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Table 5. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment percent by state and industry sector, 2011 annual averages(1)







Table 5. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment percent by state and industry sector, 2011 annual averages(1)
State Total private Natural resources and mining Utilities Construction Manufacturing Trade Transportation and warehousing Information Financial activities Professional, scientific, and technical services Management of companies and enterprises Administrative and waste services Education and health services Leisure and hospitality Other services, except public administration

United States

2.3 3.4 12.9 8.9 4.3 1.1 5.9 1.1 0.0 5.0 3.6 4.3 0.1 0.2 1.3

Alabama

2.7 6.2 (2)- 6.2 5.7 1.8 2.9 (2)- (2)- 3.4 (2)- 5.5 (2)- 0.1 (2)-

Alaska

2.4 (2)- 11.3 8.1 (2)- 0.9 5.5 (2)- (2)- 7.6 (2)- 12.0 (2)- (2)- 3.7

Arizona

2.0 5.5 3.0 10.4 1.7 1.5 5.2 (2)- (2)- 5.0 (2)- 2.8 (2)- 0.3 1.5

Arkansas

2.8 5.2 20.3 9.4 6.9 1.1 (2)- (2)- (2)- 4.6 (2)- 6.2 (2)- (2)- (2)-

California

2.2 4.1 13.6 9.7 2.9 1.1 3.5 (2)- (2)- 4.1 (2)- 5.7 (2)- 0.3 1.3

Colorado

2.9 (2)- 7.0 8.0 5.1 1.6 3.9 4.5 (2)- 8.7 (2)- 6.3 (2)- 0.3 1.6

Connecticut

2.7 (2)- 26.2 10.3 3.2 0.8 20.5 (2)- (2)- 7.4 (2)- 6.8 (2)- 0.3 (2)-

Delaware

2.1 (2)- (2)- 10.2 4.4 (2)- 14.9 (2)- (2)- 3.9 (2)- 4.0 (2)- (2)- 1.7

District of Columbia

2.4 (3)- (2)- 10.5 (2)- (2)- (2)- (2)- (2)- 5.8 (2)- 1.0 (2)- (2)- 2.9

Florida

1.6 3.5 9.9 8.2 3.1 0.7 3.0 (2)- (2)- 3.0 (2)- 3.3 (2)- 0.1 1.4

Georgia

2.0 6.4 13.3 8.1 5.0 1.1 1.4 (2)- (2)- 3.8 (2)- 2.6 (2)- 0.3 3.3

Hawaii

2.4 (2)- 6.8 13.2 (2)- 1.2 9.1 (2)- (2)- 7.7 (2)- 3.4 (2)- 0.2 0.9

Idaho

3.0 4.8 16.4 11.2 3.3 1.0 7.8 (2)- (2)- 6.2 (2)- 5.7 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Illinois

2.2 2.4 (2)- 9.4 3.0 1.0 8.0 2.3 (2)- 3.8 (2)- 4.1 (2)- (2)- 0.9

Indiana

2.6 5.8 6.0 10.0 4.6 1.9 1.9 2.3 (2)- 5.5 (2)- 3.8 (2)- (2)- 1.3

Iowa

2.9 3.9 16.5 11.8 8.5 1.2 2.6 (2)- (2)- 2.9 6.6 3.2 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Kansas

1.8 1.8 (2)- 6.0 2.5 1.0 6.6 (2)- (2)- 4.0 (2)- 3.4 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Kentucky

2.0 (2)- 3.2 8.8 4.5 1.5 0.7 (2)- (2)- 3.9 (2)- 4.9 (2)- 0.1 (2)-

Louisiana

2.2 2.1 24.1 4.4 2.9 0.9 3.1 (2)- (2)- 4.5 (2)- 8.7 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Maine

2.6 11.0 37.7 9.9 3.4 1.1 6.5 (2)- (2)- 10.0 (2)- 7.3 (2)- 0.1 2.1

Maryland

3.2 (2)- (2)- 13.4 6.3 1.2 9.0 (2)- (2)- 6.8 (2)- 5.3 (2)- (2)- 1.1

Massachusetts

2.7 (2)- 9.2 7.7 3.7 0.7 15.9 4.4 (2)- 5.7 (2)- 5.5 1.2 0.2 1.8

Michigan

2.1 5.9 8.2 10.0 4.1 1.1 3.2 2.5 (2)- 3.3 4.0 3.7 (2)- (2)- 1.1

Minnesota

2.7 5.1 5.7 10.1 5.8 1.1 12.6 (2)- (2)- 6.7 (2)- 4.3 (2)- (2)- 1.2

Mississippi

1.9 7.7 16.6 5.9 1.7 0.9 2.1 (2)- (2)- 5.8 (2)- 5.3 (2)- (2)- 1.6

Missouri

2.2 3.7 4.8 7.6 3.9 1.4 6.7 (2)- (2)- 5.7 (2)- 4.5 (2)- (2)- 0.9

Montana

2.4 2.2 (2)- 6.0 4.0 1.0 8.4 (2)- (2)- 11.0 (2)- 6.6 (2)- (2)- 2.5

Nebraska

2.2 3.3 (2)- 10.1 4.3 0.9 3.1 (2)- (2)- 4.2 (2)- 4.3 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Nevada

