If you want to know whose vote really counts in your state, examine this data. Do you think your Congress critters care what you think? Guess who fills their campaign coffers with millions? The game is rigged. It’s a club and you’re not in it.
State | City | Top company by revenue | Revenue (billions) |
---|---|---|---|
Alabama | Birmingham | Regions Bank | $5.89 |
Alaska* | Juneau | First National Bank Alaska | $2.4 |
Arizona | Phoenix | Avnet, Inc. | $25.45 |
Arkansas | Bentonville | Wal-Mart Stores | $476.29 |
California | San Ramon | Chevron Corporation | $228.84 |
Colorado | Englewood | Arrow Electronics, Inc. | $21.35 |
Connecticut | Fairfield | General Electric | $146.04 |
Delaware | Wilmington | E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company | $36.14 |
Florida | Doral | World Fuel Services Corporation | $41.56 |
Georgia | Atlanta | Home Depot International, Inc. | $85.53 |
Hawaii | Honolulu | Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc. | $3.23 |
Idaho | Boise | Micron Technology, Inc. | $9.07 |
Illinois | Decatur | Archer Daniels Midland | $89.80 |
Indiana | Indianapolis | WellPoint | $71.02 |
Iowa | Cedar Rapids | Transamerica Life Insurance Company | $19.64 |
Kansas | Wichita | Koch Industries, Inc. | $115 |
Kentucky | Louisville | Humana, Inc. | $41.31 |
Louisiana | Monroe | CenturyLink, Inc. | $18.09 |
Maine | Scarborough | Hannaford Bros. Co. | $3.98 |
Maryland | Bethesda | Lockheed Martin Corporation | $45.35 |
Massachusetts | Boston | Liberty Mutual Holding Company, Inc. | $38.50 |
Michigan | Detroit | General Motors | $155.42 |
Minnesota | Wayzata | Cargill, Inc. | $136.65 |
Mississippi | Laurel | Sanderson Farms, Inc. | $2.68 |
Missouri | St. Louis | Express Scripts Holding | $104.09 |
Montana | Billings | Stillwater Mining Company | $1.03 |
Nebraska | Omaha | Berkshire Hathaway | $182.15 |
Nevada | Las Vegas | Las Vegas Sands Corp. | $13.76 |
New Hampshire | Portsmouth | Sprague Resources LP | $4.60 |
New Jersey | New Brunswick | Johnson & Johnson | $71.31 |
New Mexico | Albuquerque | Presbyterian Healthcare Services | $2.05 |
New York | New York | Verizon Communications | $120.55 |
North Carolina | Charlotte | Bank of America | $101.69 |
North Dakota | Bismarck | MDU Resources Group, Inc. | $4.46 |
Ohio | Dublin | Cardinal Health | $101.09 |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma City | Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc. | $26.09 |
Oregon | Beaverton | Nike, Inc. | $25.31 |
Pennsylvania | Chesterbrook | AmeriSourceBergen | $87.95 |
Rhode Island | Woonsocket | CVS Caremark | $126.76 |
South Carolina | Hartsville | Sonoco Products Company | $4.48 |
South Dakota | Sioux Falls | Sanford Health | $3.10 |
Tennessee | Memphis | FedEx Corporation | $44.28 |
Texas | Irving | Exxon Mobil | $438.25 |
Utah | Salt Lake City | Huntsman Corporation | $11.07 |
Vermont | Waterbury | Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. | $4.35 |
Virginia | McLean | Freddie Mac | $81.22 |
Washington | Issaquah | CostCo Wholesale | $105.15 |
West Virginia | Morgantown | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. | $42.73 |
Wisconsin | Milwaukee | Johnson Controls, Inc. | $42.73 |
Wyoming | Gillette | Cloud Peak Energy, Inc. | $1.39 |
(Source: Hoover’s, via Broadview Networks)
I’m staying far, far away from Wisconsin. No Johnson control for me. I’m goin’ to Oklahoma instead. I like Barbeque a lot.
Dirtscratch, the population of Oklahoma is largely Germanic [boomer sooners], you will find BBQ and also such German treats as good beer.. Also on the border, Texas side, you will find quaint German towns, even in West, Texas, New Braunfels, enjoy the river and the folk.
Barton springs is also a great place to rent an innertube and traverse the cool waters with family and friends.
But I disagree with the map Oklahoma is the main reserve of oil. Loves is just a truckstop.
Dirtscratch, the population of Oklahoma is largely Germanic [boomer sooners], you will find BBQ and also such German treats as good beer.. ——Kill Bill
Damn! BBQ and good beer, too!! If it gets any better I might just need that “Johnson Control” after all!
Dirtscratch, also check out the Frio river. Nice cabins, cold water and you can tote the beer cooler behind your flotation device. =)
While the map shoes the largest revenue producers, the real picture of the state of our economy would be a map of who the major employers per state, which is invariably most often government…see here:
http://www.broadviewnet.com/blog/2014/05/the-largest-employers-in-each-state-map/
http://www.careerinfonet.org/oview6.asp?id=&soccode=&nodeid=12&stfips=06&from=State