Top 10 Counties with Best and Worst Food Manufacturing Economies of 2016: Los Angeles, Cook, Maricopa Counties Create Most Food Manufacturing Jobs; Davis, Dane, Bonneville Counties Lose Most

09 Aug 2017 Top 10 Counties with Best and Worst Food Manufacturing Economies of 2016: Los Angeles, Cook, Maricopa Counties Create Most Food Manufacturing Jobs; Davis, Dane, Bonneville Counties Lose Most

Recently released data show that Food Manufacturing job creation in 2016 across counties in the US varied from a high of 2,200 in Los Angeles County, CA to a loss of 700 jobs in Davis County, UT.

Out of more than 1,200 counties with Food Manufacturing economies, the Top 5 job creators also included Cook County-IL (1,000), Maricopa County-AZ (900), Multnomah County-OR (700), and Weber County, UT (600).

Food Manufacturing job losses were also led by Dane County-WI (-600), Bonneville County-ID (-500), Cleveland County-OK (-400), and San Joaquin County-CA (-400) .

Overall in the U.S., the Food Manufacturing Sector created 35,500 net new jobs in 2016.

Research, analysis and content developed by Headlight Data. Original data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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