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Construction

Name: Construction sector — establishments, employment and payroll by state
Creator: U.S. Census Bureau
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

NAICS sector 23. Establishments, employment and payroll — Census Bureau County Business Patterns.

Establishments

818,047

Employees

7,705,787

Annual payroll

$588.1B

#	State	Establishments	Employees	Payroll
1	California	86,763	870,789	$73.3B
2	Texas	56,287	791,588	$59.7B
3	Florida	68,008	561,420	$36.0B
4	New York	51,349	371,275	$30.8B
5	Pennsylvania	28,752	260,932	$20.2B
6	North Carolina	28,390	249,407	$17.1B
7	Illinois	29,457	229,716	$20.7B
8	Washington	27,190	229,133	$19.0B
9	Ohio	21,399	218,060	$16.8B
10	Georgia	22,475	216,909	$16.1B
11	Arizona	15,551	208,755	$15.2B
12	Virginia	21,118	206,469	$15.1B
13	Colorado	20,473	188,263	$14.5B
14	Michigan	21,298	181,952	$14.7B
15	New Jersey	22,502	174,045	$14.9B
16	Maryland	14,528	167,451	$12.9B
17	Massachusetts	21,631	163,600	$15.2B
18	Indiana	14,935	156,037	$11.7B
19	Missouri	14,570	149,699	$11.6B
20	Louisiana	8,900	148,741	$10.6B
21	Tennessee	12,692	145,006	$10.3B
22	Minnesota	17,568	144,692	$13.3B
23	Wisconsin	14,679	133,159	$11.1B
24	Utah	13,022	117,792	$8.0B
25	Oregon	14,907	115,773	$8.9B
26	Alabama	8,982	103,761	$6.9B
27	Nevada	5,975	102,903	$7.7B
28	South Carolina	11,981	99,054	$6.6B
29	Kentucky	8,201	81,842	$5.6B
30	Oklahoma	8,966	78,793	$5.0B
31	Iowa	9,067	74,180	$5.6B
32	Kansas	7,398	73,436	$5.1B
33	Idaho	9,895	62,048	$3.8B
34	Connecticut	8,152	61,816	$5.2B
35	Arkansas	6,366	58,830	$3.6B
36	Nebraska	6,931	57,175	$3.9B
37	New Mexico	4,638	46,332	$2.9B
38	Mississippi	4,169	43,724	$3.0B
39	Puerto Rico	2,773	36,123	$1.2B
40	Montana	6,766	34,284	$2.5B
41	New Hampshire	4,949	33,634	$2.8B
42	Maine	5,826	31,259	$2.1B
43	Hawaii	2,924	31,002	$2.7B
44	West Virginia	3,149	27,174	$1.7B
45	South Dakota	3,802	25,640	$1.8B
46	North Dakota	2,946	24,696	$2.1B
47	Delaware	2,518	24,194	$1.8B
48	Rhode Island	3,528	22,240	$1.7B
49	Wyoming	2,981	18,196	$1.3B
50	Alaska	2,627	17,103	$1.8B
51	Vermont	2,870	15,177	$1.1B
52	District of Columbia	506	10,303	$830M

Top counties for construction

Harris County · TX166,110 employees Maricopa County · AZ155,355 employees Los Angeles County · CA146,327 employees Orange County · CA105,043 employees Dallas County · TX97,169 employees San Diego County · CA91,254 employees Cook County · IL78,923 employees Clark County · NV76,796 employees King County · WA75,035 employees Riverside County · CA67,631 employees Tarrant County · TX58,225 employees Bexar County · TX53,785 employees Santa Clara County · CA51,335 employees Suffolk County · NY49,676 employees Broward County · FL49,196 employees Queens County · NY49,180 employees Hillsborough County · FL48,880 employees East Baton Rouge Parish · LA47,760 employees Alameda County · CA47,155 employees Salt Lake County · UT46,867 employees Miami-Dade County · FL45,764 employees Middlesex County · MA45,698 employees Travis County · TX45,316 employees Orange County · FL44,530 employees Palm Beach County · FL42,267 employees Sacramento County · CA42,107 employees San Bernardino County · CA38,488 employees Wake County · NC37,260 employees Mecklenburg County · NC36,856 employees Hennepin County · MN36,847 employees

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns. Counts cover establishments with paid employees; sole proprietors and most government and railroad employment are excluded. A small establishment count may be withheld by the Census Bureau to protect confidentiality.