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Mining support activities share of mining jobs: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Mining support activities share of mining jobs (%, derived). All 46 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: 52.1 (United States).

Washington: 13.2Idaho: 30.5Montana: 22.2North Dakota: 74.2Minnesota: 2.5Michigan: 28.4Ohio: 44.6Pennsylvania: 44.7New York: 9.3Vermont: not in this tableNew Hampshire: 12.6Maine: not in this tableArizona: 7.5California: 35New Mexico: 60.3Texas: 73.6Louisiana: 82.1Mississippi: 64Alabama: 12.6Florida: 6.3Georgia: 4.7South Carolina: 5.7North Carolina: 5.6Virginia: 13.5District of Columbia: not in this tableMaryland: 2.9Delaware: 22.6New Jersey: 11.5Connecticut: 1.8Rhode Island: not in this tableMassachusetts: 23.1Oregon: 12.8Utah: 37.5Wyoming: 47.6Nevada: 16.3Colorado: 52.2South Dakota: 12.3Nebraska: 16.8Kansas: 51.6Oklahoma: 62Iowa: 2Missouri: 2.2Wisconsin: 6.6Illinois: 18.6Kentucky: 17.6Arkansas: 33.9Tennessee: 3.8West Virginia: 21.7Indiana: 12.6Alaska: 49.7Hawaii: not in this table

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 1.8 to 6.3 %
  • Group 2: 6.3 to 12.8 %
  • Group 3: 12.8 to 22.6 %
  • Group 4: 22.6 to 47.6 %
  • Highest: 47.6 to 82.1 %
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.

1Louisiana82.1
2North Dakota74.2
3Texas73.6
4Mississippi64
5Oklahoma62
6New Mexico60.3
7Colorado52.2
8Kansas51.6
9Alaska49.7
10Wyoming47.6
11Pennsylvania44.7
12Ohio44.6
13Utah37.5
14California35
15Arkansas33.9
16Idaho30.5
17Michigan28.4
18Massachusetts23.1
19Delaware22.6
20Montana22.2
21West Virginia21.7
22Illinois18.6
23Kentucky17.6
24Nebraska16.8
25Nevada16.3
26Virginia13.5
27Washington13.2
28Oregon12.8
29Alabama12.6
29Indiana12.6
29New Hampshire12.6
32South Dakota12.3
33New Jersey11.5
34New York9.3
35Arizona7.5
36Wisconsin6.6
37Florida6.3
38South Carolina5.7
39North Carolina5.6
40Georgia4.7
41Tennessee3.8
42Maryland2.9
43Minnesota2.5
44Missouri2.2
45Iowa2
46Connecticut1.8

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.

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U.S. states ranked by mining support activities 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-support-activities-share-of-mining-jobs/

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