Editing Harrison County, Indiana (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Corydonvisitorscenter.jpg|thumb|left|Harrison County Visitors Center]]
Harrison County has a diverse economy. Manufacturing industry is centered in the Corydon Industrial Park where automobile-related manufacturing is most prevalent.<ref name=h18/> There is large–scale farming throughout the rural areas of the county; [[corn]] and [[soybean]]s are the county's largest crops.<ref name=h18/> A service and shopping district is centered in Corydon. There are several medical facilities in the county including the [[Harrison County Hospital]], two nursing facilities operated by [[Kindred Healthcare]], and a number of private practices.<ref name=h18/>

The county has a developed tourism industry. The main attractions are the historic sites of Corydon, the county's golf courses, the Horseshoe Riverboat Casino and Hotel, and the area's two famous caves: [[Squire Boone Caverns]] near Mauckport and [[Wyandotte Caves]] in adjoining [[Crawford County, Indiana|Crawford County]]. The casino is the county's single largest source of tax revenue and produced $23.5 million in tax revenue during 2007.<ref>Harrison County Chamber of Commerce, p. 22.</ref>

Multiple utility companies serve the county. Electricity is provided by the [[Touchstone Energy|Harrison Rural Electric Membership Cooperative]] (REMC) and [[Duke Energy]]. Natural gas is provided by the Indiana Utilities Corporation in Corydon and several small distributors provide rural service. Land-line telephone service is provided exclusively by [[Verizon]]. [[Cable television]] is provided by [[Insight Communications]] in some parts of the county. Water is pumped from a number of corporations, the largest being South Harrison Water Corporation and Ramsey Water Inc.<ref name="h18">Harrison County Chamber of Commerce, p. 18.</ref>

As of July 2009, the county's largest employer was the Horseshoe Southern Indiana casino with 1,600 employees. Other large employers: [[Tyson Foods]] employs 550, Harrison County Hospital employs 504, South Harrison Community School Corporation employs 425, [[Blue River Services]] employs 405, [[Wal-Mart]] employs 400, North Harrison Community School Corporation employs 311, ICON Metal Forming employs 200, Darmic Inc. employs 120, Kindred Healthcare employs 115, Smith Store Fixtures and [[Lucas Oil]] Products each employs 80, [[Norstam Veneers]] employs 50, and Speed Flex employs 41. An additional 92 businesses employ 5 to 40 workers. 13% of the workforce is in retail, 12% in government, 12% in manufacturing, 11% in services, 8% in accommodations and food services, 8% in agriculture, 7% in construction, 7% working for local utilities, 6% in finance, insurance, and real estate, and 6% in other trades.<ref>Harrison County Chamber of Commerce, p. 19.</ref> The Louisville, Jefferson County, KY-IN Metropolitan statistical area to which Harrison County belongs had an unemployment rate of 10.2% in December 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN Employment Data |url=http://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ky_louisville_msa.htm |access-date=February 17, 2010 |publisher=[[United States Department of Labor]] |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111020547/https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.ky_louisville_msa.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>