Bureau of Economic Development Agriculture is defined as jobs that relate to the production of crops and livestock. Construction involves creation of buildings, alterations and public works projects. Governments include local, state and federal agencies. Industrial Products include both the production of durable and nondurable goods. Manufacturing concerns companies, operations and shipments.
Mining involves the extraction of minerals and gases and the initial processing of such materials.
Retail is merchandise intended for personal or home use. Services involve tasks which are consumed through personal, business and transportation activities. Wholesale is merchandise intended for business use. A comparison of Figures 3 and 4 indicates several similarities and differences. First, all of the industrial sectors are growing at a rate faster than the Cincinnati CMSA statistics, with the exception of manufacturing.