diff --git a/backend/src/multi-state/state-query-service.ts b/backend/src/multi-state/state-query-service.ts
index a48dcf3b..120cce6e 100644
--- a/backend/src/multi-state/state-query-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/multi-state/state-query-service.ts
@@ -823,7 +823,13 @@ export class StateQueryService {
     }
 
     const result = await this.pool.query(query, params);
-    return result.rows;
+    // Parse numeric values from strings (PostgreSQL returns bigint as string)
+    return result.rows.map((row: any) => ({
+      state: row.state,
+      stateName: row.stateName,
+      value: row.value !== null ? parseFloat(row.value) : 0,
+      label: row.label,
+    }));
   }
 
   /**