Over 740,000 Employed at Midwestern Region Industrial Plants

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated; Houston, Texas). Over 740,000 persons are employed at industrial plants in the United States' Midwest region, which includes the states of Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and North Dakota. Industrialinfo.com's Midwest Region Online Plant Directory features the contacts, addresses, and phone numbers for over 6,300 key management contacts at nearly 3,200 industrial plants.

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Missouri leads the region in industrial employment with over 184,000 employees, followed by Minnesota with over 170,000 employees with Iowa and Kansas rounding out the top four states of the region with each employing just over 140,000 persons each. The remaining states boasting a significant presence in industrial employment are Nebraska with over 66,000 employees, South Dakota with over 24,000 and North Dakota with over 12,000 employees.

Of Industrialinfo.com's Twelve Major Industrial Industries, the industrial manufacturing sector leads the region in employment with just under 400,000 employees at 920 manufacturing plants. These plants include aircraft assembly plants, aircraft and automobile parts manufacturing, electronic component plants and heavy equipment manufacturing. At a distant second is the food processing industry with over 185,000 employees at 839 plants, followed by the minerals, metals and mining industry with 59,000 employees at 310 plants.

Other industries covered include pulp, paper and wood, pharmaceutical-biotech, chemical processing, petroleum refining, oil and natural gas processing, storage and transmission, synthetic fuels and the power industry. While only representing just under two percent of total employment for the region, 14,570 employees at 290 plants, the power industry leads the pack for capital and maintenance spending with over $2 billion scheduled for kick off during the last half of 2003.