Table 6
Manufacturing employment and GDP by state, 2013 (ranked by manufacturing share of state GDP)
| Manufacturing share of total employment | Manufacturing GDP ($ billions) | Manufacturing share of state GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNITED STATES* | 8.8% | $2,079.5 | 12.5% |
| Indiana | 16.8% | $95.3 | 30.1% |
| Oregon | 10.4% | $65.4 | 29.8% |
| Louisiana | 7.4% | $59.3 | 23.4% |
| North Carolina | 10.9% | $98.3 | 20.9% |
| Michigan | 13.5% | $82.3 | 19.0% |
| Wisconsin | 16.3% | $53.4 | 18.9% |
| Kentucky | 12.4% | $33.6 | 18.3% |
| Alabama** | 13.1% | $34.4 | 17.8% |
| Ohio | 12.6% | $99.8 | 17.7% |
| South Carolina | 11.8% | $31.8 | 17.3% |
| Iowa | 14.0% | $28.4 | 17.1% |
| Kansas | 11.9% | $22.9 | 15.9% |
| Tennessee | 11.6% | $45.7 | 15.9% |
| Texas | 7.8% | $233.2 | 15.2% |
| Utah | 9.2% | $21.0 | 14.9% |
| Washington | 9.6% | $58.8 | 14.4% |
| Mississippi | 12.3% | $15.1 | 14.4% |
| Illinois | 10.0% | $101.3 | 14.1% |
| Minnesota | 11.1% | $43.7 | 14.0% |
| Arkansas | 12.9% | $16.6 | 13.4% |
| Missouri | 9.2% | $36.3 | 13.1% |
| Nebraska | 9.8% | $14.0 | 12.7% |
| Idaho | 9.4% | $7.6 | 12.2% |
| Pennsylvania | 9.8% | $77.4 | 12.0% |
| Georgia | 8.9% | $52.5 | 11.5% |
| New Hampshire | 10.3% | $7.7 | 11.4% |
| Connecticut | 9.9% | $27.8 | 11.2% |
| Vermont | 10.3% | $3.2 | 10.9% |
| California | 8.3% | $239.0 | 10.9% |
| Maine | 8.4% | $5.7 | 10.4% |
| Massachusetts | 7.5% | $45.1 | 10.1% |
| Oklahoma** | 8.4% | $18.3 | 10.1% |
| West Virginia | 6.4% | $7.2 | 9.7% |
| Virginia | 6.1% | $42.3 | 9.4% |
| South Dakota | 10.0% | $4.2 | 9.1% |
| Arizona | 6.2% | $24.0 | 8.6% |
| New Jersey | 6.2% | $45.9 | 8.5% |
| Rhode Island | 8.5% | $4.1 | 7.7% |
| Colorado | 5.6% | $21.6 | 7.3% |
| Delaware | 5.9% | $4.5 | 7.3% |
| Montana | 4.1% | $2.9 | 6.7% |
| New Mexico | 3.6% | $5.6 | 6.1% |
| Maryland | 4.1% | $19.9 | 5.8% |
| North Dakota | 5.7% | $3.3 | 5.8% |
| Wyoming | 3.3% | $2.4 | 5.3% |
| New York | 5.1% | $67.9 | 5.2% |
| Florida | 4.2% | $39.6 | 4.9% |
| Nevada | 3.4% | $5.8 | 4.4% |
| Alaska | 4.4% | $1.8 | 3.0% |
| Hawaii | 2.2% | $1.3 | 1.8% |
| District of Columbia** | 0.1% | $0.2 | 0.2% |
*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), Bureau of Economic Analysis (2014b), and author's analysis
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