Top 10 states by manufacturing industry size

California leads with 35,936. The 10 US states with the largest manufacturing sector by number of establishments, from US Census County Business Patterns 2022.

#	Name	Establishments	Detail
1	California	35,936	1,160,856 employees · $103.4B payroll
2	Texas	20,781	847,587 employees · $62.9B payroll
3	Florida	13,942	353,423 employees · $22.9B payroll
4	New York	13,931	411,668 employees · $28.8B payroll
5	Ohio	13,390	686,189 employees · $44.9B payroll
6	Pennsylvania	13,245	560,912 employees · $37.4B payroll
7	Illinois	12,530	534,710 employees · $37.8B payroll
8	Michigan	12,196	595,273 employees · $39.2B payroll
9	North Carolina	8,704	467,211 employees · $28.2B payroll
10	Wisconsin	8,505	477,411 employees · $31.1B payroll

Methodology

Total manufacturing establishments (NAICS 31-33) per state, US Census County Business Patterns 2022.

As of 2026-05-28. ACS 2023 5-year + CBP 2022.

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