PENNSYLVANIA

With 90,556 workers the food processing industry is the largest industrial sector in the state. With 87,647 employees industrial machinery comes in second followed by fabricated metals with 81,287. Chemicals, plastics, and electronics are some of the other leading industries of Pennsylvania. The nineteenth largest agricultural producer in the country is Pennsylvania. It is the top grower of mushrooms. It is ranked seventh in winemaking, fifth in grapes production and fourth in apple farming. A sizable portion of the agricultural sector livestock farming generated about 68% of the agriculture income of the state. The three industries with the largest employment contributions in Pennsylvania in 2022, Healthcare and Social Assistance, Retail Trade, and Educational Services represented a combined 44.4% of the employment of the state. Hay and corn are the most important crops but with 443 billion pounds of yearly mushroom production, the state leads the nation in this area. Broadcasting and telecommunications, administrative and support services, health care services, and construction are among the significant sectors of the state. Real estate, insurance, and finance companies provide the second-highest amount of revenue in the state from critical services. Some of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia’s largest banks are backing the real estate. Pennsylvania is the biggest coal producer in the nation and the only state in America to produce anthracite coal. Limestone used to make cement is the second most important material mined in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is the eleventh most visited city in the United States making Pennsylvania one of the top tourism destinations in the nation for years. More than 710,000 foreign guests came to Philadelphia. Philadelphia was essential to the process of laying the foundation of the nation.