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Share of employment in manufacturing: U.S. states ranked (2025)

Measure: Share of employment in manufacturing (%). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Employment by industry by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2025.

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2026-11-03
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National value: 9.6 (United States).

Washington: 8.9Idaho: 9.7Montana: 4.6North Dakota: 7.9Minnesota: 12.7Michigan: 16.8Ohio: 14.4Pennsylvania: 11.2New York: 5.5Vermont: 9.2New Hampshire: 12.8Maine: 8.9Arizona: 7.8California: 8.5New Mexico: 5.2Texas: 8.8Louisiana: 8.4Mississippi: 11.8Alabama: 13.8Florida: 5.2Georgia: 9.8South Carolina: 11.6North Carolina: 10.8Virginia: 6.7District of Columbia: 1.4Maryland: 4.6Delaware: 7.9New Jersey: 7.7Connecticut: 10.5Rhode Island: 10.1Massachusetts: 8.6Oregon: 10.7Utah: 10.3Wyoming: 5.2Nevada: 5.6Colorado: 7South Dakota: 8.6Nebraska: 10.3Kansas: 12.5Oklahoma: 9.8Iowa: 13.6Missouri: 11.3Wisconsin: 16.6Illinois: 11.4Kentucky: 13.8Arkansas: 12Tennessee: 12West Virginia: 7.5Indiana: 17.6Alaska: 3.5Hawaii: 2.4

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 1.4 to 6.7 %
  • Group 2: 6.7 to 8.6 %
  • Group 3: 8.6 to 10.3 %
  • Group 4: 10.3 to 12 %
  • Highest: 12 to 17.6 %
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. Values are as published in the source table.

1Indiana17.6
2Michigan16.8
3Wisconsin16.6
4Ohio14.4
5Alabama13.8
5Kentucky13.8
7Iowa13.6
8New Hampshire12.8
9Minnesota12.7
10Kansas12.5
11Arkansas12
11Tennessee12
13Mississippi11.8
14South Carolina11.6
15Illinois11.4
16Missouri11.3
17Pennsylvania11.2
18North Carolina10.8
19Oregon10.7
20Connecticut10.5
21Nebraska10.3
21Utah10.3
23Rhode Island10.1
24Georgia9.8
24Oklahoma9.8
26Idaho9.7
27Vermont9.2
28Maine8.9
28Washington8.9
30Texas8.8
31Massachusetts8.6
31South Dakota8.6
33California8.5
34Louisiana8.4
35Delaware7.9
35North Dakota7.9
37Arizona7.8
38New Jersey7.7
39West Virginia7.5
40Colorado7
41Virginia6.7
42Nevada5.6
43New York5.5
44Florida5.2
44New Mexico5.2
44Wyoming5.2
47Maryland4.6
47Montana4.6
49Alaska3.5
50Hawaii2.4
51District of Columbia1.4

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 share of employment in manufacturing (%) (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-manufacturing/

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