This slideshow is based on Census Bureau date released earlier this week showing manufacturing statistics at the state, metro area and county levels, as well as for cities and towns, for more than 350 manufacturing industries.
The Census Bureau earlier this week released manufacturing statistics from its 2012 Economic Census at the state, metro area and county levels, as well as for cities and towns, for more than 350 manufacturing industries. The data cover more than 296,000 U.S. manufacturing establishments within every state and their localities. At the top of the list was California employing 1.2 million at 38,741 companies.
