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MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES. 307
Manufacturing in U.S., by Major Industries-1947 and 1939
Data in table below on manufacturing In the United States in 1947 and 1939 are from the
Bureau of the Census.
1947. I 1939.
Production and
All Employees. Related Workers.
Industry Group- q e
ALL INDUSTRIES, TOTAL.240.801 14,292 $39,681 11,918 24,354 $30,248 74.364 173,802 7,808 524,487
Food and kindred products.....39.904 1,440 3,799 1,098 2.368 2.583 9.022 43.667 802 3.485
Tobacco manufactures......... 1,087 112 206 104 199 176 643 765 88 350
Textile mill products........... 8,110 1.233 2.833 1,147 2.307 2,449 5,334 6.388 1.081 1,818
Apparel and related products.. 30,905 1,081 2,530 974 1,819 2,020 4,423 20,275 753 1,386
Lumber and products, except
furniture .................. 26,324 639 1,347 599 1,254 1,188 2.513 13.208 423 731
Furniture and fixtures........ 7,687 322 824 283 594 654 1.379 5.178 189 418
Paper and allied products..... 4,103 450 1,281 389 851 1,011 2,875 3,328 270 888
Printing and publishing
industries .................. 28,987 715 2,277 436 904 1,318 4,269 24,878 324 1,765
Chemicals and allied products.. 10,073 632 1,883 467 977 1,226 5,360 8.839 276 1,819
Petroleum and coal products.. 1,387 212 740 170 356 559 2,017 1,227 108 697
Rubber products .............. 875 259 783 215 425 615 1,303 595 121 406
Leather and leather products.. 5,307 384 874 349 677 725 1,485 3,505 327 583
Stone, clay and glass products. 11,650 462 1,211 406 840 995 2,307 6,678 267 856
Primary metal industries ...... 5,363 1,157 3,601 1,010 2,054 2,981 5,775 3,512 672 2,169
Fabricated metal products..... 16,729 971 2,828 822 1,692 2,184 4,918 9,532 451 1,401
Machinery (except electrical).. 17,907 1,546 4,807 1.244 2,585 3,595 7,817 8,860 536 2,037
Electrical machinery ........... 3,973 801 2,274 639 1,295 1,647 3,894 1.979 248 942
Transportation equipment ...... 3,706 1,180 3, 13 985 1.975 2,934 5,860 2.012 545 1,773
Instruments, related products.. 2,599 232 665 182 368 468 1,080 1,292 85 333
Miscellaneous manufactures. ... 14.125 464 1,205 397 814 920 2,090 8,084 242 630
*Value added by manufacture is computed by subtracting cost of materials and supplies from value
of shipments.
Manufacturing, Principal U.S. Cities-1947 and 1939
Table below shows basic data from the Census of Manufactures in 1948 for the calendar
year 1947, with comparative data on the next preceding census of 1939.
1947. 19392.
All Production
Employees. Workers.
ICity- i 'u 4w ad 9PChicago, Ill..............3,396,808
Philadelphia, Pa............ 1,931.334
Detroit, Mleh ...........1,623,452
Los Angeles. CaliUf ........... 1.504.277
Cleveland. Ohio............ 878.336
Baltimore. Md ............ 859.100
St. Louis, Mo ............. 816.048
Boston, Mass.............. 770,816
Pittsburgh, Pa ............ 671.659
Washington, D.C........... 663,091
San Francisco, Calif......... 634,536
Milwaukee, Wis ........... 587,472
Buffalo, N.Y.. ......... . 575,901
New Orleans, La .......... 494.537
Minneapolis, Minn........... 492,370
Cincinnatil, Ohio............ 455,610
Newark, N.J............... 429,760
Kansas City, Mo............. 399,178
Indianapolis, Ind........... 386,972
Houston, Texas ............. 384,514
Seattle, Wash.............. .368,302
Rochester, N. Y............. 324,975
Denver. Colo: .............. .322.412
Louisville,. Ky............... 319,077
Columbus, Ohio .............. 306.087
Portland. Ore .............. 305,394
Atlanta. Ga............... 302,28810,239 687.2
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