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LA Still Tops in Manufacturing

LOS ANGELES-Even more jobs could be created, but shortage of industrial space is pushing employers elsewhere.

By David M. Kinchen | Updated on August 10, 2000

LOS ANGELES-Despite the well-publicized aerospace cutbacks of the last decade, this county retains its position as the largest manufacturing area in the nation, with its 643,400 manufacturing jobs last year edging out second-place Chicago.

That’s the good news from the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp. The bad news is that—due in large part to those aerospace cutbacks, and a nettlesome shortage of commercial manufacturing space for sale or rent–the 643,400 figure is a whopping 243,800 under the peak manufacturing job year of 1987, when 887,200 such jobs drove the county’s economy.

Chicago, which held the top position in the nation from 1994 to 1996, had 639,500 manufacturing jobs last year, says Ken Ackbarali, an LAEDC economist. Detroit had 446,800, followed by Philadelphia with 303,200 and New York with 302,100. Ackbarali notes that LA County has about 9.7 million residents and will pass the 10 million mark in 2001.

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