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Lowest 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.

  1. 1Nevada19.7%
  2. 2Florida21.0%
  3. 3Georgia21.0%
  4. 4Texas21.6%
  5. 5Washington21.7%
  6. 6Colorado21.8%
  7. 7Arizona22.1%
  8. 8California22.1%
  9. 9South Carolina22.1%
  10. 10Virginia22.3%
  11. 11Idaho22.4%
  12. 12Tennessee22.4%
  13. 13North Carolina22.5%
  14. 14Utah22.5%
  15. 15Hawaii22.6%
  16. 16Alabama22.7%
  17. 17Montana23.2%
  18. 18Michigan23.3%
  19. 19Oklahoma23.3%
  20. 20Wisconsin23.3%
  21. 21Indiana23.5%
  22. 22Illinois23.6%
  23. 23Oregon23.8%
  24. 24Maryland23.9%
  25. 25Arkansas24.0%
  26. 26Iowa24.2%
  27. 27Kentucky24.3%
  28. 28Missouri24.3%
  29. 29New Jersey24.3%
  30. 30Ohio24.3%
  31. 31Alaska24.5%
  32. 32Nebraska24.5%
  33. 33New Hampshire24.5%
  34. 34Wyoming24.5%
  35. 35Kansas25.0%
  36. 36South Dakota25.0%
  37. 37Delaware25.4%
  38. 38Mississippi25.4%
  39. 39Louisiana25.5%
  40. 40North Dakota25.7%
  41. 41New Mexico25.7%
  42. 42Minnesota25.8%
  43. 43District of Columbia26.0%
  44. 44Rhode Island26.3%
  45. 45Pennsylvania26.7%
  46. 46Connecticut26.8%
  47. 47Maine27.4%
  48. 48Massachusetts28.1%
  49. 49West Virginia28.1%
  50. 50Vermont28.8%
  51. 51New York29.3%
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau. · How this is built