Editing Macon, Georgia (section)

==Economy==
The aerospace, advanced manufacturing, food processing, healthcare, professional services, and warehouse and distribution industries drive the economy in Macon-Bibb County. Long-standing, large, private employers include [[Mercer University]], [[GEICO]]'s Southeast Corporate Headquarters, [[YKK]] USA, and [[Norfolk Southern Railway]]'s Brosnan Yard.

The decline of the textile industry in the South, along with the shuttering of other large manufacturing operations, such as the closing of the [[Brown & Williamson|Brown and Williamson]] plant in 2006, caused a decline in the city's economy in the 2000s. In recent years, the city has successfully landed numerous new employers to diversify the economy, such as Irving Consumer Products and Kuhmo Tire manufacturing plants, as well as multiple aerospace employers at the [[Middle Georgia Regional Airport]], including an [[Embraer]] aircraft maintenance facility.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://mbcia.com/doing-business/leading-industries/ | title=Leading Industries }}</ref>

The health-care and social-assistance sector is the largest industry in Macon by number of employees,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://explorer.gdol.ga.gov/vosnet/mis/Profiles/msa/macon.pdf |title=Macon |access-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-date=March 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313041733/https://explorer.gdol.ga.gov/vosnet/mis/Profiles/msa/macon.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> with the [[Atrium Health]] Navicent and Piedmont Healthcare Macon hospital systems, two of the city's largest employers, making Macon the healthcare hub for the Middle and South Georgia regions.

===Personal income===
The 2010 Census listed Macon's median household income as $28,366, below the state average of $49,347. The median family income was $37,268. Full-time working males had a median income of $34,163, higher than the $28,082 for females. The city's  [[per capita income]] was $17,010.  About 24.1% of families and 30.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 43.6% of those under 18 and 18.4% of those over 65.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census website |date=March 9, 2011 |access-date=2017-06-25 }}</ref>

===Retail===
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Malls include [[The Shoppes at River Crossing]], [[Macon Mall]], and Eisenhower Crossing. Traditional{{clarify|strip malls?|date=October 2012}} shopping centers are in the downtown area and Ingleside Village.<ref>{{cite web |author=Georgia Department of Economic Development |url=http://www.exploregeorgia.org/listing/2586-ingleside-village-shopping-arts-district |title=Ingleside Village Shopping & Arts District &#124; Macon, Georgia |website=Exploregeorgia.org |date=August 26, 2014 |access-date=2017-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180202191634/http://www.exploregeorgia.org/listing/2586-ingleside-village-shopping-arts-district |archive-date=February 2, 2018 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

===Military===
Macon is the headquarters of the [[48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team]], [[Georgia Army National Guard]]. The largest single-site industrial complex in Georgia,<ref>{{cite web |title=Robins Air Force Base |url=http://www.military.com/base-guide/robins-air-force-base |access-date=2017-01-29 |website=Military.com}}</ref> [[Robins Air Force Base]], is 10 miles south of Macon on Highway 247, just east of [[Warner Robins]].