Mining other than oil and gas share of mining jobs: U.S. states ranked
Measure: Mining other than oil and gas share of mining jobs (%, derived). All 50 states with data in Mining, oil and gas jobs and pay by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.
National value: 31.4 (United States).
Small states, hard to see on the map:
- Lowest: 3 to 38.6 %
- Group 2: 38.6 to 74.2 %
- Group 3: 74.2 to 85.8 %
- Group 4: 85.8 to 95.2 %
- Highest: 95.2 to 98.4 %
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.
| 1 | Rhode Island | 98.4 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Maine | 98.3 |
| 3 | Connecticut | 97.9 |
| 3 | Vermont | 97.9 |
| 5 | Missouri | 97.6 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 97.5 |
| 7 | Iowa | 97.2 |
| 8 | Maryland | 96.7 |
| 9 | Tennessee | 96.1 |
| 10 | Georgia | 95.2 |
| 11 | North Carolina | 94.2 |
| 12 | South Carolina | 94.1 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | 93.3 |
| 14 | Florida | 92.5 |
| 15 | Arizona | 92.3 |
| 16 | New Jersey | 88.2 |
| 17 | Oregon | 87 |
| 18 | New York | 86.4 |
| 19 | Washington | 86.1 |
| 20 | New Hampshire | 85.8 |
| 21 | Indiana | 85.1 |
| 22 | Nevada | 83.4 |
| 22 | South Dakota | 83.4 |
| 24 | Virginia | 82.8 |
| 25 | Hawaii | 82.2 |
| 26 | Nebraska | 78.8 |
| 27 | Delaware | 76.8 |
| 28 | Alabama | 75.3 |
| 29 | Kentucky | 74.4 |
| 30 | Massachusetts | 74.2 |
| 31 | Illinois | 73.1 |
| 32 | Idaho | 69.3 |
| 33 | West Virginia | 68.7 |
| 34 | Montana | 66.6 |
| 35 | Michigan | 60 |
| 36 | Utah | 55.8 |
| 37 | Arkansas | 52 |
| 38 | Wyoming | 43.4 |
| 39 | California | 38.6 |
| 39 | Ohio | 38.6 |
| 41 | Pennsylvania | 36.9 |
| 42 | Alaska | 33.3 |
| 43 | Kansas | 24.6 |
| 44 | Mississippi | 20.8 |
| 45 | Colorado | 20 |
| 46 | New Mexico | 16 |
| 47 | North Dakota | 10.5 |
| 48 | Oklahoma | 7.1 |
| 49 | Texas | 5.3 |
| 50 | Louisiana | 3 |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 21, 211, 212, 213 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.
Cite this ranking
U.S. states ranked by mining other than oil and gas share of mining jobs (%, derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 21 (mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction) and subsectors 211, 212, 213; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-mining-other-than-oil-and-gas-share-of-mining-jobs/