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El Centro, California, has highest percentage decrease in manufacturing employment since 2006

March 24, 2016

From January 2006 to January 2016, employment in manufacturing decreased for most metropolitan areas. Over that period, El Centro, California, had the largest percentage decrease in manufacturing employment among areas (−60.0 percent). Lewiston, Idaho, had the largest percentage increase (41.9 percent).

Percent change in metropolitan area employment in manufacturing, not seasonally adjusted, January 2006–January 2016



Bubble size indicates size of change. Blue means positive change; red means negative change; gray means no change.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Other areas with decreases in manufacturing employment larger than 40 percent from January 2006 to January 2016 were Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey (−52.4 percent); Dothan, Alabama (−47.6 percent); Laredo, Texas (−46.2 percent); Flint, Michigan (−43.1 percent); Corvallis, Oregon (−40.8 percent); and Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia-Ohio (−40.7 percent).

From January 2006 to January 2016, other areas with an increase in manufacturing employment of more than 30 percent were Mobile, Alabama (37.2 percent); Kennewick-Richland, Washington (37.0 percent); Florence-Muscle-Shoals, Alabama (33.3 percent); and Midland, Texas (33.3 percent).

These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — January 2016" (HTML) (PDF).

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, El Centro, California, has highest percentage decrease in manufacturing employment since 2006 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2016/el-centro-california-has-highest-percentage-decrease-in-manufacturing-employment-since-2006.htm (visited March 28, 2024).

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