Modeling industrial location decisions in U.S. counties

Table 1: Plant Births by Sector

SIC Code	Industry	Plant Births 1989		1997 Number	%
SIC Code	Industry	Number	%	1997 Number	%
20â	Food and Kindred Products	1756	5ТГ	1513	5^Γ^
21	Tobacco Products	15	0.0	15	0.1
22	Textile Mill Products	572	1.6	486	1.6
23	Apparel and Others Textile Products	3319	9.4	2704	9.1
24	Lumber and Wood Products	4058	11.5	3461	11.6
25	Furniture and Fixtures	1481	4.2	953	3.2
26	Paper and Allied Products	397	1.1	346	1.2
27	Printing and Publishing	6273	17.8	4375	14.7
28	Chemicals and Allied Products	1048	3.0	997	3.3
29	Petroleum and Coal Products	206	0.6	287	1.0
30	Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastic Products	1360	3.8	1049	3.5
31	Leather and Leather Products	167	0.5	147	0.5
32	Stone, Clay, and Glass Products	1400	4.0	1110	3.7
33	Primary Metal Industries	526	1.5	414	1.4
34	Fabricated Metal Products	3096	8.8	2264	7.6
35	Industrial Machinery and Equipment	3696	10.5	4258	14.3
36	Electronic and Other Electrical Equipment	1845	5.2	1598	5.4
37	Transportation Equipment	1128	3.2	1193	4.0
38	Instruments and Related Products	808	2.3	802	2.7
39	Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries	2186	6.2	1849	6.2
Total		35337	100.0	29821	100.0