The aerospace industry, which once employed nearly 300,000 workers in the county, now has about 133,000.
The mine, which once employed 6,000 people, closed in 1986.
And all the factories are gone that once employed those who did not go to college.
Factories that once employed thousands of workers have been closed for years.
The huge depletion of the population cost society half the people once employed in service jobs.
Many of his investments are in chemical companies, the industry that once employed him.
The company, which once employed 150,000, now expects to have a work force of fewer than 55,000 by June.
Of the 100,000 or so workers once employed by the region's industries, only about 37,500 will be on the payroll at year's end.
But the real losers in this process have been the 500,000 workers who were once employed on the commercial farms.
Once employed, they can remain members for two months with full shower privileges.