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==Economy== [[Image:Autumn Desktop.jpg|thumb|alt=Autumn Soybean fields awaiting harvest in Blackford County|right|Autumn Soybean fields awaiting harvest in Blackford County]] Blackford County's economy is supported by a labor force of approximately 5,900 workers with an unemployment rate for June 2013 of 9.8 percent.<ref name="StatsIndiana">{{Cite web |last=STATS Indiana |title=InDepth Profile: Blackford County, Indiana |url=http://www.stats.indiana.edu/profiles/profiles.asp?scope_choice=a&county_changer=18009 |access-date=August 16, 2013 |publisher=Indiana Business Research Center, Indiana University Kelly School of Business}}</ref> There are industrial parks in Montpelier and Hartford City, and both cities are served by railroad line owned by Norfolk Southern.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blackford Industrial Park |url=http://www.blackfordcoedc.org/pages.asp?PageIndex=391 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320231210/http://www.blackfordcoedc.org/pages.asp?PageIndex=391 |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |access-date=July 1, 2011 |publisher=Blackford County Economic Development Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Montpelier Industrial Park |url=http://www.blackfordcoedc.org/pages.asp?PageIndex=392 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320231219/http://www.blackfordcoedc.org/pages.asp?PageIndex=392 |archive-date=March 20, 2012 |access-date=July 1, 2011 |publisher=Blackford County Economic Development Corporation}}</ref> Over 30 employers of varying size are located in the county.<ref name="BCED">{{Cite web |title=Blackford County Employers |url=http://www.blackfordcoedc.org/pages.asp?Page=Existing%20Employers&PageIndex=383 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110504172433/http://www.blackfordcoedc.org/pages.asp?Page=Existing%20Employers&PageIndex=383 |archive-date=May 4, 2011 |access-date=July 1, 2011 |publisher=Blackford County Economic Development Corporation}}</ref> The Blackford County School System has the most employees, with locations in both Hartford City and Montpelier.<ref name="BCED" /> 3M Company is currently the largest manufacturer in the county, and has been located in Hartford City since its purchase of the Hartford City Paper Mill in 1955.<ref name="AHist88">{{harvnb|Blackford County Historical Society (Ind.)|1986|p=88}}</ref> Another business employing more than 100 people is Blackford County Community Hospital, located in Hartford City.<ref name="BCED" /> Emhart Gripco is Montpelier's leading employer, with over 100 employees.<ref name="BCED" /><ref>{{harvnb|Blackford County Historical Society (Ind.)|1986|p=108}}</ref> Four categories account for over half the county's employment: [[manufacturing]], government, [[retailing|retail trade]], and [[health care]].<ref name="StatsIndiana" /> The largest category is manufacturing, with about 19 percent of the county's workforce. In addition to local Blackford County businesses, larger local economies in the more populous counties to the south and west offer employment and commerce, particularly in the city of Muncie in Delaware County, and the city of [[Marion, Indiana|Marion]] in Grant County. Both counties employ more workers than their local workforce can provide.<ref>{{Cite web |last=STATS Indiana |title=InDepth Profile: Delaware County, Indiana |url=http://www.stats.indiana.edu/profiles/profiles.asp?scope_choice=a&county_changer=18035 |access-date=July 1, 2011 |publisher=Indiana Business Research Center, Indiana University Kelly School of Business}}</ref><ref name="STATS Indiana">{{Cite web |title=InDepth Profile: Grant County, Indiana |url=http://www.stats.indiana.edu/profiles/profiles.asp?scope_choice=a&county_changer=18053 |access-date=July 1, 2011 |publisher=Indiana Business Research Center, Indiana University Kelly School of Business}}</ref> [[Agriculture]] has a significant impact on the county, although farm workers account for only about 5 percent of the county's workers.<ref name="StatsIndiana" /> In 2007, the county had 250 farms occupying {{convert|84626|acre|ha}},<ref name="USDA2007">{{Cite web |last=United States Department of Agriculture |title=2007 Census of Agriculture, County Profile, Blackford County Indiana |url=http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Online_Highlights/County_Profiles/Indiana/cp18009.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606175853/http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/Publications/2007/Online_Highlights/County_Profiles/Indiana/cp18009.pdf |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |access-date=July 1, 2011 |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture}}</ref> so four-fifths of Blackford County is farmland. Nearly {{convert|72000|acre|ha}} are devoted to soybeans and corn. [[Wheat]], [[hay]], and [[oat]]s are also grown. [[Livestock]] include over 24,000 hogs and [[pig]]s.<ref name="USDA2007" />
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