1,774 13,387 
 1,135 9,007 
 962 6,896 
 8,784 72,518 
 517 4,824 
1 The Hanford atomic plant is the largest in this classification. 
 
 Source: Washington Employment Security Department bulletins on industries
covered by Washington State Employment Security Act. Industry groups may
vary from those in the Bureau of Mines canvass. 
 834           MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1967 
  Table 3.—Indicators of Washington business activity 
 1966 1967 e Change, 
   percent 
 
 
Personal income: 
 Total millions. $9,797.0 $10,746.0 +9.7 
 Per capita $3,222.0 $3,481.0 +8.0 
Construction activity: 
 Building permits millions. $565.1 $782.0 +38.4 
 Heavy engineering awards do_~ $247.9 $295.9 +19.4 
State highway commission: 
 Value of contracts awarded do.. $101.4 $105.5 +4.0 
 Valueofcontractworkperformed do_  $119.6  $105.5  —11.8 
Cement shipments to and within Washington 
 thousand 376-pound barrels - 7,926.0 7,368.3 —7.0 
Mineral production millions  $89.1  $82.1  —8.0 
Cash receipts from farm marketings do.~ $726.5 $767.5 +5.6 
Factory payrolls do.  $4,721.1  $5,167.6  +9.5 
Annual average labor force and employment: 
 Total labor force thousands~ 1,257.7 1,313.7 +4.5 
 Unemployment do~ 52.0 55.2 +6.2 
Employment: 
 Construction do... 54.6 55.5 +1.6 
 Aerospace do. 85.4 98.7 +15.6 
 Lumber and wood products do~~ 28.4 29.5 +3.9 
 Food processing do~ 46.6 44.1 —5.4 
 All manufacturing do~ 265.2 277.9 +4.8 
 All industries do. 1,204.5 1,257.5 +4.4 
 
 
i Preliminary. 
 
 Sources: Survey of Current Business, Construction Review, Pacific Builder
& Engineer, Washington State Highway Commission, The Farm Income Situation,
Washington Employment Security Department, and Bureau of Mines. 
 
 
 
 
 
Table 4.—Annual employment and total wages in the mineral industries

 1966 1967 
Industry  —         
 Employ- Wages Employ- Wages 
 ment (thousands) ment (thousands) 
Mining: 
 Metalmining 537 $3,788 485 $3,490 
 Bituminous coal, crude petroleum, and natural gas -  92 619 88 607 
 Nonmetallic mining and quarrying 1,162 9,676 1,185 10,304 
 Total 1,791 14,083 1,758 14,401 
 
Stone, clay, and glass products: 
 Cement, hydraulic 554 4,263 535 4,329 
 Structural clay products 278 1,596 298 1,712 
 Concrete, gypsum, and plaster products 3,862 29,739 3,727 30,029 
 Other 949 6,782 977 7,206 
 Total 5,643 42,380 5,537 43,276 
 
Smelting, refining, and castings: 
 Blast furnaces, steel works, rolling and finishing mills 1,901 14,370 
 Iron and steel foundries 1,189 9,196 
 Smelting, refining, and casting of nonferrous metals, 
  exceptaluminum 1,186 8,273 
 Smelting, rolling, drawing, and casting of aluminum  8,577 69,374 
 Miscellaneous 527 4,712 
  Total 13,380 105,925 13,172 106,632 
 Industrial chemicals 1 5,334 49,535 5,094 47,934 
 Petroleum refining and related industries 1 , 199 10,009 1,211 10,672 
 Grand total 27,347 221,932 26,772 222,915