Chapter 7: Industrial and Commercial Organization

Los Angeles holds the claim of being the largest manufacturing center in the United States with 500,ooo workers in manufacturing activities in 2003. The largest components are:
Apparel: 63,800 jobs
Computer and electronic products: 60,000 jobs
Transportation products: 54,600 jobs
Fabricated metal products: 49,900
Food products: 44,800
Furniture: 27,400

Only Detroit produces more automobiles than Los Angeles. Banking and financing also are important industries as more than 100 foreign and countless domestic banks operate branches in Los Angeles. The best known industry in Los Angeles is the entertainment, with the production of film, television, and music.