The Southwest U.S. increased its manufacturing output more than any other region in the U.S. in the four years through 2020, according to an analysis by The Wall Street Journal of data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.
This area added more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs from January 2017 to January 2020, representing 30% of U.S. job growth in that sector and at roughly triple the national growth rate, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Some of the companies creating new manufacturing facilities in this region include: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), Tesla, Intel, Lucid Motors, Steel Dynamics, SpaceX, Pegatron, Haas Automation and Benchmark Electronics.