Editing Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Lancaster County Field and Farm Implement 3264px.jpg|thumb|A Lancaster County farm with a [[Horse-drawn vehicle#Agricultural|horse-drawn farm implement]] near a corn field]]
[[File:Hordeum vulgare in Lancaster, PA-001.jpg|thumb|A field of wheat in the county]]
In 2021, the county had a [[Per capita personal income in the United States|per capita personal income]] (PCPI) of $61,547, 96% of the national average. This reflects a growth of 5.7% from the prior year, versus a 7.3% growth for the nation as a whole.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 16, 2022 |title=Economic Profile for Lancaster |url=https://apps.bea.gov/regional/bearfacts/?f=42071&a=4 |access-date=January 4, 2023 |website=Bureau of Economic Analysis BEARFACTS}}</ref> The county poverty rate was 8.8% compared to a national rate of 11.6%.<ref name=qf/>

In 2005, Lancaster County was 10th of all counties in Pennsylvania with 17.7% of its workforce employed in manufacturing; the state averages 13.7%, and the leader, [[Crawford County, Pennsylvania|Crawford County]], has only 25.1%.<ref>{{cite web|author=American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_GCT2404_ST2&-CONTEXT=gct&-tree_id=305&-redoLog=true&-geo_id=04000US42&-format=ST-2&-_lang=en|title=GCT2404. Percent of Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and Over in the Manufacturing Industry: 2005|publisher=Factfinder.census.gov|access-date=October 9, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212034653/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_GCT2404_ST2&-CONTEXT=gct&-tree_id=305&-redoLog=true&-geo_id=04000US42&-format=ST-2&-_lang=en|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lancaster County lags in information workers. It ranks 31st in the state with 1.3% of the workforce; the state as a whole employs 2.1% in information technology.<ref>{{cite web|author=American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_GCT2405_ST2&-tree_id=305&-redoLog=false&-geo_id=04000US42&-format=ST-2&-_lang=en|title=GCT2405. Percent of Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and Over in the Information Industry: 2005|publisher=Factfinder.census.gov|access-date=October 9, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212043517/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_GCT2405_ST2&-tree_id=305&-redoLog=false&-geo_id=04000US42&-format=ST-2&-_lang=en|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The county ranks 11th in the state in managerial and financial workers, despite having 12.5% of the workforce in those occupations (versus the state average of 12.8%). The state leaders are [[Chester County, Pennsylvania|Chester County]] with 20.5% and [[Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Montgomery County]] with 18.5%.<ref>{{cite web|author=American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_GCT2401_ST2&-tree_id=305&-redoLog=false&-geo_id=04000US42&-format=ST-2&-_lang=en|title=GCT2401. Percent of Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and Over in Management, Business, and Financial Occupations: 2005|publisher=Factfinder.census.gov|access-date=October 9, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212033624/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_GCT2401_ST2&-tree_id=305&-redoLog=false&-geo_id=04000US42&-format=ST-2&-_lang=en|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

With 17.3% working in the professions, Lancaster County is 31st in Pennsylvania,
compared to a state average of 21.5%. [[Centre County, Pennsylvania|Centre County]] leads with 31.8%, undoubtedly due to [[Pennsylvania State University|Penn State]]'s giant footprint in an otherwise rural county, but the upscale Philadelphia suburbs of Montgomery County give them 27.2%.<ref>{{cite web|author=American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_GCT2402_ST2&-tree_id=305&-redoLog=false&-geo_id=04000US42&-format=ST-2&-_lang=en|title=GCT2402. Percent of Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and Over in Professional and Related Occupations: 2005|publisher=Factfinder.census.gov|access-date=October 9, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212035108/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_GCT2402_ST2&-tree_id=305&-redoLog=false&-geo_id=04000US42&-format=ST-2&-_lang=en|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lancaster County ranks even lower, 34th, in service workers, with 13.3% of the workforce, compared to a state average of 15.8%. [[Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia County]], leads with 20.5%.<ref>{{cite web|author=American FactFinder, United States Census Bureau|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_GCT2403_ST2&-tree_id=305&-redoLog=false&-geo_id=04000US42&-format=ST-2&-_lang=en|title=GCT2403. Percent of Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and Over in Service Occupations: 2005|publisher=Factfinder.census.gov|access-date=October 9, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212040337/http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GCTTable?_bm=y&-context=gct&-ds_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_&-CONTEXT=gct&-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_GCT2403_ST2&-tree_id=305&-redoLog=false&-geo_id=04000US42&-format=ST-2&-_lang=en|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Lancaster County has an unemployment rate of 7.8% as of August 2010. This is a rise from a rate of 7.6% the previous year.<ref>[http://www.bls.gov/ro3/palaus.htm Unemployment Rates by County in Pennsylvania]. Bls.gov (December 10, 2010; retrieved December 23, 2010.)</ref>

