Editing Marion, Ohio (section)

==Economy==
While Marion and the surrounding area is generally rural, manufacturing is a significant source of employment. The county is a well-positioned rail transportation hub with access to [[U.S. 23]], serving as a major connection to [[Interstate 80]] and [[Interstate 90]] through [[Detroit]] and [[Toledo, Ohio|Toledo]] to the north, and connections to [[Interstate 71]] and [[Interstate 70]] through nearby [[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]].

One of the largest [[intermodal freight transport]] facilities in the country is located in Marion. It provides rail and local truck delivery services for [[Whirlpool Corporation]], [[International Paper]] and major automotive parts manufacturers, among many others.

Whirlpool's dryer manufacturing facility in Marion is the largest in the world, producing over 20,000 dryers daily.<ref>Whirlpool Corp. Marion. ''MarionMade!'' February 17, 2017 http://www.marionmade.org/2017/02/whirlpool-corp-marion/ Accessed May 18, 2017</ref>

The unemployment rate for Marion County as of July 2019 was 4.4%.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lmi.state.oh.us/LAUS/Ranking.pdf |title=July 2019 Ranking of Ohio County Unemployment Rates |website=www.lmi.state.oh.us |access-date=July 14, 2019 |date=July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901223226/http://www.lmi.state.oh.us/LAUS/Ranking.pdf |archive-date=2019-09-01 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Largest employers===
According to the Marion Chamber of Commerce <ref>Twenty Largest Industrial & Non-Industrial Employers. ''Marion Chamber of Commerce'' http://www.marionareachamber.org/Top20IndustrialandNonIndustrialEducationWeb.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911052038/http://www.marionareachamber.org/Top20IndustrialandNonIndustrialEducationWeb.pdf |date=2016-09-11 }} Accessed August 29, 2016</ref> and Marion CanDo (the economic development office of Marion), the largest ''industrial'' employers in the city are:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! # of Employees
|-
| 1
|Whirlpool Corporation
|2,900
|-
|2
|Silverline Windows
|  670
|-
|3
|[[Wyandot Snacks]]
|  336
|-
|4
|Piston Group 
|  302
|-
|5
|[[Nucor|Nucor Steel]]
|  263
|-
|6
|[[Graphic Packaging]]
|  250
|-
|6
|[[Union Tank Car Company]]
|  250
|-
|8
|US Yachiyo, Inc.
|  240
|-
|9
|[[General Mills]]
|  200
|-
|10
|TODCO
|  140
|-
|11
|[[ArcelorMittal]]
|  104
|-
|12
|Sims Brothers
|  103
|-
|13
|International Paper
|  101
|-
|13
|[[Sika AG|Sika Corp.]]
|  101
|}

===Recent developments===
Like most of Central Ohio, Marion has been experiencing an economic resurgence since the end of the [[Great Recession]]. Ohio is the second largest steel producing state in America, and local employer [[Nucor|Nucor Steel]], whose Marion facility is the largest manufacturer of [[rebar]] and signposts in Ohio, announced in March 2017 it was spending $85 million on a modernization program.<ref>Portman Welcomes Expected Multi-Million Investment to Modernize Nucor Steel Facility in Marion County. ''portman.senate.gov'' March 22, 2017 [https://web.archive.org/web/20171020084018/https://www.portman.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2017/3/portman-welcomes-expected-multi-million-investment-to-modernize-nucor-steel-facility-in-marion-county] Accessed May 6, 2017</ref> Also in 2017 [[POET]] announced it was spending $120 million to more than double its ethanol manufacturing capacity to 150 million gallons a year.<ref>Malone, JD. Poet Biorefining to spend $120 million to expand Marion ethanol plant. ''Columbus Dispatch'' May 17, 2017 http://www.dispatch.com/business/20170517/poet-biorefining-to-spend-120-million-to-expand-marion-ethanol-plant Accessed May 18, 2017</ref>

MarionMade!, an advertising campaign, is designed to promote positive news about the area's people, places, products, and programs. The MarionMade! advertising program won a 2017 PRism Award from the Central Ohio Chapter of the [[Public Relations Society of America]] (PRSA).<ref>MarionMade! Initiative Receives P.R. Award ''Marion Star'' May 18, 2017 http://www.marionstar.com/story/news/local/2017/05/18/marionmade-initiative-receives-p-r-award/327569001/ Accessed May 18, 2017</ref>