Mentor leads Greater Cleveland cities as home for people working in manufacturing: Sunday's Numbers
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Mentor leads Greater Cleveland cities as home for people working
in manufacturing: Sunday's Numbers
By: Rich Exner, The Plain Dealer
Though manufacturing isn't what it once was in Cleveland, one
out of every nine employed Cleveland residents still works in the
manufacturing industry, new Census estimates show.
22 percent: The share of employed Mentor
residents working in the manufacturing industry, highest among area
cities, according to Census Bureau estimates for 2008-10 released
last week for places of at least 20,000 people.
6.9 percent: South Euclid residents working in
manufacturing, lowest among area cities of at least 20,000.
12.2 percent: Cleveland residents working in
manufacturing.
11.3 percent: Cincinnati residents in
manufacturing.
7.4 percent: Columbus residents working in
manufacturing.