Vermont / 624,258
6.	61.3%	New Hampshire / 1,313,939
7.	61.2%	Wisconsin / 5,637,947
8.	61.1%	Alaska / 691,189
9.	61.1%	Iowa / 3,016,267
10.	60.9%	Maryland / 5,696,423
11.	60.7%	Wyoming / 545,579
12.	59.6%	Kansas / 2,809,329
13.	59.2%	Colorado / 4,887,061
14.	58.9%	Massachusetts / 6,477,096
15.	58.1%	District of Columbia / 584,400
16.	58.1%	Connecticut / 3,545,837
17.	57.9%	Montana / 973,739
18.	57.8%	Virginia / 7,841,754
19.	57.4%	Hawaii / 1,333,591
20.	57.4%	Maine / 1,327,665
21.	57.0%	Utah / 2,657,236
22.	56.7%	Rhode Island / 1,056,389
23.	56.3%	Missouri / 5,922,314
24.	56.2%	Delaware / 881,278
25.	56.2%	Nevada / 2,633,331
26.	56.1%	Illinois / 12,745,359
27.	55.9%	New Jersey / 8,721,577
28.	55.8%	Washington / 6,561,297
29.	55.4%	Indiana / 6,417,398
30.	55.3%	Ohio / 11,512,431
31.	55.1%	Idaho / 1,526,797
32.	54.6%	Oregon / 3,761,925
33.	54.3%	New York / 19,229,752
34.	54.3%	Georgia / 9,468,815
35.	54.1%	Texas / 24,311,891
36.	54.1%	Pennsylvania / 12,612,705
37.	53.9%	North Carolina / 9,271,178
38.	53.5%	Oklahoma / 3,675,339
39.	52.8%	New Mexico / 2,013,122
40.	52.7%	California / 36,637,290
41.	52.6%	Michigan / 9,952,687
42.	52.3%	Tennessee / 6,234,968
43.	52.2%	South Carolina / 4,511,428
44.	52.0%	Louisiana / 4,429,940
45.	52.0%	Arizona / 6,246,816
46.	51.4%	Arkansas / 2,872,684
47.	51.3%	Florida / 18,511,620
48.	51.2%	Kentucky / 4,285,828
49.	49.5%	Mississippi / 2,941,991
49.	49.5%	Alabama / 4,712,651
51.	46.6%	West Virginia / 1,840,802