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Manufacturing Fades as Biggest Employer in the Most Counties
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Between 2008 and 2013, health care appears to have surpassed manufacturing as the major private employer in the largest share of U.S. counties. Manufacturing employed the most people in about 30 percent of counties in 2008. By 2013, the share had dropped to one-fourth, while the counties where health care was the biggest employer grew to almost a third from one-fourth in 2008. In every state but Hawaii, the health care category, which includes "social assistance" jobs such as day care and food bank workers, became the No. 1 source of employment in at least one county. Hover over counties to see employment trends.
By Tim Henderson
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