Manufacturing in Missouri

<p>The US Census Bureau recently posted several articles celebrating the 12th anniversary of Manufacturing Day. One of those posts included an infographic identifying manufacturing as the fifth-largest employer of the US economy. </p><p>That infographic got us thinking, what does manufacturing look like in Missouri? How much of Missouri's workforce is employed in the manufacturing sector? How has that employment changed over time? Fortunately, thanks to our friends at the Missouri Census Data Center, we can answer those questions with County Business Patterns data.</p><p></p>