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Table 4. Employment for workers spending more than half of their time involved in green technologies and practices (GTP employment), United States and census regions, August 2011

Table 4. Employment for workers spending more than half of their time involved
in green technologies and practices (GTP employment), United States and census
regions, August 2011
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                          |                 |     GTP     |                    
                          |                 |  employment |                    
                          |                 | in area as  |   GTP employment   
                          |      GTP        |  a percent  |    as a percent    
          Area            |  employment (1) | of U.S. GTP |   of total area    
                          |                 |  employment |    employment      
                          |                 |             |                    
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                          |                 |             |                    
                          |                 |             |                    
United States (2).........|      854,700    |     100.0   |         0.7        
                          |                 |             |                    
       Census regions     |                 |             |                    
                          |                 |             |                    
 Northeast (3) ...........|      168,500    |      19.7   |          .7        
 Midwest (4) .............|      198,200    |      23.2   |          .7        
 South (5) ...............|      267,600    |      31.3   |          .6        
 West (6) ................|      220,300    |      25.8   |          .8        
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   1 Defined as employees who spend more than half of their time involved in
green technologies and practices.

   2 Detail may not sum to total due to rounding.

   3 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

   4 Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

   5 Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

   6 Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.



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Last Modified Date: June 29, 2012