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Fabricated metals share of manufacturing: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Fabricated metals share of manufacturing jobs (%, derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Manufacturing jobs, pay and industries by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 31-33, 311, 325, 332, 333, 334, 336 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 11.7 (United States).

Washington: 8.2Idaho: 11.3Montana: 13North Dakota: 10.7Minnesota: 13.2Michigan: 12.8Ohio: 14.2Pennsylvania: 14.4New York: 11.2Vermont: 7.7New Hampshire: 19.6Maine: 8.5Arizona: 14.5California: 10.6New Mexico: 9.2Texas: 14Louisiana: 15.4Mississippi: 8Alabama: 9Florida: 11.7Georgia: 8South Carolina: 10.5North Carolina: 8.2Virginia: 7.9District of Columbia: 2.3Maryland: 8.9Delaware: 8.1New Jersey: 10Connecticut: 18.1Rhode Island: 23.6Massachusetts: 12.6Oregon: 9.2Utah: 10.1Wyoming: 16.3Nevada: 10.1Colorado: 9.4South Dakota: 11Nebraska: 9.4Kansas: 9.7Oklahoma: 18.9Iowa: 9Missouri: 10.5Wisconsin: 14.9Illinois: 15.1Kentucky: 8.6Arkansas: 8.8Tennessee: 11.4West Virginia: 8.3Indiana: 10.7Alaska: 5.8Hawaii: 3.2

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 2.3 to 8.3 %
  • Group 2: 8.3 to 9.4 %
  • Group 3: 9.4 to 11 %
  • Group 4: 11 to 14.2 %
  • Highest: 14.2 to 23.6 %
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. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1Rhode Island23.6
2New Hampshire19.6
3Oklahoma18.9
4Connecticut18.1
5Wyoming16.3
6Louisiana15.4
7Illinois15.1
8Wisconsin14.9
9Arizona14.5
10Pennsylvania14.4
11Ohio14.2
12Texas14
13Minnesota13.2
14Montana13
15Michigan12.8
16Massachusetts12.6
17Florida11.7
18Tennessee11.4
19Idaho11.3
20New York11.2
21South Dakota11
22Indiana10.7
22North Dakota10.7
24California10.6
25Missouri10.5
25South Carolina10.5
27Nevada10.1
27Utah10.1
29New Jersey10
30Kansas9.7
31Colorado9.4
31Nebraska9.4
33New Mexico9.2
33Oregon9.2
35Alabama9
35Iowa9
37Maryland8.9
38Arkansas8.8
39Kentucky8.6
40Maine8.5
41West Virginia8.3
42North Carolina8.2
42Washington8.2
44Delaware8.1
45Georgia8
45Mississippi8
47Virginia7.9
48Vermont7.7
49Alaska5.8
50Hawaii3.2
51District of Columbia2.3

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 31-33, 311, 325, 332, 333, 334, 336 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by fabricated metals share of manufacturing jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sectors 31-33 (manufacturing) and subsectors 311, 325, 332, 333, 334, 336; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-fabricated-metals-share-of-manufacturing-jobs/

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