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Oil and gas extraction share of mining jobs: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Oil and gas extraction share of mining jobs (%, derived). All 38 states with data in Mining, oil and gas jobs and pay by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
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 21, 211, 212, 213 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: 16.4 (United States).

Washington: 0.6Idaho: not in this tableMontana: 11.1North Dakota: 15.2Minnesota: not in this tableMichigan: 11.6Ohio: 16.8Pennsylvania: 18.4New York: 4.2Vermont: not in this tableNew Hampshire: not in this tableMaine: not in this tableArizona: 0.2California: 26.4New Mexico: 23.7Texas: 21.1Louisiana: 14.9Mississippi: 15.2Alabama: 12.1Florida: 1.1Georgia: 0.1South Carolina: 0.2North Carolina: 0.2Virginia: 3.6District of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: 0.4Delaware: not in this tableNew Jersey: 0.3Connecticut: not in this tableRhode Island: not in this tableMassachusetts: 2.7Oregon: 0.2Utah: 6.7Wyoming: 9Nevada: 0.3Colorado: 27.7South Dakota: 4.3Nebraska: 4.4Kansas: 23.8Oklahoma: 30.9Iowa: not in this tableMissouri: 0.2Wisconsin: not in this tableIllinois: 8.3Kentucky: 8Arkansas: 14.1Tennessee: not in this tableWest Virginia: 9.5Indiana: 2.3Alaska: 17Hawaii: not in this table

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 0.1 to 0.3 %
  • Group 2: 0.3 to 4.3 %
  • Group 3: 4.3 to 11.1 %
  • Group 4: 11.1 to 17 %
  • Highest: 17 to 30.9 %
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.

1Oklahoma30.9
2Colorado27.7
3California26.4
4Kansas23.8
5New Mexico23.7
6Texas21.1
7Pennsylvania18.4
8Alaska17
9Ohio16.8
10Mississippi15.2
10North Dakota15.2
12Louisiana14.9
13Arkansas14.1
14Alabama12.1
15Michigan11.6
16Montana11.1
17West Virginia9.5
18Wyoming9
19Illinois8.3
20Kentucky8
21Utah6.7
22Nebraska4.4
23South Dakota4.3
24New York4.2
25Virginia3.6
26Massachusetts2.7
27Indiana2.3
28Florida1.1
29Washington0.6
30Maryland0.4
31Nevada0.3
31New Jersey0.3
33Arizona0.2
33Missouri0.2
33North Carolina0.2
33Oregon0.2
33South Carolina0.2
38Georgia0.1

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 oil and gas extraction 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-oil-and-gas-extraction-share-of-mining-jobs/

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