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Chemicals share of manufacturing jobs: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Chemicals share of manufacturing 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: 7.4 (United States).

Washington: 4.8Idaho: 5.2Montana: 4.7North Dakota: 6.1Minnesota: 4.2Michigan: 6.1Ohio: 7.2Pennsylvania: 7.6New York: 10.5Vermont: 4.7New Hampshire: 5.4Maine: 9.2Arizona: 4.8California: 7.9New Mexico: 6.5Texas: 9.2Louisiana: 21.2Mississippi: 4Alabama: 5.3Florida: 6.8Georgia: 6.9South Carolina: 9.5North Carolina: 10.2Virginia: 6.2District of Columbia: 0.4Maryland: 10.5Delaware: 21.8New Jersey: 16.9Connecticut: 4.3Rhode Island: 9.6Massachusetts: 10.1Oregon: 3.2Utah: 10.5Wyoming: 24.1Nevada: 3.8Colorado: 5.7South Dakota: 3Nebraska: 5.3Kansas: 6.3Oklahoma: 3.5Iowa: 6.5Missouri: 7.5Wisconsin: 4.7Illinois: 7.4Kentucky: 5Arkansas: 3.1Tennessee: 7.4West Virginia: 14Indiana: 5.8Alaska: 1.6Hawaii: 3.5

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 0.4 to 4.3 %
  • Group 2: 4.3 to 5.4 %
  • Group 3: 5.4 to 6.9 %
  • Group 4: 6.9 to 9.6 %
  • Highest: 9.6 to 24.1 %
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.

1Wyoming24.1
2Delaware21.8
3Louisiana21.2
4New Jersey16.9
5West Virginia14
6Maryland10.5
6New York10.5
6Utah10.5
9North Carolina10.2
10Massachusetts10.1
11Rhode Island9.6
12South Carolina9.5
13Maine9.2
13Texas9.2
15California7.9
16Pennsylvania7.6
17Missouri7.5
18Illinois7.4
18Tennessee7.4
20Ohio7.2
21Georgia6.9
22Florida6.8
23Iowa6.5
23New Mexico6.5
25Kansas6.3
26Virginia6.2
27Michigan6.1
27North Dakota6.1
29Indiana5.8
30Colorado5.7
31New Hampshire5.4
32Alabama5.3
32Nebraska5.3
34Idaho5.2
35Kentucky5
36Arizona4.8
36Washington4.8
38Montana4.7
38Vermont4.7
38Wisconsin4.7
41Connecticut4.3
42Minnesota4.2
43Mississippi4
44Nevada3.8
45Hawaii3.5
45Oklahoma3.5
47Oregon3.2
48Arkansas3.1
49South Dakota3
50Alaska1.6
51District of Columbia0.4

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 chemicals share of manufacturing 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-chemicals-share-of-manufacturing-jobs/

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