Table 4. Employment for workers spending more than half of their time involved
in green technologies and practices (GTP employment), United States and census
regions, August 2011
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| | GTP |
| | employment |
| | in area as | GTP employment
| GTP | a percent | as a percent
Area | employment (1) | of U.S. GTP | of total area
| | employment | employment
| | |
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| | |
| | |
United States (2).........| 854,700 | 100.0 | 0.7
| | |
Census regions | | |
| | |
Northeast (3) ...........| 168,500 | 19.7 | .7
Midwest (4) .............| 198,200 | 23.2 | .7
South (5) ...............| 267,600 | 31.3 | .6
West (6) ................| 220,300 | 25.8 | .8
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1 Defined as employees who spend more than half of their time involved in
green technologies and practices.
2 Detail may not sum to total due to rounding.
3 Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
4 Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
5 Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
6 Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.