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

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