Industrial Firms total number of employees by state. Definition, graph and map.

DEFINITION
Total number of employees working in industrial establishments. An establishment is a single physical location at which business is conducted or services or industrial operations are performed. It is not necessarily identical with a company or enterprise, which may consist of one or more establishments. When two or more activities are carried on at a single location under a single ownership, all activities generally are grouped together as a single establishment. The entire establishment is classified on the basis of its major activity and all data are included in that classification.

Industry Statistics > Industrial firms > Total number of employees (most recent) by state

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Rank

States

Amount

# 1

California:

12,991,795

# 2

Texas:

8,051,148

# 3

New York:

7,416,680

# 4

Florida:

6,549,488

# 5

Illinois:

5,205,457

# 6

Pennsylvania:

5,029,324

# 7

Ohio:

4,770,283

# 8

Michigan:

3,885,221

# 9

New Jersey:

3,579,076

# 10

Georgia:

3,387,337

# 11

North Carolina:

3,338,231

# 12

Massachusetts:

2,974,779

# 13

Virginia:

2,932,822

# 14

Indiana:

2,540,839

# 15

Missouri:

2,387,761

# 16

Wisconsin:

2,383,503

# 17

Minnesota:

2,382,177

# 18

Tennessee:

2,299,275

# 19

Washington:

2,293,222

# 20

Maryland:

2,088,841

# 21

Arizona:

1,998,795

# 22

Colorado:

1,884,500

# 23

Louisiana:

1,603,922

# 24

Alabama:

1,597,529

# 25

Connecticut:

1,550,867

# 26

South Carolina:

1,550,604

# 27

Kentucky:

1,471,878

# 28

Oregon:

1,338,825

# 29

Iowa:

1,232,865

# 30

Oklahoma:

1,184,589

# 31

Kansas:

1,109,869

# 32

Arkansas:

988,941

# 33

Nevada:

970,919

# 34

Mississippi:

912,157

# 35

Utah:

900,605

# 36

Nebraska:

774,913

# 37

New Mexico:

571,381

# 38

West Virginia:

561,434

# 39

New Hampshire:

540,306

# 40

Maine:

488,973

# 41

Idaho:

466,507

# 42

Hawaii:

459,010

# 43

Rhode Island:

427,455

# 44

District of Columbia:

422,918

# 45

Delaware:

385,129

# 46

Montana:

302,967

# 47

South Dakota:

299,779

# 48

North Dakota:

258,940

# 49

Vermont:

256,441

# 50

Alaska:

216,807

# 51

Wyoming:

180,959

Total:

113,398,043

Weighted average:

2,223,491.0

DEFINITION: Total number of employees working in industrial establishments. An establishment is a single physical location at which business is conducted or services or industrial operations are performed. It is not necessarily identical with a company or enterprise, which may consist of one or more establishments. When two or more activities are carried on at a single location under a single ownership, all activities generally are grouped together as a single establishment. The entire establishment is classified on the basis of its major activity and all data are included in that classification.

SOURCE: US Census Bureau, 2003 via StateMaster

Industry Statistics > Industrial firms > Total number of employees (most recent) by state

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