There are 11,000 companies in Lancaster County.<ref>[http://www.edclancaster.com/demo_employment.htm] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115184625/http://www.edclancaster.com/demo_employment.htm|date=January 15, 2008}}</ref> The county's largest manufacturing and distributing employers at the end of 2003 were [[Acme Markets]], Alumax Mill Products, Anvil International, [[Armstrong World Industries]], [[Kangol|Bollman Hat]], [[CNH Global]], [[Conestoga Wood Specialties]], [[Dart Container]], High Industries, [[Lancaster Laboratories]], [[Pepperidge Farm]], [[RR Donnelley|R R Donnelley & Sons]], [[The Hershey Company]], [[Tyco Electronics]], [[Tyson Foods]], [[Warner-Lambert]], and [[Yellow Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.edclancaster.com/images/Topemployers.pdf Economic Development Corporation: Top Employers] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002024557/http://www.edclancaster.com/images/Topemployers.pdf|date=October 2, 2008}}</ref>

[[Auntie Anne's]], [[Clipper Magazine]], [[Lancaster Farming]], [[MapQuest]], [[Turkey Hill (company)|Turkey Hill Dairy]], [[Clair Global]], and [[Wilbur Chocolate Company]] are Lancaster County-based organizations with an economic footprint of regional or national significance.

[[Herley Industries]] is a local producer of microwave and millimeter wave products for the defense and aerospace industries.

===Agriculture===
With some of the most fertile non-irrigated soil in the U.S., Lancaster County has a strong farming industry.<ref>[http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/watermgt/wc/subjects/wsnotebks/WRAS-07J.htm Watershed Restoration Action Strategy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071106070021/http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/watermgt/wc/subjects/wsnotebks/WRAS-07J.htm |date=November 6, 2007 }}. Dep.state.pa.us. Retrieved December 23, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/lib/lanco/revprogguidelines_finalfinal_(2).pdf|title=Agricultural Preserve Board|access-date=October 9, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608152637/http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/lib/lanco/revprogguidelines_finalfinal_(2).pdf|archive-date=June 8, 2011}}</ref> Lancaster County's 5293 farms, generating $800&nbsp;million in food, feed and fiber, are responsible for nearly a fifth of the state's agricultural output.<ref name=nass>[http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/profiles/pa/cp42071.PDF#search=%22census%20of%20agriculture%20lancaster%20county%20pa%22 2002 NASS Agricultural Census] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413185623/http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/census02/profiles/pa/cp42071.PDF#search=%22census%20of%20agriculture%20lancaster%20county%20pa%22|date=April 13, 2008}}</ref> Chester County, with its high-value mushroom farms, is second, with $375&nbsp;million.<ref>[http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/PA.htm Pennsylvania Fact Sheet: PA agriculture income population food education employment unemployment federal funds farms top commodities exports counties financial indicators poverty farm income Rural Nonmetro Urban Metropolitan America USDA organic Census of Agriculture] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060831055755/http://www.ers.usda.gov/StateFacts/PA.htm |date=August 31, 2006 }}. Ers.usda.gov (December 16, 2010; retrieved December 23, 2010.)</ref>

Livestock-raising is responsible for $710&nbsp;million of that $800&nbsp;million, with dairy accounting for $266&nbsp;million, [[chicken|poultry]] and [[egg (food)|egg]]s accounting for $258&nbsp;million. [[Beef|Cattle]] and [[pig|swine]] each accounts for about $90&nbsp;million.<ref name=nass/>

Agriculture is likely to remain an important part of Lancaster County: almost exactly half of Lancaster County's land – {{convert|320000|acre|ha}} – is zoned for agriculture, and of those, {{convert|276000|acre}} are "effective agricultural zoning", requiring at least {{convert|20|acre|ha}} per residence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/lib/lanco/revprogguidelines_finalfinal_(2).pdf|title=Program Guidelines|access-date=October 9, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608152637/http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/lib/lanco/revprogguidelines_finalfinal_(2).pdf|archive-date=June 8, 2011}}</ref>
[[File:Amish dairy farms 2.jpg|700px|center|thumb|[[Amish]] dairy farms in Lancaster County]]

===Tourism===
[[File:Lancaster Central Market.JPG|thumb|[[Central Market (Lancaster)|Central Market]] in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]], a popular tourist attraction]]
[[File:2015 Birds In Hand Balloons 02 image FRD.jpg|thumb|A hot air balloon ride in Lancaster County]]
[[File:Jackson's Sawmill Covered Bridge Three Quarters View 3264px.jpg|thumb|One of the county's [[List of Lancaster County covered bridges|29 covered bridges]]]]
Tourism is a significant industry in Lancaster County, employing approximately 20,000. In the 1860s, articles in the ''[[Atlantic Monthly]]'' and ''Lippincott's Magazine'' published right after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], introduced Lancaster County to many readers. However, tourism in Lancaster was nearly non-existent prior to 1955.

A ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' travel article in 1952 brought 25,000 visitors, but the 1955 [[Broadway musical]] [[Plain and Fancy]] helped to fan the flames of Amish tourism in the mid-1950s. Shortly thereafter, Adolph Neuber (then-owner of the Willows Restaurant) opened the first tourist attraction in Lancaster County showcasing the Amish culture. Lancaster County tourism tapered off, after the [[1973 oil crisis|1974 gas rationing]] and the [[Three Mile Island accident|Three Mile Island]] incident led to five years of stagnation.<ref name=andback>{{cite web |author=James Buescher |title=Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, Pa.) |date=September 5, 2005 |url=http://www.strasburgrailroad.com/Press_Releases/Paradise_back.doc |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060327093059/http://www.strasburgrailroad.com/Press_Releases/Paradise_back.doc |archive-date=March 27, 2006}}</ref>

Local tourism officials viewed it as [[deus ex machina]] when Hollywood stepped in to rescue their industry. [[Harrison Ford]], in the 1985 movie ''[[Witness (1985 film)|Witness]]'', portrayed a Philadelphia detective who journeys to the Amish community to protect an Amish boy who has witnessed a murder in Philadelphia. The detective is attracted to the boy's widowed mother; the movie is less a thriller than a romance about the difficulties faced by an outsider in love with a widow from The Community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090329/|title=Witness|date=February 8, 1985|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> The film was nominated for eight Oscars, and won two.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090329/awards|title=Witness|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> However, the real winner was Lancaster County tourism.

Once again, especially after the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]], tourism in Lancaster County has shifted. Instead of families arriving for a three- to four-day stay for a general visit, now tourists arrive for a specific event, whether it be the rhubarb festival, the "maize maze", to see [[Thomas the Tank Engine]], for [[Sertoma International|Sertoma]]'s annual "World's Largest Chicken Barbecue" or for the latest show at [[Sight & Sound Theatres]].<ref name=andback/> The tourism industry is discouraged by this change, but not despondent:

{{blockquote|In four years of working here on the Strasburg Rail Road, I've only had one complaint, she said that the ride is too short. People love Lancaster County. They'll keep coming back.|Betty McCormack<ref name=andback/>}}

The county promotes tourist visits to the county's numerous historic and picturesque [[covered bridge]]s by publishing driving tours of the bridges.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Covered Bridges of Lancaster County|work=Lancaster County, PA Government Portal|date=December 10, 2001|url=http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/cwp/view.asp?a=15&q=257148&lancoNav=%7C5722%7C5789|access-date=September 26, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608124922/http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/cwp/view.asp?a=15&q=257148&lancoNav=%7C5722%7C5789|archive-date=June 8, 2011}}</ref> With over 200 bridges still in existence, Pennsylvania has more covered bridges than anywhere else in the world, and at [[List of Lancaster County covered bridges|29 covered bridges]], Lancaster County has the largest share.<ref>{{cite web|title=Covered Bridges|work=Pennsylvania Dutch Country Welcome Center|publisher=Action Video, Inc.|year=2005|url=http://www.padutch.com/covbrdg.shtml|access-date=September 26, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928175121/http://padutch.com/covbrdg.shtml|archive-date=September 28, 2006}}</ref>

The Lancaster County Convention Center Authority [https://web.archive.org/web/20060823065043/http://www.lccca.com/] constructed the $170&nbsp;million<ref>[http://www.lancasterfirst.org/FinancingPlan_121306.pdf Working together for the future of Lancaster] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070614004733/http://www.lancasterfirst.org/FinancingPlan_121306.pdf |date=June 14, 2007 }}. Lancaster First. Retrieved December 23, 2010.</ref> [[Lancaster County Convention Center]] in downtown Lancaster on the site of the former [[Watt & Shand]] building.<ref>{{cite web|author=Lancaster County IT and Budget Services|url=http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/cwp/view.asp?A=15&Q=559590|title=Lancaster County Website|publisher=Co.lancaster.pa.us|access-date=July 22, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620100825/http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/lanco/cwp/view.asp?A=15&Q=559590|archive-date=June 20, 2010}}</ref>

Other tourist attractions include the American Music Theatre, [[Dutch Wonderland]], [[Ephrata Cloister]], [[Ephrata Fair]], [[Hans Herr|Hans Herr House]], [[Landis Valley Museum]], [[Pennsylvania Dutch Country]], [[Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire]] (one of the largest [[Renaissance fair]]s in the world<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hexpdOj8t80C&q=%22Pennsylvania%20Renaissance%20Faire%22%20-inpublisher%3Aicon&pg=PA120|title=Consuming History|last=De Groot|first=Jerome|year=2008|publisher=Taylor & Francis|page=120|isbn=978-0-415-39945-6}}</ref>), [[Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania]], [[Rock Ford plantation]], [[Robert Fulton|Robert Fulton Birthplace]], Sight & Sound Theatres, [[Strasburg Rail Road|Strasburg Railroad]], [[Wilbur Chocolate]], [[Wheatland (James Buchanan House)]] and [[Sturgis Pretzel House]]. There are many tours of this historic area including the Downtown Lancaster Walking Tour.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.padutchcountry.com/member_pages/Historic_Lancaster_Walking_Tour.asp|title=Historic Lancaster Walking Tour &#124; Pennsylvania Dutch Country Activities &#124; Lancaster, PA|publisher=Padutchcountry.com|access-date=July 22, 2010|archive-date=January 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100101034454/http://padutchcountry.com/member_pages/Historic_Lancaster_Walking_Tour.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>