282,800Number of workers employed in:construction and mining: 16,100manufacturing: 58,400trade, transportation and utilities: 49,500information: 6,100financial activities: 12,200professional and business

fishing, and forestry; 120,155 in construction and mining, gas, and oil extraction; 106,280 in installation, maintenance, and repair; 224,110 in production; and 167,160 in transportation and material

shopping center growth, and housing construction. Poverty and unemployment plagued Newark, which in July, 1967, was the scene of a major race riot. Two bright spots have been the port, which since 1985

insurance, telecommunications, architecture/construction, and transportation, Omaha's economy has grown dramatically since the early 1990s. In 2001 identified Omaha as one of the Top 10 high tech havens

and bio-technology. Naval shipbuilding and construction remain key as well, with Bath Iron Works in Bath and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery. Naval Air Station Brunswick is also in Maine, and formerly

the old wooden structures there arose more modern constructions in steel and stone. Today, Chicago is a major Great Lakes port and the commercial, financial, industrial, and cultural center of the Midwest.

mining booms, and the construction of the first transcontinental railroad initially brought economic growth, and the city was nicknamed the Crossroads of the West. It was traversed by the Lincoln Highway,

Since its construction in the 1950s, Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport has served as a key engine of Atlanta's economic growth. Delta Air Lines, the city's largest employer and the metro

round warm weather and abundant sunshine is a major factor in Scottsdale's tourism appeal. In particular, during the winter, thousands of wealthy tourists from the midwest, the northeast, and as far away

282,800Number of workers employed in:construction and mining: 16,100manufacturing: 58,400trade, transportation and utilities: 49,500information: 6,100financial activities: 12,200professional and business