Check out Rebuilding Rural Manufacturing (PDF) in the latest issue of The Main Street Economist published by The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. It provides a nice overview in six pages of trends impacting the manufacturing sector, and what they mean for rural economies and jobs.

NADO recently compiled a list of U.S. counties or county equivalents ranked by their reliance on manufacturing employment (i.e. manufacturing jobs as percentage of total jobs). Here’s the top ten:

1. Calhoun County, AR (67%)

2. Hancock County, KY (65%)

3. Aleutians West, AK (61%)

4. Bristol County, MA (58%)

5. Pontotoc County, MS (56%)

6. Roseau County, MN (52%)

7. Howard County, AR (51%)

8. Scott County, MS (51%)

9. Chickasaw County, MS (48%)

10. Hancock County, IA (47%)

Click here to download the entire spreadsheet.