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Indiana has highest share of total employment in manufacturing, April 2014

May 21, 2014

In April 2014, among all states, Indiana had the highest share of statewide total nonfarm employment in manufacturing (16.9 percent). The District of Columbia had the lowest, with 0.1 percent of total nonfarm employment in manufacturing.

Employment in manufacturing as a percentage of statewide total nonfarm employment, by state, not seasonally adjusted, April 2014Washington, 9.4%Oregon, 10.3%California, 8.0%Idaho, 9.3%Nevada, 3.4%Montana, 4.2%Wyoming, 3.3%Utah, 9.2%Arizona, 6.0%Colorado, 5.5%New Mexico, 3.3%North Dakota, 5.5%South Dakota, 10.1%Nebraska, 9.7%Kansas, 11.6%Oklahoma, 8.3%Texas, 7.6%Louisiana, 7.3%Arkansas, 12.9%Missouri, 9.2%Iowa, 13.9%Minnesota, 11.2%Alaska, 4.1%Hawaii, 2.2%Kentucky, 12.4%Tennessee, 11.5%Mississippi, 12.5%Alabama, 13.0%Florida, 4.2%Georgia, 8.8%South Carolina, 11.9%North Carolina, 10.7%Virginia, 6.0%District of Columbia, 0.1%West Virginia, 6.2%Maryland, 4.0%Delaware, 5.8%Wisconsin, 16.3%Illinois, 9.8%Michigan, 13.6%Indiana, 16.9%Ohio, 12.7%Pennsylvania, 9.6%New Jersey, 6.2%New York, 5.0%Connecticut, 9.7%Rhode Island, 8.5%Massachusetts, 7.4%Vermont, 10.2%New Hampshire, 10.3%Maine, 8.4%

 

Employment in manufacturing as a percentage of statewide total nonfarm employment, not seasonally adjusted, April 2014

State

Manufacturing employment(p)

Statewide total nonfarm employment(p)

Percentage of employment in manufacturing(p)

Indiana

502,500

2,978,200

16.9

Wisconsin

462,500

2,835,800

16.3

Iowa

215,000

1,550,700

13.9

Michigan

557,300

4,097,800

13.6

Alabama

250,100

1,920,600

13.0

Arkansas

154,000

1,194,300

12.9

Ohio

669,700

5,282,600

12.7

Mississippi

140,200

1,123,800

12.5

Kentucky

228,600

1,846,100

12.4

South Carolina

230,600

1,937,400

11.9

Kansas

161,400

1,391,000

11.6

Tennessee

320,700

2,799,400

11.5

Minnesota

311,700

2,789,400

11.2

North Carolina

441,900

4,127,700

10.7

New Hampshire

66,300

644,000

10.3

Oregon

175,700

1,710,600

10.3

Vermont

31,200

304,500

10.2

South Dakota

42,000

416,200

10.1

Illinois

569,800

5,800,600

9.8

Nebraska

96,000

985,200

9.7

Connecticut

161,600

1,662,800

9.7

Pennsylvania

557,400

5,784,100

9.6

Washington

284,600

3,027,200

9.4

Idaho

59,300

638,600

9.3

Missouri

256,700

2,781,700

9.2

Utah

121,300

1,323,400

9.2

Georgia

361,600

4,107,800

8.8

Rhode Island

40,400

475,000

8.5

Maine

49,700

593,700

8.4

Oklahoma

138,400

1,660,800

8.3

California

1,240,700

15,421,100

8.0

Texas

877,800

11,496,500

7.6

Massachusetts

249,100

3,386,600

7.4

Louisiana

143,600

1,967,500

7.3

West Virginia

48,100

772,000

6.2

New Jersey

240,700

3,913,700

6.2

Virginia

227,100

3,768,000

6.0

Arizona

154,500

2,569,600

6.0

Delaware

25,300

433,700

5.8

Colorado

134,500

2,428,300

5.5

North Dakota

25,200

458,500

5.5

New York

448,700

8,978,700

5.0

Montana

18,800

447,800

4.2

Florida

327,700

7,826,300

4.2

Alaska

13,400

329,000

4.1

Maryland

103,900

2,616,900

4.0

Nevada

41,300

1,211,800

3.4

New Mexico

26,800

811,700

3.3

Wyoming

9,400

286,300

3.3

Hawaii

13,600

623,500

2.2

District of Columbia

800

750,500

0.1

Footnotes:
(p) = preliminary.
 

In April 2014, the other midwestern states following Indiana as the state with the highest share of total nonfarm employment in manufacturing were Wisconsin (16.3 percent), Iowa (13.9 percent), and Michigan (13.6 percent).

The states following the District of Columbia as those with the lowest share of total nonfarm employment in manufacturing in April 2014 were Hawaii (2.2 percent), and New Mexico and Wyoming (3.3 percent each).

These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Regional and State Employment and Unemployment — April 2014" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL-14-0813.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Indiana has highest share of total employment in manufacturing, April 2014 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140521.htm (visited March 05, 2026).