# States where Wal-Mart is the largest employer. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 22, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060 "2015-12-22T02:20:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Little\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Pig)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060/1 "2015-12-22T02:20:39Z")
Alabama - 34,000 Arizona - 32,373 Arkansas - 50,000 Florida - 95,000 Georgia - 51,000 Illinois - 51,137 Kentucky - 28,000 Louisiana - 34,633 Mississippi - 23,430 Missouri - 40,000 Montana - 4,533 North Carolina - 49,000 Ohio - 47,000 Oklahoma - 31,096 South Carolina - 26,829 Tennessee - 38,569 Texas - 156,195 Virginia - 40,000 West Virginia - 10,855 [Source](http://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/03/19/the-largest-employer-in-each-state-2/) ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060/2 "2015-12-22T03:49:43Z")
remember to thank your Job Creator ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060/3 "2015-12-22T06:48:42Z")
Is this intended as a compliment? Or some kind of twisted insult? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Murf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Murf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murf)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060/4 "2015-12-22T13:43:21Z")
Sounds like the invasion of the Wal-martians. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060/5 "2015-12-22T13:47:52Z")
Is the US Government considered to be a single employer? If so, I feel certain that Uncle Sam employs more than 40,000 people in Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060/6 "2015-12-22T15:48:14Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Is the US Government considered to be a single employer? If so, I feel certain that Uncle Sam employs more than 40,000 people in Virginia. This particular list excluded the government, presumably because it is intended to highlight which private companies have the largest effect on the local economy: “We excluded military bases and other federal and state government employers, with the exception of state universities, which were included.” If you do include the government, the [the DoD employs twice as many people in Virginia as Walmart.](http://bi.virginialmi.com/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=lmitools_industry&tabsIndustry=tpnlLargestEmployers) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060/7 "2015-12-22T16:09:28Z")
By percentage, Arkansas is the only one to crack 1% of the population, which makes sense since it’s the headquarters. ---
**Author:** ![Hocus\_Pocus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@Hocus\_Pocus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hocus_Pocus)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060/8 "2015-12-22T21:03:31Z")
The US Govt can take partial credit for many of those jobs, since they have to subsidize Walmart’s low pay. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060/9 "2015-12-24T04:29:17Z")
At least it appears that Walmart has replaced the 400,000 US manufacturing jobs [lost to China](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/walmarts-china-syndrome-the-loss-of-us-jobs/) since 2001 :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060/10 "2015-12-24T16:17:15Z")
I know you’re not exactly serious, but you can’t say that unless you take account of the retailing jobs that Walmart destroyed. Only after we have some kind of net figure for retail jobs can we decide whether and how to apply any changes against other job categories. And my uninformed guess is that Walmart has been a net reducer of retail jobs. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/states-where-wal-mart-is-the-largest-employer/741060/11 "2015-12-24T17:25:37Z")
> [@Little\_Pig](#): > > Alabama - 34,000 > Arizona - 32,373 > Arkansas - 50,000 > Florida - 95,000 > Georgia - 51,000 > Illinois - 51,137 > Kentucky - 28,000 > Louisiana - 34,633 > Mississippi - 23,430 > Missouri - 40,000 > Montana - 4,533 > North Carolina - 49,000 > Ohio - 47,000 > Oklahoma - 31,096 > South Carolina - 26,829 > Tennessee - 38,569 > Texas - 156,195 > Virginia - 40,000 > West Virginia - 10,855 > > [Source](http://247wallst.com/special-report/2015/03/19/the-largest-employer-in-each-state-2/) Ok. thanks for sharing.