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Table 6. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment by state and industry sector,2011 annual averages(1)







Table 6. Green Goods and Services (GGS) private sector employment 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

2,515,200 64,689 71,129 487,709 507,168 223,079 238,755 29,412 475 381,981 69,310 335,417 26,123 23,696 56,257

Alabama

39,703 1,238 (2)- 4,988 13,518 5,237 1,432 (2)- (2)- 3,165 (2)- 5,659 (2)- 217 (2)-

Alaska

5,893 (2)- 238 1,273 (2)- 376 1,052 (2)- (2)- 1,097 (2)- 1,381 (2)- (2)- 375

Arizona

39,535 1,962 359 11,517 2,501 5,953 3,466 (2)- (2)- 6,165 (2)- 5,535 (2)- 701 1,018

Arkansas

26,351 1,105 1,457 4,424 11,019 1,900 (2)- (2)- (2)- 1,795 (2)- 3,464 (2)- (2)- (2)-

California

268,486 16,906 7,899 54,070 36,417 23,789 14,151 (2)- (2)- 43,279 (2)- 50,022 (2)- 4,103 9,069

Colorado

52,859 (2)- 572 8,969 6,551 5,312 2,269 3,205 (2)- 14,900 (2)- 8,604 (2)- 685 1,066

Connecticut

36,577 (2)- 1,614 5,280 5,261 1,857 8,112 (2)- (2)- 6,486 (2)- 5,478 (2)- 434 (2)-

Delaware

7,331 (2)- (2)- 1,972 1,131 (2)- 1,327 (2)- (2)- 1,009 (2)- 873 (2)- (2)- 216

District of Columbia

11,115 (3)- (2)- 1,265 (2)- (2)- (2)- (2)- (2)- 5,958 (2)- 438 (2)- (2)- 1,839

Florida

98,249 3,028 2,219 27,289 9,615 8,482 6,230 (2)- (2)- 13,278 (2)- 17,278 (2)- 1,247 3,370

Georgia

64,205 1,861 2,631 11,792 17,513 7,012 2,178 (2)- (2)- 8,527 (2)- 7,008 (2)- 1,297 3,117

Hawaii

11,425 (2)- 227 3,743 (2)- 973 2,152 (2)- (2)- 1,867 (2)- 1,501 (2)- 201 215

Idaho

15,138 1,174 460 3,292 1,818 1,021 1,302 (2)- (2)- 1,966 (2)- 2,111 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Illinois

105,751 596 (2)- 18,351 17,089 9,084 17,625 2,290 (2)- 13,551 (2)- 15,423 (2)- (2)- 1,870

Indiana

61,159 1,152 887 11,988 21,469 8,016 1,992 787 (2)- 5,438 (2)- 6,196 (2)- (2)- 1,021

Iowa

35,879 735 1,088 7,353 17,525 2,854 1,371 (2)- (2)- 1,249 974 2,154 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Kansas

19,097 340 (2)- 3,148 4,023 1,969 2,635 (2)- (2)- 2,386 (2)- 2,560 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Kentucky

28,770 (2)- 208 5,935 9,651 4,011 593 (2)- (2)- 2,718 (2)- 4,788 (2)- 149 (2)-

Louisiana

33,328 1,249 2,244 5,322 3,981 2,526 2,084 (2)- (2)- 3,653 (2)- 7,901 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Maine

12,680 670 606 2,503 1,731 1,119 970 (2)- (2)- 2,349 (2)- 1,946 (2)- 48 342

Maryland

63,638 (2)- (2)- 19,243 7,081 4,243 5,672 (2)- (2)- 15,573 (2)- 7,718 (2)- (2)- 989

Massachusetts

75,071 (2)- 958 8,582 9,299 3,048 11,067 3,674 (2)- 14,736 (2)- 8,917 7,351 708 2,426

Michigan

69,116 1,921 1,575 12,467 20,650 6,389 3,025 1,342 (2)- 7,723 2,121 9,924 (2)- (2)- 1,362

Minnesota

60,509 1,276 733 9,279 17,352 4,476 9,286 (2)- (2)- 8,566 (2)- 5,557 (2)- (2)- 991

Mississippi

16,114 1,501 1,287 2,900 2,276 1,478 805 (2)- (2)- 1,832 (2)- 2,754 (2)- (2)- 353

