Western Railroad Discussion > Railroad employment by state

https://rrb.gov/sites/default/files/2019-06/StateCountyZip2017.pdf

Top Twelve TX, IL, NY, CA, PA, NE  (all above 10, 000 workers 6 total) then  NJ, IN, MO, GA, OH and FL. 

Bottom 10: Canada, RI, NH, Wash DC, VT, AK, Hawaii, Other, AP, Virgin Island).

I'll edit in state totals later. Enjoy! 

I was unaware we'd annexed Canada...

brc600 Wrote:
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> https://rrb.gov/sites/default/files/2019-06/StateC
> ountyZip2017.pdf
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> Top Twelve TX, IL, NY, CA, PA, NE  (all above 10,
> 000 workers 6 total) then  NJ, IN, MO, GA, OH and
> FL. 
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> Bottom 10: Canada, RI, NH, Wash DC, VT, AK,
> Hawaii, Other, AP, Virgin Island).
>
> I'll edit in state totals later. Enjoy! 

Interesting to see NE at the 5th spot even knowing UP has the huge North Platte yard.  Also interesting to see FL in the top 10 as I don't think of that as a heavy RR traffic originator/destination.  

tracklight Wrote:
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> I was unaware we'd annexed Canada...

US based Workers in Canada, likely CP/Soo and CN family.

Be interesting to see a 2020 chart 

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tracklight Wrote:
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> I was unaware we'd annexed Canada...

I'll bet the Canadians weren't aware of it either.

This is a measure of where railroad employees live?  Or at least their address on record at the time?

1  Texas                  19,998
2  Illinois                 18,327
3  New York            18,014
4 California             13,025
5 Pennsylvania       12,166   
6 Nebraska             12,058
7 New Jersey            8548
8 Indiana                   8359
9 Missouri                  8305
10 Georgia                 8096
11  Ohio                     8053
12 Florida                   7814
13 Virgina                   6178
14 Washington            5783
15 Kansas                   5547
16 Minnesota              4802
17 Missouri                  4344
18 Tennessee              4190
19 Louisiana                3841
20 Kentucky                 3821
21 Alabama                  3736
22 Arkansas                 3709
23 Wisconsin                3672
24 Michigan                  3569
25 Iowa                         3512
26 Montana                   3466
27 Massachusetts         3400
28 Arizona                     3255
29 Colorado                   3145
30  North Carolina          2998  

31  Conneticut              2845
32  West Virginia           2473
33  Wyoming                 2338  
34  Oregon                    2288
35  Oklahoma               2285
36  Mississippi              2241
37  South Carolina        2144
38  North Dakota           1912
39  Utah                         1865 
40  New Mexico             1846
41  Idaho                        1623
42  Delaware                  1493
43 South Dakota              847
44 Nevada                       736 
45 Maine                         641
46 Canada                      549
47 Rhode Island             517
48 New Hampshire        434    
49 Wash DC                   345
50 Vermont                     290
51 Alaska                       107
52 Hawaii                        11
53 Other                           4
54 APO                             1
55 Virgin Islands               1
 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/26/20 20:53 by brc600.

It's a 2017 chart and things have changed. 

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callum_out Wrote:
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> It's a 2017 chart and things have changed. 
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They (RRB) now list workers by zip code as well as county.

Milwaukee Wrote:
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> Interesting to see NE at the 5th spot even knowing
> UP has the huge North Platte yard.  Also
> interesting to see FL in the top 10 as I don't
> think of that as a heavy RR traffic
> originator/destination.  

NE also has UP headquarters in Omaha, and a lot of BNSF employees in Alliance and Lincoln/Havelock. FL has CSX headquarters in Jacksonville.

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 Canada, per RRB, has 549 members, likely Amtrak, CN, CP and related. I rode the Metra Chicago Soo Line route after last Christmas Dec 26th. Boh crew members had Canadian accents.

PHall Wrote:
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> tracklight Wrote:
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> > I was unaware we'd annexed Canada...
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> I'll bet the Canadians weren't aware of it either.

Some terminals have big numbers, don't klnow count today but Fresno has been in the 1200 plus category,
Needles over 2000.

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brc600 Wrote:
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> tracklight Wrote:
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> > I was unaware we'd annexed Canada...
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> US based Workers in Canada, likely CP/Soo and CN
> family.

Not Soo Line, BNSF almost certainly, and CSX.

Who is the one railroad worker in the Virgin Islands?

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Likely, an Amtrak on-board member. Several I've met are from the Carribean, etc. Thehigh-seniority ones can live there. Airline flight attendants used to be the same way. They could live ine the Carribean and travel to/from their crew bases on free flight travel.

callum_out Wrote:
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> Some terminals have big numbers, don't klnow count
> today but Fresno has been in the 1200 plus
> category,
> Needles over 2000.
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50 years ago...............

Fresno was that big in the 90e.

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callum_out Wrote:
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> Fresno was that big in the 90e.
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If you're looking at both the SFe and the Espee at Fresno, I'll give you a little slack. But it's been a loooong time since 2000 people in all crafts hung their hat in Needles.

OK, so I'm talking total employment by station not just TE&Y. I distinctly remember the Fresno number arounnd 1996 as we had just opened an
office there. The Needles number was quoted around the first of this year by the Needles City Manager and again it's not just TE&Y. 

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