Table 79: Number and Percent of Persons Employed in Wholesale Trade Industries for the 
          United States and States in the United States, 2000 - Ranked by Percent 
          Employed in Wholesale Trade Industries in 2000
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Rank  US/State                                              Number                 Percent
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   .  United States                                      4,666,757                     3.5

   1  New Jersey                                           173,166                     4.4
   2  Washington                                           113,526                     4.1
   5  California                                           596,309                     4.0
   5  Florida                                              278,360                     4.0
   5  Oregon                                                66,017                     4.0
   6  Illinois                                             222,990                     3.9
   8  Georgia                                              148,026                     3.9
   8  Texas                                                362,928                     3.9
   9  Tennessee                                            101,183                     3.8
  10  North Dakota                                          11,764                     3.7
  15  Iowa                                                  53,267                     3.6
  15  Nebraska                                              31,265                     3.6
  15  New Hampshire                                         23,426                     3.6
  15  Ohio                                                 193,219                     3.6
  15  Pennsylvania                                         201,084                     3.6
  19  Alabama                                               70,055                     3.6
  19  Idaho                                                 21,495                     3.6
  19  Minnesota                                             92,854                     3.6
  19  Missouri                                              97,021                     3.6
  22  Colorado                                              76,339                     3.5
  22  Louisiana                                             65,247                     3.5
  22  Utah                                                  36,729                     3.5
  24  Mississippi                                           39,717                     3.4
  24  Rhode Island                                          16,965                     3.4
  26  Indiana                                              101,505                     3.4
  26  New York                                             283,375                     3.4
  30  Kentucky                                              60,854                     3.4
  30  Maine                                                 21,470                     3.4
  30  North Carolina                                       131,330                     3.4
  30  Oklahoma                                              52,807                     3.4
  31  South Carolina                                        60,503                     3.3
  35  Arizona                                               73,441                     3.3
  35  Kansas                                                43,786                     3.3
  35  Massachusetts                                        103,333                     3.3
  35  South Dakota                                          12,431                     3.3
  37  Arkansas                                              38,340                     3.3
  37  Michigan                                             151,656                     3.3
  39  Connecticut                                           53,231                     3.2
  39  Hawaii                                                17,188                     3.2
  40  Wisconsin                                             87,979                     3.2
  42  Montana                                               12,937                     3.1
  42  Vermont                                                9,901                     3.1
  45  Maryland                                              72,621                     2.8
  45  Virginia                                              93,477                     2.8
  45  West Virginia                                         20,289                     2.8
  46  New Mexico                                            20,747                     2.7
  47  Delaware                                              10,384                     2.7
  48  Nevada                                                25,121                     2.6
  49  Alaska                                                 7,215                     2.5
  50  Wyoming                                                5,499                     2.3
  51  District of Columbia                                   2,385                     0.9
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