50 congressional districts that most intensively employ manufacturing workers, 2013 (ranked by manufacturing jobs as a share of district employment)

Rank State District Manufacturing employment Total employment Manufacturing employment as a share of total
1 Indiana 3 76,200 327,000 23.3%
2 Indiana 2 73,500 317,800 23.1%
3 Wisconsin 6 80,000 353,700 22.6%
4 California 17 63,400 319,300 19.9%
5 Indiana 6 60,400 311,900 19.4%
6 Alabama 4 48,500 252,600 19.2%
7 Wisconsin 8 69,600 363,000 19.2%
8 Ohio 4 61,000 320,300 19.0%
9 Michigan 2 57,500 309,500 18.6%
10 Wisconsin 5 66,200 370,800 17.9%
11 Wisconsin 1 60,800 342,600 17.7%
12 Indiana 8 58,400 329,300 17.7%
13 Kansas 4 58,100 329,200 17.6%
14 Ohio 7 57,400 329,300 17.4%
15 Michigan 10 52,400 302,300 17.3%
16 South Carolina 3 43,900 254,800 17.2%
17 Indiana 4 56,100 328,500 17.1%
18 Georgia 14 47,700 279,700 17.1%
19 Iowa 2 63,200 371,400 17.0%
20 Ohio 5 56,800 336,700 16.9%
21 Arkansas 4 47,000 281,200 16.7%
22 Iowa 1 64,600 390,100 16.6%
23 Michigan 6 50,200 304,000 16.5%
24 Oregon 1 60,700 369,300 16.4%
25 Wisconsin 7 55,500 338,500 16.4%
26 Ohio 8 53,700 331,300 16.2%
27 Alabama 3 42,000 263,900 15.9%
28 North Carolina 10 49,700 313,300 15.9%
29 Mississippi 1 45,600 287,600 15.9%
30 Kentucky 2 50,100 316,900 15.8%
31 Tennessee 1 45,800 294,100 15.6%
32 Indiana 1 48,000 310,500 15.5%
33 South Carolina 4 44,600 290,000 15.4%
34 Kentucky 1 43,300 284,600 15.2%
35 Iowa 4 57,600 380,200 15.1%
36 Alabama 5 44,800 299,700 14.9%
37 Indiana 9 50,500 339,300 14.9%
38 Tennessee 4 46,200 310,800 14.9%
39 Ohio 14 52,300 352,400 14.8%
40 Michigan 3 45,500 308,800 14.7%
41 Michigan 7 43,000 293,000 14.7%
42 California 19 43,500 298,900 14.6%
43 North Carolina 8 42,200 291,700 14.5%
44 Michigan 9 46,000 319,400 14.4%
45 Arkansas 1 37,900 264,400 14.3%
46 Tennessee 3 42,000 293,400 14.3%
47 Arkansas 3 44,400 311,600 14.2%
48 Wisconsin 3 49,900 353,700 14.1%
49 Michigan 11 47,200 335,100 14.1%
50 California 18 44,500 317,800 14.0%

Source: Author's analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2014c) and U.S. Census Bureau (2013)

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