The U.S. manufacturing employment landscape is being redrawn: the South and the Mountain West are becoming a new industrial axis.
An analysis based on projections from labor departments in 49 U.S. states shows that over the next decade, manufacturing employment growth will be concentrated in the South and the Mountain West: Texas leads in absolute gains, while Utah, Arizona, and Idaho lead in growth rate. But in only 12 states does manufacturing growth outpace overall employment growth, suggesting this is more like a capital-intensive reindustrialization.