1.6 (2)- 8.8 9.4 3.1 1.3 4.9 (2)- (2)- 3.6 (2)- 3.0 (2)- (2)- 1.3

New Hampshire

2.8 (2)- 42.6 8.4 5.0 0.9 19.6 (2)- (2)- 6.6 (2)- 5.1 (2)- (2)- 2.3

New Jersey

1.9 (2)- 15.5 8.1 2.5 0.8 12.0 (2)- (2)- 3.4 (2)- 3.1 (2)- 0.1 (2)-

New Mexico

2.6 (2)- 3.1 11.8 3.4 1.0 11.3 (2)- (2)- 6.4 (2)- 3.6 (2)- 0.1 3.5

New York

2.2 4.9 9.4 10.0 4.8 0.7 17.7 (2)- (2)- 3.8 (2)- 4.3 (2)- 0.3 0.8

North Carolina

2.6 3.2 19.8 9.9 6.4 1.2 2.2 (2)- (2)- 4.7 10.6 2.4 (2)- (2)- 0.8

North Dakota

2.2 1.2 4.2 6.0 10.7 0.9 3.0 (2)- (2)- 4.7 (2)- 5.5 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Ohio

2.4 (2)- 11.6 13.0 4.5 1.5 2.6 (2)- (2)- 5.4 (2)- 4.5 (2)- 0.2 (2)-

Oklahoma

1.7 (2)- 2.5 8.8 5.7 1.2 (2)- (2)- (2)- (2)- (2)- 2.2 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Oregon

3.7 7.4 9.1 9.0 9.3 1.5 5.7 (2)- (2)- 6.9 12.3 6.1 (2)- 0.2 3.1

Pennsylvania

2.8 1.8 20.7 6.1 6.3 1.0 11.9 (2)- (2)- 5.6 7.5 5.7 (2)- 0.3 1.2

Rhode Island

2.4 (2)- (2)- 6.3 5.1 1.3 18.1 (2)- (2)- 8.3 (2)- 6.4 (2)- (2)- (2)-

South Carolina

2.3 7.6 32.1 8.3 4.1 1.0 2.1 (2)- (2)- 4.5 (2)- 3.6 (2)- 0.1 1.0

South Dakota

2.1 6.8 5.9 7.8 4.5 1.1 7.1 (2)- (2)- (2)- (2)- 6.3 (2)- (2)- 2.2

Tennessee

2.5 4.2 6.0 6.5 7.4 1.4 2.8 (2)- (2)- 5.9 (2)- 3.5 (2)- 0.2 0.9

Texas

2.1 0.8 10.2 8.2 3.3 1.1 2.6 2.1 (2)- 5.7 (2)- 3.2 (2)- 0.2 1.1

Utah

1.8 (2)- 6.1 4.1 3.0 0.8 1.0 (2)- (2)- 3.5 (2)- 6.7 (2)- (2)- 1.1

Vermont

3.9 10.2 (2)- 12.1 6.9 0.8 13.3 1.8 (2)- 13.5 (2)- 9.5 (2)- (2)- 2.7

Virginia

2.6 (2)- 18.0 9.8 4.5 1.2 2.7 (2)- (2)- 6.5 (2)- 3.5 (2)- 0.1 2.1

Washington

3.0 10.7 12.2 9.3 2.4 1.3 3.0 (2)- (2)- 8.2 (2)- 9.4 (2)- (2)- 1.7

West Virginia

1.6 (2)- 4.6 6.2 3.1 0.9 (2)- 1.7 (2)- 5.2 (2)- 6.1 (2)- (2)- 1.7

Wisconsin

2.5 7.1 18.2 8.4 3.9 1.5 11.3 (2)- (2)- 6.6 (2)- 2.6 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Wyoming

2.4 (2)- 4.2 8.3 3.7 1.2 (2)- (2)- (2)- 13.9 (2)- 7.9 (2)- (2)- 2.7

Footnotes
(1) GGS percent is the percentage of the GGS employment compared to the total employment. This value is derived by dividing the GGS employment (Table 6) by the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages twelve month average employment ending December 2011 for the corresponding state and industry sector.
(2) Data do not meet BLS disclosure standards.
(3) No private sector establishments are classified in this industry.

NOTE: Data may not add to total due to rounding.

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Last Modified Date: March 19, 2013