# US states by employer establishments: mining, 2023

All 50 values come from U.S. Census Bureau for 2023, so the places are comparable. 1 states have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `cbp_establishments_mining`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of establishments with paid employees in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), from the U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, state and US files: establishments (EST), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), 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), mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction (NAICS 21), all legal forms. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/datasets/2023/. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employer-establishments-mining/us-states

| Rank | Place | count |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Texas | 7,174 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 2,238 |
| 3 | Louisiana | 1,216 |
| 4 | Colorado | 930 |
| 4 | Pennsylvania | 930 |
| 6 | Kansas | 802 |
| 7 | California | 640 |
| 8 | New Mexico | 625 |
| 9 | Ohio | 596 |
| 10 | Wyoming | 577 |
| 11 | North Dakota | 545 |
| 12 | Illinois | 442 |
| 13 | West Virginia | 438 |
| 14 | Utah | 409 |
| 15 | Montana | 325 |
| 16 | Michigan | 319 |
| 17 | Kentucky | 309 |
| 18 | New York | 278 |
| 19 | Arkansas | 267 |
| 20 | Mississippi | 261 |
| 21 | Florida | 255 |
| 22 | Missouri | 249 |
| 23 | Indiana | 244 |
| 24 | Virginia | 237 |
| 25 | Arizona | 231 |
| 26 | Alabama | 210 |
| 27 | Nevada | 209 |
| 28 | North Carolina | 199 |
| 29 | Iowa | 188 |
| 30 | Georgia | 186 |
| 31 | Tennessee | 182 |
| 32 | Minnesota | 169 |
| 32 | Washington | 169 |
| 34 | Alaska | 163 |
| 35 | Wisconsin | 154 |
| 36 | Oregon | 131 |
| 37 | Idaho | 121 |
| 38 | Nebraska | 111 |
| 39 | South Carolina | 100 |
| 40 | Massachusetts | 87 |
| 41 | New Jersey | 79 |
| 42 | South Dakota | 77 |
| 43 | Connecticut | 64 |
| 43 | Maryland | 64 |
| 45 | Vermont | 50 |
| 46 | New Hampshire | 32 |
| 47 | Delaware | 27 |
| 48 | Maine | 25 |
| 49 | Rhode Island | 14 |
| 50 | Hawaii | 10 |