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New Jersey Ranks 35th in the Nation in Percent Non-Farm Employment in Manufacturing 2003
Source: United States Census Bureau

Rank State Percentage   Rank State Percentage
             
1 Indiana 19.8%
26 California 10.7%
2
 Wisconsin 18.2   27 Maine 10.5
3
 Arkansas 18.0   28 Utah 10.4
4
 Michigan 16.5   29 Massachusetts 10.2
5 Mississippi 16.0   30 South Dakota 10.0
6 North Carolina 15.9   30 Washington 10.0
7 Alabama 15.7   32 Oklahoma 9.9
8 Ohio 15.7   33 Texas 9.6
9
Tennessee 15.5   34 West Virginia 8.9
10 Iowa 15.3   35 NEW JERSEY 8.8
11 South Carolina 15.3   36 Virginia 8.7
12 Kentucky 14.9   37 Delaware 8.6
13 Kansas 13.1   38 Louisiana 8.2
14 Minnesota 13.0   39 Arizona 7.6
15 New Hampshire 13.0   40 Colorado 7.3
16 Pennsylvania 12.8   40 New York 7.3
17 Vermont 12.6   42 North Dakota 7.0
18 Oregon 12.5   43 Maryland 5.9
19 Illinois 12.3   44 Florida 5.3
20 Rhode Island 12.2   45 Montana 4.7
21 Connecticut 12.1   45 New Mexico 4.7
22 Georgia 11.7   47 Nevada 4.0
23
Missouri 11.7   48 Alaska 3.9
24
Nebraska 11.3   49 Wyoming 3.7
25 Idaho 10.8   50 Hawaii 2.6
             
          50 State Average
10.9%
          N.J. % Below Average 19.2%

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