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Manufacturing share of private-sector jobs: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Manufacturing share of private-sector 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: 8.8 (United States).

Washington: 8.7Idaho: 9.6Montana: 5.3North Dakota: 8.3Minnesota: 11.6Michigan: 15Ohio: 13.6Pennsylvania: 9.9New York: 4.7Vermont: 11.4New Hampshire: 10.9Maine: 10.6Arizona: 6California: 7.1New Mexico: 4.3Texas: 7.2Louisiana: 7.1Mississippi: 15.3Alabama: 14.9Florida: 3.6Georgia: 9.3South Carolina: 12.5North Carolina: 11Virginia: 6.9District of Columbia: 0.2Maryland: 4.5Delaware: 6.8New Jersey: 5.7Connecticut: 10.3Rhode Island: 9.1Massachusetts: 6.7Oregon: 10.3Utah: 9.2Wyoming: 4.8Nevada: 4.8Colorado: 5.2South Dakota: 12.3Nebraska: 11.3Kansas: 13.7Oklahoma: 9Iowa: 15.8Missouri: 10.8Wisconsin: 18.2Illinois: 9.6Kentucky: 15.1Arkansas: 14.7Tennessee: 12West Virginia: 8.8Indiana: 17.9Alaska: 4.4Hawaii: 2

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 0.2 to 5.3 %
  • Group 2: 5.3 to 8.7 %
  • Group 3: 8.7 to 10.3 %
  • Group 4: 10.3 to 12.5 %
  • Highest: 12.5 to 18.2 %
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.

1Wisconsin18.2
2Indiana17.9
3Iowa15.8
4Mississippi15.3
5Kentucky15.1
6Michigan15
7Alabama14.9
8Arkansas14.7
9Kansas13.7
10Ohio13.6
11South Carolina12.5
12South Dakota12.3
13Tennessee12
14Minnesota11.6
15Vermont11.4
16Nebraska11.3
17North Carolina11
18New Hampshire10.9
19Missouri10.8
20Maine10.6
21Connecticut10.3
21Oregon10.3
23Pennsylvania9.9
24Idaho9.6
24Illinois9.6
26Georgia9.3
27Utah9.2
28Rhode Island9.1
29Oklahoma9
30West Virginia8.8
31Washington8.7
32North Dakota8.3
33Texas7.2
34California7.1
34Louisiana7.1
36Virginia6.9
37Delaware6.8
38Massachusetts6.7
39Arizona6
40New Jersey5.7
41Montana5.3
42Colorado5.2
43Nevada4.8
43Wyoming4.8
45New York4.7
46Maryland4.5
47Alaska4.4
48New Mexico4.3
49Florida3.6
50Hawaii2
51District of Columbia0.2

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 share of private-sector 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-manufacturing-share-of-private-sector-jobs/

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