Industries with the fastest growing and most rapidly declining output
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Table 2.5 Industries with the fastest growing and most rapidly declining output
Industry description |
Sector |
2007 NAICS |
Billions of chained 2005 dollars |
Change |
Annual rate of change |
2010 |
2020 |
2010-20 |
2010-20 |
Fastest growing |
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3341 |
132.3 |
513.0 |
380.7 |
14.5 |
Software publishers |
Information |
5112 |
156.9 |
368.2 |
211.3 |
8.9 |
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3344 |
143.8 |
290.0 |
146.1 |
7.3 |
Computer systems design and related services |
Professional and business services |
5415 |
258.5 |
466.5 |
208.0 |
6.1 |
Data processing, hosting, related services, and other information services |
Information |
518, 519 |
168.2 |
303.2 |
135.0 |
6.1 |
Communications equipment manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3342 |
62.8 |
105.7 |
42.8 |
5.3 |
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works) |
Financial activities |
533 |
134.1 |
219.6 |
85.5 |
5.1 |
Management of companies and enterprises |
Professional and business services |
55 |
318.8 |
494.7 |
175.8 |
4.5 |
Securities, commodity contracts, and other financial investments and related activities |
Financial activities |
523 |
410.7 |
636.6 |
226.0 |
4.5 |
Home health care services |
Health care and social assistance |
6216 |
48.7 |
74.4 |
25.7 |
4.3 |
Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3331 |
47.8 |
72.5 |
24.7 |
4.3 |
Telecommunications |
Information |
517 |
511.3 |
774.7 |
263.4 |
4.2 |
Manufacturing and reproducing magnetic and optical media |
Manufacturing |
3346 |
7.3 |
11.1 |
3.7 |
4.2 |
Couriers and messengers |
Transportation and Warehousing |
492 |
73.9 |
110.9 |
37.0 |
4.1 |
Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3333 |
21.0 |
31.2 |
10.1 |
4.0 |
Railroad rolling stock manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3365 |
10.6 |
15.7 |
5.1 |
4.0 |
Outpatient, laboratory, and other ambulatory care services |
Health care and social assistance |
6214, 6215, 6219 |
146.1 |
215.5 |
69.4 |
4.0 |
Scenic and sightseeing transportation and support activities for transportation |
Transportation and Warehousing |
487, 488 |
63.1 |
93.0 |
29.9 |
4.0 |
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services |
Professional and business services |
5416 |
166.7 |
242.9 |
76.1 |
3.8 |
Employment services |
Professional and business services |
5613 |
157.7 |
229.3 |
71.6 |
3.8 |
Construction |
Construction |
23 |
814.7 |
1,183.3 |
368.7 |
3.8 |
Automotive equipment rental and leasing |
Financial activities |
5321 |
49.7 |
72.0 |
22.3 |
3.8 |
Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3259 |
47.3 |
68.4 |
21.1 |
3.8 |
Most Rapidly declining |
Apparel knitting mills |
Manufacturing |
3151 |
14.8 |
7.1 |
-7.7 |
-7.1 |
Leather and hide tanning and finishing, and other leather and allied product manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3161, 3169 |
4.4 |
3.2 |
-1.3 |
-3.3 |
General Federal non-defense government compensation |
Federal government |
NA |
147.0 |
128.7 |
-18.3 |
-1.3 |
General Federal non-defense government consumption of fixed capital |
Federal government |
NA |
31.3 |
27.4 |
-3.9 |
-1.3 |
Fiber, yarn, and thread mills |
Manufacturing |
3131 |
44.1 |
39.9 |
-4.2 |
-1.0 |
General Federal non-defense government except compensation and consumption of fixed capital |
Federal government |
NA |
138.5 |
127.2 |
-11.3 |
-0.8 |
Postal Service |
Federal government |
491 |
62.0 |
57.5 |
-4.6 |
-0.8 |
General Federal defense government compensation |
Federal government |
NA |
241.6 |
225.0 |
-16.5 |
-0.7 |
General Federal defense government consumption of fixed capital |
Federal government |
NA |
83.1 |
77.4 |
-5.7 |
-0.7 |
General Federal defense government except compensation and consumption of fixed capital |
Federal government |
NA |
288.6 |
272.0 |
-16.6 |
-0.6 |
General State government hospitals compensation |
State and local government |
NA |
29.7 |
28.2 |
-1.5 |
-0.5 |
Tobacco manufacturing |
Manufacturing |
3122 |
54.3 |
52.0 |
-2.2 |
-0.4 |
Fishing, hunting and trapping |
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting |
114 |
6.3 |
6.1 |
-0.2 |
-0.3 |
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