1,400,000
1,350,000
1,300,000
1,250,000
1,200,000
1,150,000
1,100,000
1,050,000
1,000,000
1970s 1980s 1990s 2000
TO
PRESENT
1979
PEAK INDUSTRIAL
EMPLOYMENT
1,179,700 Employed
s 1980s
1983
THE BIG BUST
Almost 100,000 Jobs Lost
Between 1981 and 1983
Unemployment Tops 18%
50,000 People Move Out
0 2000
TO
PRESENT
1994
A WAKE-UP CALL
Allegheny Conference Commissions Benchmarking
Analysis by CMU President Robert Mehrabian
Report Calls for Fundamental Change in Economic
Development Strategy, a Shared Regional Vision
TODAY
A NEW PITTSBURGH REGION
Record High Employment – 1,280,700
More People Moving in Annually than Moving Out
Record
High
Employment
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