These days, as high-tech manufacturing has become more significant than agriculture in the area, the five Cs might well be revised to include computer components, chips and communications.
Phoenix ranks third among electronic production centers in the United States.
Overall, manufacturing employs approximately 148,000 people in Metro Phoenix at some 3,400 firms. Technology's dominance is so strong that 43 percent of the Valley's manufacturing comes from high tech, compared to only 15 percent nationally. According to a 1998 report prepared by Arizona State University, high-tech manufacturing accounts for one of every five jobs in Arizona, and has a greater economic impact than any other industrial sector.