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Hi, I'm curious, where are the big manufacturing hubs in the US? Any industry... I'm looking them up slightly for business reasons but moreso out of interest.
Metro Area(MSA) Manufacturing GDP, 2010
$20 Billion+
Los Angeles $74.4 Billion
Chicago $64.5 Billion
Houston $57.5 Billion
San Jose $44.9 Billion
San Francisco $40.9 Billion
Portland $32.6 Billion
Detroit $30.2 Billion
Seattle $28.0 Billion
Boston $27.8 Billion
Minneapolis $25.0 Billion
Indianapolis $23.2 Billion
Atlanta $22.1 Billion
Thanks, I'm surprised to see so many manufacturers in places like New York, Chicago, San Jose. Perhaps they're including industries that don't fit the stereotypical manufacturing definition that I'm thinking of.
I'm afraid that the days of mass manufacturing are long behind America. Those statistics are pretty impressive, but I'd love to see similar statistics for say 1992, 1982, 1972, 1962...
Thanks, I'm surprised to see so many manufacturers in places like New York, Chicago, San Jose. Perhaps they're including industries that don't fit the stereotypical manufacturing definition that I'm thinking of.
San Jose, maybe related to the tech industry. Silicon Valley office parks started around light industry, in the 80s the tech companies would make their products there. Some must be left, the high value of their products must boost it by GDP. New York was the largest manufacturing metro (and city) in 1950, though not per capita. Ford still has a plant in Chicago. Note how low DC is.
I'm afraid that the days of mass manufacturing are long behind America. Those statistics are pretty impressive, but I'd love to see similar statistics for say 1992, 1982, 1972, 1962...
Not necessarily. Modernization alone will consistently reduce the amount of workers needed in manufacturing while at the same time increasing output capacity.
It's more accurate to say the days of having 10,000+ people working inside the same factory are long behind America. No longer can people just walk off the street into a factory. Now you need to actually have brains for the job.
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