Los Angeles is largest manufacturing center in U.S., government says

The L.A. Times reports:

The largest manufacturing workforce in the country is based in the Los Angeles, Long Beach and Santa Ana metropolitan area, according to government figures.

As of July, the region had 510,900 manufacturing workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Producers in Chicago and the surrounding cities employ 408,100 workers; in New York, northern New Jersey and Long Island, there are 356,100 manufacturing workers.

Probably because of the Southland’s massive size and long history as a manufacturing base, companies there have far more workers on their payrolls than do similar businesses to the north.

Interesting.