Manufacturing Employment by State

March 2001 - June 2008

Jobs lost as a
Net gain/loss share of total
Mar '01 to June March '01
'08 employment
United States* -3,402,000 -2.6%

Alaska 700 0.2%

Arizona -30,100 -1.3%
Arkansas -49,800 -4.3%
California -411,100 -2.8%
Colorado -43,800 -1.9%
Connecticut -43,200 -2.6%
Florida -88,300 -1.2%
Georgia -113,400 -2.8%
Idaho -8,400 -1.5%
Illinois -172,600 -2.9%
Indiana -94,300 -3.2%
Iowa -17,800 -1.2%
Kansas -12,100 -0.9%
Kentucky -51,800 -2.8%
Louisiana -18,400 -1.0%
Maine -18,300 -3.0%
Maryland -41,300 -1.7%
Massachusetts -112,000 -3.3%
Michigan -259,200 -5.6%
Minnesota -52,300 -1.9%
Mississippi -40,900 -3.6%
Missouri -65,900 -2.4%
Montana -1,300 -0.3%
Nebraska -12,500 -1.4%
 Jobs lost as a
Net gain/loss share of total
Mar '01 to June March '01
'08 employment
Nevada 6,400 0.6%
New Hampshire -24,500 -3.9%
New Jersey -111,700 -2.8%
New Mexico -7,100 -0.9%
New York -195,000 -2.2%
North Carolina -207,100 -5.3%
North Dakota 1,500 0.5%
Ohio -222,500 -4.0%
Oregon -24,900 -1.5%
Pennsylvania -205,600 -3.6%
Rhode Island -22,500 -4.7%
South Carolina -78,800 -4.3%
South Dakota 300 0.1%
Tennessee -98,100 -3.6%
Texas -126,800 -1.3%
Utah 3,500 0.3%
Vermont -11,200 -3.7%
Virginia -75,300 -2.1%
Washington -24,900 -0.9%
West Virginia -16,500 -2.2%
Wisconsin -84,600 -3.0%
Wyoming -900 -0.4%

The series for AL, DE, DC, HI and OK are not published seasonally
adjusted.

*Totals differ due to rounding and state data not reported. All data is
seasonally adjusted and data for June, 2008 are preliminary.

Source: Economic Policy Institute analysis of BLS data.