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The five Gulf Coast states are home to more than half-a-million petroleum industry jobs

(Source: Independent Petroleum Association of America, 2009 data, published in August 2011)

 Alabama  
 Oil and Natural Gas Extraction  1,903
 Refining  1,639
Transportation   3,102
 Wholesale  3,085
 Retail  17,152
 Pipeline Construction 1,359
 Oilfield Machinery
 Florida  
 Oil and Natural Gas Extraction  841
 Refining  456
Transportation   2,118
 Wholesale  6,035
 Retail  36,821
 Pipeline Construction  687
 Oilfield Machinery 24
Louisiana  
 Oil and Natural Gas Extraction 47,803
 Refining  10,955
Transportation   4,149
 Wholesale 3,768
 Retail  18,239
 Pipeline Construction  18,069
 Oilfield Machinery  8,700
 Texas  
 Oil and Natural Gas Extraction  199,084
 Refining  22,869
Transportation   21,257
 Wholesale  16,125
 Retail  69,480
 Pipeline Construction  26,304
 Oilfield Machinery 40,351 
Mississippi  
 Oil and Natural Gas Extraction  4,984
 Refining  2,139
Transportation   1,629
 Wholesale  2,224
 Retail  14,436
 Pipeline Construction  2,047
 Oilfield Machinery  103