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North East, Pennsylvania
Population: 4,601
Located in Erie County
Erie County is situated midway between two major market areas, Chicago and New York, and is roughly 100 miles from Pittsburgh, Buffalo, NY, and Cleveland, Ohio. At the cross roads of two interstate highways, 1-90 and 1-79, with excellent rail service, a Lake Erie port, and an international airport, the region is a center for manufacturing, distribution, retail trade, and tourism.
Erie is a major industrial center with more than 25 percent of jobs in manufacturing. It features the nation's highest concentration of toolmakers. Over ten percent of the nation's plastics injection molding is done in Erie. Four of the nation's top 50 plastics companies are located here. Products in well over 135 different classifications are made here and sold throughout the world. Principal manufactured goods include plastics products, locomotives, boilers, engines, meters, turbines, castings, forgings, pipe equipment, motors, diesel engines and paper. Erie's largest employer is General Electric's GE Transportation Systems, a manufacturer of locomotives. Other major manufacturers in the Erie area include Plastek Industries, International Paper, Steris Corporation, PHB Corporation, Lord Corporation, and Spectrum Control.
Erie is also a major retail center, drawing shoppers from the tri-state area and Canada. Major service providers include the headquarters of Erie Insurance Company, large regional hospitals, several telemarketing companies, and the Gertrude Barber Center.
Erie has a large tourism industry with visitors drawn by the beaches and unique nature of Presque Isle State Park, the reconstructed U.S. Brig Niagara, the Maritime Museum and other historical attractions, boating and fishing on Presque Isle Bay and Lake Erie, wineries, lighthouses, covered bridges, cultural and entertainment events, professional sports, and other attractions.
Erie is also a college town, featuring four colleges and universities as well as a medical school.
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