Devastating Job Losses

This past week, a report was released by the "American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition," and much of the info was published in the Plain Dealer, showing how devastating the job losses have been between 2000 and 2007. Michigan suffered the most, with the loss of 431,000 jobs, which represented a drop of more than 9%. Ohio was next, with the loss of 209,000 jobs, or 3.7%. The Ohio number is the largest seven year percentage drop in employment since the Great Depression!!! During the period, Ohio lost more than 23% of it's manufacturing jobs!!!

Specifically, the metro regions of Ohio that saw the largest percentage drop in manufacturing employment were:
Springfield-46.9%
Sandusky-36.5%
Steubenville(OH)/Weirton(WV)-31.4%
Dayton-31.2%
Lima-30.7%
Canton-30.6%
Youngstown-27.3%
Mansfield-25.7%
Cleveland-25.2% (48,800 jobs)
Columbus-24.4%
Toledo-22.6%
Cincinnati-18.4%
Akron-17.5% (10,000 jobs)