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Food processing share of manufacturing jobs: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Food processing 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: 13.8 (United States).

Washington: 14.1Idaho: 29.9Montana: 11.9North Dakota: 20.4Minnesota: 15.4Michigan: 6.4Ohio: 9.2Pennsylvania: 13.9New York: 13.2Vermont: 18New Hampshire: 4.6Maine: 9.7Arizona: 9.6California: 15.2New Mexico: 22.8Texas: 13.2Louisiana: 13.7Mississippi: 17.4Alabama: 12.5Florida: 9.5Georgia: 17.8South Carolina: 6.9North Carolina: 13.2Virginia: 13.1District of Columbia: 25.3Maryland: 15.4Delaware: 34New Jersey: 16Connecticut: 5.3Rhode Island: 10.2Massachusetts: 10.1Oregon: 15.1Utah: 14.4Wyoming: 6.9Nevada: 12.4Colorado: 18.3South Dakota: 23.2Nebraska: 38.5Kansas: 21Oklahoma: 13.3Iowa: 25.6Missouri: 15Wisconsin: 16.7Illinois: 16.5Kentucky: 11.9Arkansas: 29.2Tennessee: 11.3West Virginia: 8.4Indiana: 8.5Alaska: 65.9Hawaii: 41.4

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 4.6 to 9.7 %
  • Group 2: 9.7 to 13.2 %
  • Group 3: 13.2 to 15.4 %
  • Group 4: 15.4 to 21 %
  • Highest: 21 to 65.9 %
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.

1Alaska65.9
2Hawaii41.4
3Nebraska38.5
4Delaware34
5Idaho29.9
6Arkansas29.2
7Iowa25.6
8District of Columbia25.3
9South Dakota23.2
10New Mexico22.8
11Kansas21
12North Dakota20.4
13Colorado18.3
14Vermont18
15Georgia17.8
16Mississippi17.4
17Wisconsin16.7
18Illinois16.5
19New Jersey16
20Maryland15.4
20Minnesota15.4
22California15.2
23Oregon15.1
24Missouri15
25Utah14.4
26Washington14.1
27Pennsylvania13.9
28Louisiana13.7
29Oklahoma13.3
30New York13.2
30North Carolina13.2
30Texas13.2
33Virginia13.1
34Alabama12.5
35Nevada12.4
36Kentucky11.9
36Montana11.9
38Tennessee11.3
39Rhode Island10.2
40Massachusetts10.1
41Maine9.7
42Arizona9.6
43Florida9.5
44Ohio9.2
45Indiana8.5
46West Virginia8.4
47South Carolina6.9
47Wyoming6.9
49Michigan6.4
50Connecticut5.3
51New Hampshire4.6

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 food processing 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-food-processing-share-of-manufacturing-jobs/

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