U.S. total and manufacturing employment, by region and state, 2013
Employment | Manufacturing share of total employment | ||
---|---|---|---|
Total | Manufacturing | ||
UNITED STATES* | 136,540,700 | 12,013,800 | 8.8% |
NORTHEAST | 25,627,500 | 1,864,300 | 7.3% |
New England | 7,033,100 | 602,400 | 8.6% |
Connecticut | 1,655,700 | 163,800 | 9.9% |
Maine | 601,700 | 50,500 | 8.4% |
Massachusetts | 3,358,100 | 250,400 | 7.5% |
New Hampshire | 640,400 | 65,900 | 10.3% |
Rhode Island | 471,200 | 40,100 | 8.5% |
Vermont | 306,000 | 31,700 | 10.3% |
Middle Atlantic | 18,594,400 | 1,261,900 | 6.8% |
New Jersey | 3,935,300 | 243,300 | 6.2% |
New York | 8,915,600 | 455,100 | 5.1% |
Pennsylvania | 5,743,500 | 563,500 | 9.8% |
MIDWEST | 31,163,500 | 3,848,200 | 12.3% |
East North Central | 20,910,700 | 2,747,300 | 13.1% |
Illinois | 5,796,900 | 579,600 | 10.0% |
Indiana | 2,934,100 | 491,900 | 16.8% |
Michigan | 4,106,000 | 555,300 | 13.5% |
Ohio | 5,253,300 | 662,100 | 12.6% |
Wisconsin | 2,820,400 | 458,400 | 16.3% |
West North Central | 10,252,800 | 1,100,900 | 10.7% |
Iowa | 1,530,200 | 214,500 | 14.0% |
Kansas | 1,373,500 | 162,900 | 11.9% |
Minnesota | 2,779,600 | 308,100 | 11.1% |
Missouri | 2,729,100 | 252,200 | 9.2% |
Nebraska | 978,900 | 96,100 | 9.8% |
North Dakota | 444,300 | 25,500 | 5.7% |
South Dakota | 417,200 | 41,600 | 10.0% |
SOUTH | 49,428,000 | 3,996,700 | 8.1% |
South Atlantic | 25,869,600 | 1,758,500 | 6.8% |
Delaware | 427,800 | 25,400 | 5.9% |
District of Columbia** | 745,800 | 1,000 | 0.1% |
Florida | 7,580,100 | 322,000 | 4.2% |
Georgia | 4,034,500 | 357,400 | 8.9% |
Maryland | 2,596,800 | 106,300 | 4.1% |
North Carolina | 4,058,000 | 442,500 | 10.9% |
South Carolina | 1,897,300 | 224,800 | 11.8% |
Virginia | 3,765,800 | 230,600 | 6.1% |
West Virginia | 763,500 | 48,500 | 6.4% |
East South Central | 7,603,600 | 933,400 | 12.3% |
Alabama** | 1,903,800 | 249,100 | 13.1% |
Kentucky | 1,837,100 | 228,600 | 12.4% |
Mississippi | 1,111,700 | 136,700 | 12.3% |
Tennessee | 2,751,000 | 319,000 | 11.6% |
West South Central | 15,954,800 | 1,304,800 | 8.2% |
Arkansas | 1,177,600 | 152,400 | 12.9% |
Louisiana | 1,951,900 | 144,200 | 7.4% |
Oklahoma** | 1,633,400 | 136,500 | 8.4% |
Texas | 11,191,900 | 871,700 | 7.8% |
WEST | 30,322,000 | 2,305,100 | 7.6% |
Mountain | 9,551,700 | 564,100 | 5.9% |
Arizona | 2,515,900 | 155,100 | 6.2% |
Colorado | 2,381,200 | 132,800 | 5.6% |
Idaho | 638,500 | 59,700 | 9.4% |
Montana | 448,800 | 18,300 | 4.1% |
Nevada | 1,175,000 | 40,500 | 3.4% |
New Mexico | 811,700 | 29,100 | 3.6% |
Utah | 1,289,900 | 119,100 | 9.2% |
Wyoming | 290,700 | 9,500 | 3.3% |
Pacific | 20,770,300 | 1,741,000 | 8.4% |
Alaska | 336,700 | 14,900 | 4.4% |
California | 15,153,500 | 1,251,400 | 8.3% |
Hawaii | 617,800 | 13,500 | 2.2% |
Oregon | 1,674,300 | 174,900 | 10.4% |
Washington | 2,988,000 | 286,300 | 9.6% |
*The total represents the sum of states and the District of Columbia, and differs slightly from total national employment as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2014b)
**Nonseasonally adjusted data are used for Alabama, the District of Columbia, and Oklahoma
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics (2014c) and author's analysis