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Highest largest industry share by state
Share of workers in the largest industry.
This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.
How much of local employment sits in whichever industry is biggest here. A county where one industry employs a third of workers rises and falls with that industry; one where the largest is a seventh is diversified. The industry itself is named on the county profile — this measures concentration rather than which industry it is.
- 1New York29.3%
- 2Vermont28.8%
- 3Massachusetts28.1%
- 4West Virginia28.1%
- 5Maine27.4%
- 6Connecticut26.8%
- 7Pennsylvania26.7%
- 8Rhode Island26.3%
- 9District of Columbia26.0%
- 10Minnesota25.8%
- 11North Dakota25.7%
- 12New Mexico25.7%
- 13Louisiana25.5%
- 14Delaware25.4%
- 15Mississippi25.4%
- 16Kansas25.0%
- 17South Dakota25.0%
- 18Alaska24.5%
- 19Nebraska24.5%
- 20New Hampshire24.5%
- 21Wyoming24.5%
- 22Kentucky24.3%
- 23Missouri24.3%
- 24New Jersey24.3%
- 25Ohio24.3%
- 26Iowa24.2%
- 27Arkansas24.0%
- 28Maryland23.9%
- 29Oregon23.8%
- 30Illinois23.6%
- 31Indiana23.5%
- 32Michigan23.3%
- 33Oklahoma23.3%
- 34Wisconsin23.3%
- 35Montana23.2%
- 36Alabama22.7%
- 37Hawaii22.6%
- 38North Carolina22.5%
- 39Utah22.5%
- 40Idaho22.4%
- 41Tennessee22.4%
- 42Virginia22.3%
- 43Arizona22.1%
- 44California22.1%
- 45South Carolina22.1%
- 46Colorado21.8%
- 47Washington21.7%
- 48Texas21.6%
- 49Florida21.0%
- 50Georgia21.0%
- 51Nevada19.7%
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