#440. Top U.S. States for New Manufacturing Jobs – It May Not Be Where You Expected!

Top U.S. States for New Manufacturing Jobs – It’s May Not Be Where You Expected!

We have reported over that past several months the companies that are re-shoring jobs – bringing them back to the United States. CNBC recently posted a story on where new manufacturing jobs are occurring. The results are a bit surprising…

First, some facts:

• There are 12 million manufacturing jobs on record in the United States.
• Manufacturing declined more in the last decade that it did in the Great Depression, some 5.7 million lost jobs.
• In January 2012, there were more unemployed Americans (12.8 million) than there were American who worked in manufacturing.

As for the states that are creating the most manufacturing jobs, Michigan, Texas, Indiana, Ohio, and Wisconsin top the list. Here is a chart of the top 20:

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