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Dayton 5th-worst for manufacturing losses
Friday, August 12, 2011 

The Dayton-area ranked as the 5th-worst metro out of 100 cities across the country for percentage of manufacturing jobs lost during the past five years, according to an analysis by Bizjournals.com. 

But Dayton wasn’t alone. 

The nation’s 100 major markets lost 1.43 million manufacturing jobs during the past five years -- an average of 783 each day. 

Few metros have been exempt from this freefall. Only four of the top 100 markets possess more manufacturing jobs today than in mid-2006: Bakersfield and Modesto, Calif.; Charleston, S.C., and Houston. 

Click below to read national story and search database of all 100 metros and see details of Dayton’s losses. 

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