Meatpacking factories moved to rural areas

Where midwest meatpacking factories were located, 1957 and 2007

Metro workers

Non-metro workers

80,000 workers

60,000

40,000

20,000

1957

2007

Metro workers

Non-metro workers

80,000 workers

60,000

40,000

20,000

1957

2007

Metro workers

Non-metro workers

80,000 workers

60,000

40,000

20,000

1957

2007

Metro workers

Non-metro workers

80,000 workers

60,000

40,000

20,000

1957

2007

Guardian graphic | Source: Analysis of County Business Patterns data by history professor Colin Gordon, who looked at how many meatpacking workers were in each county and whether that county was a metro or nonmetro county based on 1983 USDA data