Editing Anderson, Indiana (section)

==Economy==
When [[General Motors]] closed its operations in Anderson, the city was dealt a major economic blow, as GM was the biggest employer in Anderson.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/20/business/20auto.html | work=[[The New York Times]] | first1=Jeremy W. | last1=Peters | first2=Micheline | last2=Maynard | title=Company Town Relies on G.M. Long After Plants Have Closed | date=February 20, 2006 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312032943/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/20/business/20auto.html | archive-date=March 12, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> Nevertheless, in 2007, Anderson was ranked 98th in the ''[[Forbes]]'' List for 100 Best Places for Businesses among Smaller U.S. Metro areas.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/5/07bestplaces_Anderson-IN_INAnd.html|magazine=Forbes|title=100 best Places for Businesses among Smaller U.S. Metro areas|access-date=2009-03-20|date=May 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090226110329/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2007/5/07bestplaces_Anderson-IN_INAnd.html| archive-date= February 26, 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref> However, a more recent (2014) appraisal of Anderson from the ''[[Indiana Business Review]]'' was mixed, noting that "long-term trends are negative", citing "a long-term downward trend in area employment" and "acceleration in the number of food stamp recipients". More recent unemployment has been reduced, but improvements still lag behind the rest of the state.<ref>{{cite web|year=2014|url=http://www.ibrc.indiana.edu/ibr/2014/outlook/anderson.html|title=Anderson Forecast 2015|access-date=2014-12-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231190052/http://www.ibrc.indiana.edu/ibr/2014/outlook/anderson.html|archive-date=December 31, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

For 2013, estimated household median income was $33,574 (vs. Indiana state median of $48,248). Per capita money income was $18,216 (Indiana per capita of $24,635). 25.8% of the city's population was estimated at living below poverty level, vs. a statewide estimation of 15.4%.<ref>{{cite web|year=2014|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/1801468.html|title=State & County Quick Facts, Anderson (city), Indiana|access-date=2014-12-31|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919142132/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/18/1801468.html|archive-date=September 19, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Madison County, of which Anderson is the seat, has nearly three times as many food stamps recipients per capita as does Indiana as a whole.<ref>{{cite web|year=2014|url=http://www.stats.indiana.edu/profiles/profiles.asp?scope_choice=a&county_changer=18095&button1=Get+Profile&id=2&page_path=Area+Profiles&path_id=11&panel_number=1|title=Madison County, Indiana|access-date=2014-12-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231185716/http://www.stats.indiana.edu/profiles/profiles.asp?scope_choice=a&county_changer=18095&button1=Get+Profile&id=2&page_path=Area+Profiles&path_id=11&panel_number=1|archive-date=December 31, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|year=2014|url=http://www.stats.indiana.edu/profiles/profiles.asp?scope_choice=a&county_changer=18000|title=Indiana|access-date=2014-12-31|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180408080510/http://www.stats.indiana.edu/profiles/profiles.asp?scope_choice=a&county_changer=18000|archive-date=April 8, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

As of February 2019, the ten largest employers in Madison County were:<ref>{{cite web|year=2014|url=http://andersonecondev.com/294/Leading-Employers|title=Leading Employers|publisher=Madison County Corporation for Economic Development|access-date=2019-08-07|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630051837/http://andersonecondev.com/294/Leading-Employers|archive-date=June 30, 2014|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Employer
! # of employees
|-
| 1
| Community Hospital Anderson
| 1,980
|-
| 2
| [[St. Vincent Health]]
| 1,410
|-
| 3
| [[Nestlé]]
| 790
|-
| 4
| [[Hoosier Park]]
| 785
|-
| 5
| Carter Express
| 680
|-
| 6
| [[Anderson University (Indiana)|Anderson University]]
| 530
|-
| 7
| Continuum
| 500
|-
| 8
| [[Kroger]]/[[Pay Less Super Markets]]
| 440
|-
| 9
| Greenville Technology Inc.
| 395
|-
| 10
| [[Walmart]]
| 365
|}