EMBARGOED UNTIL: 10 A.M. EST, APRIL 30, 1997 (WEDNESDAY) Public Information Office CB97-71 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Julius Smith 301-457-4741 California Had The Most Manufacturing Jobs In 1995, Census Bureau Says In New State-By-State Report In 1995, California had more persons employed in manufacturing jobs (1.9 million) than any other state, according to a new 50-state Internet tabulation being released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. The report will be available in a few weeks. Three states tied for second place: Ohio, Texas, and Illinois each employed about one million people in this sector of the economy. Hawaii (17,300), Alaska (15,800), the District of Columbia (13,800), and Wyoming (9,900) had the fewest number of employees in these types of jobs. The report, "1995 Annual Survey of Manufactures, Geographic Area Statistics" (M95(AS)-3), and corresponding Internet tables provide data on the number of employees, production workers, value added by manufacture, cost of materials, value of shipments, and new capital expenditures for all manufacturing establishments for the nation, each state, and the District of Columbia. The data include manufacturing industry groups such as: food, apparel, lumber, chemicals, computers, and transportation equipment. The report and Internet tables are from a sample of 58,000 manufacturing establishments and are subject to sampling as well as nonsampling variability. Sources of nonsampling variability include errors of response, nonreporting, and coverage. Measures of sampling variability, presented as relative standard errors, are shown in publication tables. The Internet address for this information is: http://www.census.gov/prod/www/titles.html#mm, or call the Public Information Office on 301-457-3030 for a paper copy. The Public Information Office will announce the report on the Tipsheet in the Recently Released section when it is available.-X-The Census Bureau--pre-eminent collector and provider of timely, relevant, and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In over 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries, and institutions.
