Top 10 Counties with Best and Worst Food Manufacturing Economies of 2014: Vanderburgh County/ Evansville IN Creates Most Food Manufacturing Jobs; Marshall County/ Albertville AL Loses Most

12 Aug 2015 Top 10 Counties with Best and Worst Food Manufacturing Economies of 2014: Vanderburgh County/ Evansville IN Creates Most Food Manufacturing Jobs; Marshall County/ Albertville AL Loses Most

Recently released data show that food manufacturing job creation in 2014 across counties in the US varied from a high of 1,100 in Vanderburgh County, IN (Evansville) to a loss of 900 jobs in Marshall County, AL (Albertville).

Out of more than 1,000 counties with food manufacturing economies, the Top 5 job creators also included Merced County-CA (Merced), Adams County-CO (Denver), Blair County-PA (Altoona), and Cumberland County, PA (Harrisburg).

Food table

Food manufacturing job losses were led by Marshall County-AL (Albertville), Polk County-MN (Grand Forks), and Calhoun County-MI (Battle Creek).

Employee Net Growth for Food Manufacturing Industry by County

Job creation in the Food Manufacturing sector in the US has rebounded since the recession but has been in long-term decline. In the last 5 years, the sector grew 2% and created 35,000 new jobs. The sector currently employs 1.5 million people in the US.

Food US Trend

 

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