# US states by employer establishments: manufacturing, 2023

All 51 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_manufacturing`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-census-bureau
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-manufacturing/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | California | 35,300 |
| 2 | Texas | 21,034 |
| 3 | Florida | 14,341 |
| 4 | New York | 13,837 |
| 5 | Ohio | 13,307 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 13,231 |
| 7 | Illinois | 12,465 |
| 8 | Michigan | 12,192 |
| 9 | North Carolina | 8,664 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | 8,479 |
| 11 | Indiana | 7,938 |
| 12 | Georgia | 7,874 |
| 13 | New Jersey | 7,018 |
| 14 | Minnesota | 6,718 |
| 15 | Washington | 6,586 |
| 16 | Massachusetts | 5,920 |
| 17 | Tennessee | 5,787 |
| 18 | Missouri | 5,460 |
| 19 | Oregon | 5,231 |
| 20 | Colorado | 5,031 |
| 21 | Virginia | 5,019 |
| 22 | Arizona | 4,406 |
| 23 | Alabama | 4,145 |
| 24 | South Carolina | 4,006 |
| 25 | Connecticut | 3,735 |
| 26 | Kentucky | 3,669 |
| 27 | Utah | 3,665 |
| 28 | Iowa | 3,418 |
| 29 | Oklahoma | 3,247 |
| 30 | Louisiana | 3,044 |
| 31 | Maryland | 2,838 |
| 32 | Kansas | 2,677 |
| 33 | Arkansas | 2,526 |
| 34 | Idaho | 2,114 |
| 35 | Nevada | 2,043 |
| 36 | Mississippi | 1,981 |
| 37 | Nebraska | 1,761 |
| 38 | New Hampshire | 1,741 |
| 39 | Maine | 1,700 |
| 40 | Montana | 1,393 |
| 41 | New Mexico | 1,266 |
| 42 | Rhode Island | 1,188 |
| 43 | West Virginia | 1,060 |
| 44 | South Dakota | 1,034 |
| 45 | Vermont | 1,005 |
| 46 | Hawaii | 723 |
| 47 | North Dakota | 695 |
| 48 | Delaware | 660 |
| 49 | Wyoming | 600 |
| 50 | Alaska | 576 |
| 51 | District of Columbia | 104 |