Rank List: States in Profile

Food Manufacturing Employment in 2019

Rank	State	FIPS Code	Employment
1	California	06000	156,180
2	Texas	48000	92,669
3	Illinois	17000	83,571
4	Wisconsin	55000	72,711
5	Pennsylvania	42000	68,923
6	Georgia	13000	62,331
7	Ohio	39000	53,273
8	North Carolina	37000	52,302
9	Iowa	19000	51,887
10	New York	36000	45,113
11	Minnesota	27000	44,655
12	Arkansas	05000	44,388
13	Indiana	18000	37,547
14	Missouri	29000	36,147
15	Nebraska	31000	35,875
16	Washington	53000	33,710
17	Tennessee	47000	33,700
18	Alabama	01000	33,222
19	Michigan	26000	32,324
20	New Jersey	34000	30,777
21	Virginia	51000	30,334
22	Kansas	20000	28,787
23	Florida	12000	27,538
24	Kentucky	21000	26,546
25	Oregon	41000	25,307
26	Massachusetts	25000	21,536
27	Mississippi	28000	21,356
28	Colorado	08000	19,908
29	Idaho	16000	18,037
30	South Carolina	45000	17,981
31	Utah	49000	16,952
32	Oklahoma	40000	14,763
33	Maryland	24000	14,713
34	Louisiana	22000	14,409
35	Arizona	04000	11,847
36	Delaware	10000	10,713
37	South Dakota	46000	10,186
38	Alaska	02000	8,657
39	Connecticut	09000	7,312
40	Nevada	32000	5,263
41	North Dakota	38000	5,144
42	Vermont	50000	5,090
43	Maine	23000	4,661
44	New Mexico	35000	4,512
45	Hawaii	15000	4,264
46	New Hampshire	33000	2,748
47	West Virginia	54000	2,447
48	Rhode Island	44000	2,216
49	Montana	30000	2,101
50	Wyoming	56000	416
51	District of Columbia	11000	180

Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of Manufactures

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