JOB TREND: Orange County’s continuing shift away...
JOB TREND: Orange County’s continuing shift away from manufacturing (above) is “congruent with that of the larger, national economy,” says UC Irvine history professor Spencer Olin. . . . But Olin, editor of the forthcoming “Postsuburban California: The Transformation of Orange County since World War II,” says the real trend to watch here is the shift to an “information-based” economy, encompassing sales, services and government.
OC Manufacturing Percentage of all jobs in Orange County in manufacturing. 1975: 26.9 ‘80: 26.5 ‘85: 23.9 ‘90: 20.9 ‘92*: 20.1 *projected Source: California Employment Development Dept.
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