Metric

Manufacturing activity create

In Q2 2013, LA County had 12,542 manufacturing establishments employing 366,414 workers, accounting for 2.9 percent of all firms in the County and nine percent of all workers.

Our target:

Manufacturing firms in LA County will account for six percent of all establishments countywide, employing 18 percent of the workforce.

9 %

2012

18 %

2049

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