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Drilling Oil and Gas Wells

Drilling Oil and Gas Wells aren't as common as some other kinds of businesses that dominate the nation's shopping malls. Still, across the entire nation, there are more than 2,000 Drilling Oil and Gas Wells. Based on some simple math, it appears that each one of those Drilling Oil and Gas Wells serves about 150,000 citizens on average.

Our analysis suggests that Drilling Oil and Gas Wells will typically employ 1 to 4 employees. So, it's safe to say that Drilling Oil and Gas Wells play an important role in the national economy.

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States with Drilling Oil and Gas Wells
(Ordered by # per 100,000 Residents)

#
State
Businesses
Businesses per 100K Residents
1.
86
17.50
2.
Oklahoma
204
5.91
3.
New Mexico
67
3.69
4.
Louisiana
137
3.07
5.
Kansas
72
2.68
6.
Texas
542
2.60
7.
North Dakota
14
2.19
8.
West Virginia
34
1.89
9.
17
1.89
10.
Colorado
67
1.56
11.
Alaska
8
1.28
12.
Kentucky
49
1.21
13.
Mississippi
34
1.20
14.
Utah
25
1.12
15.
Arkansas
21
0.79
16.
Idaho
10
0.77
17.
10
0.58
18.
Ohio
65
0.57
19.
New Hampshire
5
0.40
20.
Delaware
3
0.38
21.
Illinois
46
0.37
22.
Michigan
36
0.36
23.
Pennsylvania
43
0.35
24.
Nevada
6
0.30
25.
11
0.27
26.
South Dakota
2
0.27
27.
Indiana
14
0.23
28.
Florida
36
0.23
29.
Alabama
10
0.23
30.
North Carolina
17
0.21
31.
California
60
0.18
32.
Arizona
9
0.18
33.
8
0.16
34.
Virginia
10
0.14
35.
Tennessee
8
0.14
36.
Washington
8
0.14
37.
Missouri
6
0.11
38.
New Jersey
9
0.11
39.
Rhode Island
1
0.10
40.
Oregon
3
0.09
41.
1
0.08
42.
Iowa
2
0.07
43.
New York
12
0.06
44.
Connecticut
2
0.06
45.
Wisconsin
3
0.06
46.
Georgia
4
0.05
47.
Massachusetts
3
0.05
48.
Maryland
1
0.02

Number of Drilling Oil and Gas Wells by Number of Employees
(Data for Entire United States)

Range
Number of Employees
1 to 4
1181
5 to 9
267
10 to 19
240
20 to 49
236
50 to 99
94
100 to 249
74
250 to 499
31
500 to 999
11
1000 or more
11

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