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Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting and mining: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting and mining. All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment by industry by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-11-03

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National value: 1.4 (United States).

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 0.1 %
RI 0.4 %
DE 1.5 %
CT 0.3 %
NJ 0.3 %
MD 0.5 %
MA 0.4 %
VT 2.2 %
NH 0.7 %

Lowest: 0.1 to 0.7 %
Group 2: 0.7 to 1.1 %
Group 3: 1.1 to 1.8 %
Group 4: 1.8 to 3 %
Highest: 3 to 8.4 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Wyoming	8.4
2	North Dakota	7.4
3	South Dakota	6.6
4	Montana	5.6
5	Alaska	4
6	Nebraska	3.9
7	Idaho	3.7
8	West Virginia	3.6
9	New Mexico	3.3
10	Iowa	3.2
11	Oklahoma	3
12	Louisiana	2.8
13	Kansas	2.7
14	Arkansas	2.5
15	Mississippi	2.4
15	Oregon	2.4
17	Vermont	2.2
18	Washington	2.1
19	Maine	2
19	Minnesota	2
21	Wisconsin	1.8
22	California	1.7
22	Kentucky	1.7
22	Texas	1.7
25	Delaware	1.5
25	Missouri	1.5
25	Nevada	1.5
28	Colorado	1.4
28	Utah	1.4
30	Indiana	1.2
31	Alabama	1.1
31	Arizona	1.1
31	Hawaii	1.1
34	Illinois	1
34	Michigan	1
34	Pennsylvania	1
37	North Carolina	0.9
37	Ohio	0.9
39	South Carolina	0.8
39	Tennessee	0.8
41	Florida	0.7
41	Georgia	0.7
41	New Hampshire	0.7
44	Virginia	0.6
45	Maryland	0.5
45	New York	0.5
47	Massachusetts	0.4
47	Rhode Island	0.4
49	Connecticut	0.3
49	New Jersey	0.3
51	District of Columbia	0.1

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, Table DP03: Selected Economic Characteristics. Reference period: 2025.

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U.S. states ranked by agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting and mining (2025). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 1-year estimates, Table DP03; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-03. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-agriculture-forestry-fishing-hunting-and-mining/

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