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)
