These 10 states have the worst infrastructure in America in 2025
By Scott Cohn – CNBC.com
July 18, 2025
America’s infrastructure, long the butt of jokes and the subject of political wrangling that seemed to go nowhere, has just received its best grade ever in the American Society of Civil Engineers’ annual Infrastructure Report Card.
Unfortunately, that grade is still just a C.
That mediocre grade comes despite trillions of dollars thrown at America’s roads, bridges, ports and airports in the past few years, plus wide-ranging efforts in many states to establish a roster of “shovel ready” sites to attract business. Decades of neglect does not simply vanish overnight. And in some states, listed below, they have barely made a dent in their infrastructure problems.
Infrastructure is one of the most important aspects of a state’s competitiveness, according to CNBC’s 2025 America’s Top States for Business study. It is the second most cited selling point in state economic development marketing pitches, after the purported strength of the state’s economy.