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Iron Foundries

Iron Foundries aren't as ubiquitous as as many other business types in the United States. Still, across the entire United States, there are more than 500 Iron Foundries. In other words, each one of those Iron Foundries serves about 600,000 citizens on average.

According to national labor statistics, Iron Foundries will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. As such, Iron Foundries are a noteworthy contributor to the small business economy.

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States with Iron Foundries
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
Wisconsin
35
0.65
2.
Indiana
38
0.62
3.
Iowa
18
0.62
4.
25
0.56
5.
Ohio
62
0.55
6.
Michigan
43
0.43
7.
Rhode Island
4
0.38
8.
Pennsylvania
46
0.37
9.
Nebraska
6
0.35
10.
Oklahoma
12
0.35
11.
Idaho
4
0.31
12.
15
0.31
13.
Utah
6
0.27
14.
South Dakota
2
0.27
15.
Kansas
7
0.26
16.
Maine
3
0.24
17.
Oregon
8
0.23
18.
Illinois
29
0.23
19.
West Virginia
4
0.22
20.
11
0.19
21.
South Carolina
7
0.17
22.
Massachusetts
11
0.17
23.
North Dakota
1
0.16
24.
Arkansas
4
0.15
25.
Texas
29
0.14
26.
Georgia
11
0.14
27.
Louisiana
6
0.13
28.
45
0.13
29.
Virginia
9
0.13
30.
Washington
7
0.12
31.
Connecticut
4
0.12
32.
Montana
1
0.11
33.
Missouri
6
0.11
34.
Mississippi
3
0.11
35.
Nevada
2
0.10
36.
4
0.10
37.
New Jersey
8
0.10
38.
Florida
13
0.08
39.
New Hampshire
1
0.08
40.
North Carolina
6
0.07
41.
New York
12
0.06
42.
New Mexico
1
0.06
43.
Colorado
1
0.02
44.
1
0.02

Number of Iron Foundries by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
128
5 to 9
54
10 to 19
59
20 to 49
101
50 to 99
86
100 to 249
74
250 to 499
50
500 to 999
14
1000 or more
6

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