National average: 7.5%
Alliant Energy service territory |
|
State |
% in private manufacturing |
|
Minnesota |
9.6% |
|
Wisconsin |
8.3% |
|
Iowa* |
6.2% |
* denotes right-to-work state
State-by-state rankings |
|
State |
% in private manufacturing |
|
New York |
15.8% |
|
Hawaii |
15.2% |
|
Michigan |
13.9% |
|
Washington |
13.1% |
|
Alaska |
13.0% |
|
Nevada* |
12.8% |
|
West Virginia |
10.8% |
|
New Jersey |
10.1% |
|
Indiana |
9.8% |
|
Illinois |
9.7% |
|
Pennsylvania |
9.7% |
|
California |
9.6% |
|
Minnesota |
9.6% |
|
Ohio |
9.0% |
|
Missouri |
8.7% |
|
Wisconsin |
8.3% |
|
Oregon |
7.7% |
|
Connecticut |
7.6% |
|
Massachusetts |
7.6% |
|
Kentucky |
7.5% |
|
Rhode Island |
7.5% |
|
Delaware |
7.2% |
|
Maryland |
7.2% |
|
Arizona* |
6.5% |
|
Iowa* |
6.2% |
|
Montana |
6.0% |
|
Colorado |
5.6% |
|
Wyoming* |
5.6% |
|
Mississippi* |
5.4% |
|
Maine |
5.1% |
|
Alabama* |
4.9% |
|
Kansas* |
4.8% |
|
Vermont |
4.5% |
|
Louisiana* |
4.0% |
|
North Dakota* |
4.0% |
|
Nebraska* |
3.9% |
|
New Hampshire |
3.8% |
|
New Mexico |
3.8% |
|
Oklahoma* |
3.5% |
|
Arkansas* |
3.4% |
|
Idaho* |
3.4% |
|
South Dakota* |
3.4% |
|
Utah* |
3.3% |
|
Tennessee* |
3.1% |
|
South Carolina* |
2.7% |
|
Texas* |
2.7% |
|
Florida* |
2.5% |
|
Virginia* |
2.5% |
|
North Carolina* |
2.0% |
* denotes right-to-work state
Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, U .S. Census Bureau
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