Missouri

46,625 558 598 7,858 9,575 5,663 5,336 (2)- (2)- 7,029 (2)- 6,497 (2)- (2)- 806

Montana

8,211 264 (2)- 1,351 671 738 910 (2)- (2)- 2,090 (2)- 1,299 (2)- (2)- 394

Nebraska

16,491 443 (2)- 4,100 4,005 1,346 1,200 (2)- (2)- 1,795 (2)- 1,821 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Nevada

15,569 (2)- 367 4,899 1,166 2,051 2,261 (2)- (2)- 1,674 (2)- 2,224 (2)- (2)- 355

New Hampshire

14,471 (2)- 1,054 1,866 3,349 1,070 2,371 (2)- (2)- 1,958 (2)- 1,464 (2)- (2)- 455

New Jersey

61,160 (2)- 2,093 10,410 6,198 5,436 17,623 (2)- (2)- 9,302 (2)- 7,647 (2)- 174 (2)-

New Mexico

15,481 (2)- 137 4,988 1,000 1,162 1,862 (2)- (2)- 3,423 (2)- 1,514 (2)- 54 722

New York

156,397 1,369 3,507 30,657 21,719 8,785 38,670 (2)- (2)- 21,830 (2)- 18,309 (2)- 2,025 2,486

North Carolina

83,017 997 2,400 17,154 27,616 7,097 2,329 (2)- (2)- 8,804 8,196 6,017 (2)- (2)- 742

North Dakota

6,891 240 142 1,461 2,538 628 426 (2)- (2)- 595 (2)- 697 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Ohio

103,917 (2)- 2,234 22,893 28,771 11,659 4,121 (2)- (2)- 13,152 (2)- 13,017 (2)- 1,204 (2)-

Oklahoma

20,343 (2)- 276 6,030 7,390 2,696 (2)- (2)- (2)- (2)- (2)- 2,110 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Oregon

49,249 3,430 407 6,067 15,564 3,870 2,640 (2)- (2)- 5,075 3,730 5,092 (2)- 294 1,929

Pennsylvania

136,557 1,007 4,627 13,551 35,852 8,748 24,409 (2)- (2)- 17,382 9,293 16,020 (2)- 1,336 2,259

Rhode Island

9,401 (2)- (2)- 992 2,061 791 1,662 (2)- (2)- 1,747 (2)- 1,490 (2)- (2)- (2)-

South Carolina

33,002 923 3,830 6,404 8,759 2,840 963 (2)- (2)- 3,567 (2)- 4,832 (2)- 216 460

South Dakota

6,865 356 123 1,573 1,767 751 674 (2)- (2)- (2)- (2)- 857 (2)- (2)- 223

Tennessee

53,979 469 200 6,831 22,502 6,164 3,543 (2)- (2)- 6,395 (2)- 6,401 (2)- 580 619

Texas

177,155 2,341 5,021 46,559 27,554 18,727 9,476 4,074 (2)- 33,558 (2)- 21,159 (2)- 1,574 3,299

Utah

17,098 (2)- 246 2,681 3,371 1,555 446 (2)- (2)- 2,412 (2)- 4,840 (2)- (2)- 342

Vermont

9,571 328 (2)- 1,701 2,133 399 901 90 (2)- 1,847 (2)- 915 (2)- (2)- 233

Virginia

74,990 (2)- 1,955 17,382 10,367 6,218 2,587 (2)- (2)- 25,584 (2)- 7,015 (2)- 430 2,632

Washington

69,332 9,846 588 11,797 6,291 5,540 2,415 (2)- (2)- 13,405 (2)- 12,804 (2)- (2)- 2,302

West Virginia

9,013 (2)- 251 2,054 1,536 1,044 (2)- 171 (2)- 1,290 (2)- 1,943 (2)- (2)- 361

Wisconsin

57,318 1,796 1,978 7,755 17,398 6,026 9,770 (2)- (2)- 6,300 (2)- 3,623 (2)- (2)- (2)-

Wyoming

5,117 (2)- 105 1,751 340 467 (2)- (2)- (2)- 1,264 (2)- 621 (2)- (2)- 221

Footnotes
(1) GGS employment is the number of jobs related to the production of Green Goods and Services. This table reflects private ownership only.
(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