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January 2013

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Location Quotient by State

Location quotient, information, private industry, by state, 2011 annual average
State	Location quotient
Washington	1.80
District of Columbia	1.62
Colorado	1.58
New York	1.46
California	1.40
Georgia	1.27
Massachusetts	1.23
Utah	1.18
Kansas	1.07
Alaska	1.05
Rhode Island	1.05
Missouri	1.04
Virginia	1.04
Minnesota	0.97
New Jersey	0.97
Oregon	0.96
Iowa	0.93
Nebraska	0.93
Connecticut	0.92
North Dakota	0.92
New Mexico	0.91
Texas	0.91
Florida	0.88
North Carolina	0.88
New Hampshire	0.87
Montana	0.86
Illinois	0.85
Maryland	0.85
Wisconsin	0.83
Oklahoma	0.82
Vermont	0.82
South Dakota	0.80
Tennessee	0.80
Idaho	0.77
Kentucky	0.76
Pennsylvania	0.76
West Virginia	0.75
Arizona	0.74
Wyoming	0.74
Hawaii	0.73
Ohio	0.72
South Carolina	0.72
Maine	0.69
Delaware	0.67
Michigan	0.65
Alabama	0.64
Arkansas	0.64
Louisiana	0.63
Indiana	0.59
Mississippi	0.57
Nevada	0.52

Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages | Map

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