Table 4

U.S. jobs supported by domestic steel production, by state, 2012, ranked by jobs supported

Rank State Jobs supported
1 Texas 59,800
2 California 52,300
3 Pennsylvania 35,300
4 Ohio 33,900
5 Illinois 28,400
6 Indiana 26,000
7 New York 25,100
8 Florida 23,200
9 Michigan 20,100
10 Wisconsin 15,700
11 Georgia 14,700
12 North Carolina 14,000
13 Alabama 13,000
14 New Jersey 12,700
15 Tennessee 12,000
16 Virginia 11,500
17 Missouri 10,900
18 Kentucky 10,800
19 Louisiana 10,500
20 Oklahoma 10,400
21 Minnesota 10,400
22 Washington 9,800
23 Colorado 9,300
24 Arizona 9,300
25 Massachusetts 9,200
26 South Carolina 8,400
27 Maryland 8,000
28 Iowa 6,700
29 Oregon 6,300
30 West Virginia 6,200
31 Arkansas 6,200
32 Utah 6,000
33 Connecticut 5,800
34 Kansas 5,200
35 Mississippi 4,600
36 Nevada 3,900
37 New Mexico 3,500
38 Nebraska 3,100
39 New Hampshire 2,700
40 Wyoming 2,500
41 Idaho 2,400
42 North Dakota 1,800
43 Montana 1,700
44 Maine 1,700
45 Alaska 1,600
46 Rhode Island 1,600
47 South Dakota 1,400
48 Hawaii 1,400
49 Delaware 1,300
50 Vermont 800
51 District of Columbia 700
  Total 583,600

Note: Subtotals and totals may vary due to rounding.

Sources: Economic Policy Institute analysis of U.S. Census Bureau (2013), Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS 2013), and BLS Employment Projections program (BLS-EP 2014b and 2014c).

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