Article: Arkansas Industrial Jobs Down 7.3% Over Twenty-Four Months.

Industrial employment in Arkansas fell 7.3% over the past twenty-four months according to the 2010 Arkansas Manufacturers Register, an industrial directory published annually by Manufacturers' News, Inc. (MNI) Evanston, IL. MNI reports Arkansas lost 16,587 manufacturing jobs over the past two years, with 3,178 jobs lost between September 2007 and September 2008 and 13,409 industrial jobs from 2008 to September of this year.

Manufacturers' News reports Arkansas is now home to 3,860 manufacturers employing 212,213 workers, compared to a high of 269,815 industrial workers recorded by MNI in 2001. Manufacturing jobs have declined steadily in the state since 2001, ...

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