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Manufacturing jobs per 1,000 residents: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Manufacturing jobs per 1,000 residents (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: 36.6 (United States).

Washington: 33.8Idaho: 34.6Montana: 19.3North Dakota: 37.2Minnesota: 56.5Michigan: 60.1Ohio: 58.4Pennsylvania: 43.4New York: 20.8Vermont: 45.2New Hampshire: 49Maine: 41.4Arizona: 23.3California: 29.5New Mexico: 13.2Texas: 28.3Louisiana: 26.2Mississippi: 49.7Alabama: 53.2Florida: 15.6Georgia: 37South Carolina: 47.9North Carolina: 43.4Virginia: 28.3District of Columbia: 1.7Maryland: 17.7Delaware: 30New Jersey: 24Connecticut: 43.5Rhode Island: 36.5Massachusetts: 33.1Oregon: 41.3Utah: 42.2Wyoming: 17.4Nevada: 20Colorado: 22.6South Dakota: 51.6Nebraska: 52.5Kansas: 57.8Oklahoma: 31.9Iowa: 69.8Missouri: 45.7Wisconsin: 80.9Illinois: 43.1Kentucky: 56.5Arkansas: 53.5Tennessee: 50West Virginia: 27.3Indiana: 76.3Alaska: 15.7Hawaii: 7.2

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 1.7 to 22.6
  • Group 2: 22.6 to 33.1
  • Group 3: 33.1 to 43.4
  • Group 4: 43.4 to 52.5
  • Highest: 52.5 to 80.9
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.

1Wisconsin80.9
2Indiana76.3
3Iowa69.8
4Michigan60.1
5Ohio58.4
6Kansas57.8
7Kentucky56.5
7Minnesota56.5
9Arkansas53.5
10Alabama53.2
11Nebraska52.5
12South Dakota51.6
13Tennessee50
14Mississippi49.7
15New Hampshire49
16South Carolina47.9
17Missouri45.7
18Vermont45.2
19Connecticut43.5
20North Carolina43.4
20Pennsylvania43.4
22Illinois43.1
23Utah42.2
24Maine41.4
25Oregon41.3
26North Dakota37.2
27Georgia37
28Rhode Island36.5
29Idaho34.6
30Washington33.8
31Massachusetts33.1
32Oklahoma31.9
33Delaware30
34California29.5
35Texas28.3
35Virginia28.3
37West Virginia27.3
38Louisiana26.2
39New Jersey24
40Arizona23.3
41Colorado22.6
42New York20.8
43Nevada20
44Montana19.3
45Maryland17.7
46Wyoming17.4
47Alaska15.7
48Florida15.6
49New Mexico13.2
50Hawaii7.2
51District of Columbia1.7

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 manufacturing jobs per 1,000 residents (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-manufacturing-jobs-per-1000-residents/

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