Ranking the Manufacturing Cities of the USA

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A list ranking US metropolitan areas by total manufacturing jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. You'll find many of the results to be quite shocking.

Manufacturing jobs as a percentage of all jobs:

  1. Grand Rapids 19.59%
  2. San Jose 15.50%
  3. Milwaukee 14.17%
  4. Cleveland 11.93%
  5. Detroit 11.84%
  6. Portland 10.96%
  7. Cincinnati 10.69%
  8. Minneapolis 10.06%
  9. Seattle 9.94%

  10. Hartford 9.78%

  11. Charlotte 9.42%
  12. Buffalo 9.36%
  13. Chicago 9.03%
  14. Providence 9.01%
  15. Los Angeles 8.96%
  16. Indianapolis 8.88%
  17. Nashville 8.67%
  18. St Louis 8.48%
  19. Houston 8.26%

  20. Salt Lake City 8.15%

  21. Dallas 7.74%
  22. San Diego 7.60%
  23. Pittsburgh 7.54%
  24. Boston 7.25%
  25. Memphis 7.22%
  26. Kansas City 7.12%
  27. Riverside 7.10%
  28. Virginia Beach - Norfolk 6.99%
  29. Columbus 6.88%

  30. Philadelphia 6.43%

  31. Phoenix 6.25%
  32. Atlanta 6.10%
  33. Austin 6.00%
  34. Oklahoma City 5.97%
  35. Raleigh 5.83%
  36. San Francisco 5.59%
  37. New Orleans 5.34%
  38. Tampa 4.95%
  39. Denver 4.88%

  40. San Antonio 4.78%

  41. Richmond 4.73%
  42. Jacksonville 4.55%
  43. Baltimore 3.96%
  44. Sacramento 3.96%
  45. New York City 3.94%
  46. Orlando 3.57%
  47. Miami 3.36%
  48. Las Vegas 2.36%
  49. Washington DC 1.66%

source: https://www.bls.gov/sae/tables.htm