Figures FIGURE PAGE 1. Ranking of Manufacturing Wage Rate Indexes, Los Angeles County and Nineteen Urban Areas, January, 1941 ... 26 2. Average Annual Earnings of Production Workers in Manu- facturing, Los Angeles County and United States, 1919- 1939 27 3. Average Annual Earnings of Production Workers in Manu- facturing, Los Angeles County and Six Industrial Areas, Selected Years, 1919-1939 28 4. Regional Differences in Job Rates in Manufacturing, United States, Selected Years, 1907-1946 30 5. Indexes of Value Added by Manufacture, Los Angeles County and Five Industrial Areas, 1899-1939 33 6. Distribution of Employment, Los Angeles County and United States, 1920-1940 36 7. Gross and Real Average Hourly Earnings in Manufacturing, Los Angeles County and United States, 1940-1949 ... 44 8. Average Hourly Earnings in Wholesale and Retail Trade, Los Angeles County, San Francisco Bay Industrial Area, and United States, 1940-1949 46 9. Average Hourly Earnings in Manufacturing, Los Angeles County and Three Industrial Areas, 1940-1949 .... 47 10. Ranking of Manufacturing Wage Rate Indexes, Los Angeles County and Nineteen Urban Areas, April, 1948 .... 48 11. Shifts in Rankings of Manufacturing Wage Rate Indexes, Los Angeles County and Nineteen Urban Areas, January, 1941-April, 1948 49 12. Shifts in Rankings of Nonmanufacturing Wage Rate In- dexes, Los Angeles County and Nineteen Urban Areas, April, 1943-April, 1948 50 13. Spendable Real Average Weekly Earnings, Single Worker in Manufacturing, Los Angeles County and United States, 1940-1949 51 14. Spendable Real Average Weekly Earnings, Married Worker in Manufacturing, Los Angeles County and United States, 1940-1949 52 15. Wages in Manufacturing, Consumers' Prices, and Business Activity, Los Angeles Area, 1940-1949 56 16. New Capital in Industrial Plant Facilities, Los Angeles County, 1940-1949 62 nxvi3 Figures xvii 17. Business Loans Held by Banks, Los Angeles City and United States, 1940-1949 63 18. Number of Business Enterprises, Southern California, De- cember 31, 1940-December 31, 1949 64 19. Retail Sales per Capita, Los Angeles County and United States, 1940-1949 66 20. Total Bank Deposits per Capita, Los Angeles County and United States, 1940-1949 67 21. Savings per Capita, Los Angeles County and United States, i94o-i949 68 22. Employment and Unemployment, Los Angeles County and United States, 1940 and 1949 70 23. Total Civilian Labor Force, Employment, and Unemploy- ment, Los Angeles County, April, 1940, and 1947-1949 . 71 24. Distribution of Employment, Los Angeles County and United States, April, 1940, and February, 1950 .... 74 25. Distribution of Employment by Major Industry, Los Angeles County and United States, April, 1940, and February, 1950 75 26. Ranking of Manufacturing Industries by Average Hourly Earnings, Los Angeles County and United States, 1940 . 76 27. Ranking of Manufacturing Industries by Average Hourly Earnings, Los Angeles County and United States, 1949 . 77 28. Number of Industries per Wage Interval, Los Angeles County and United States, 1940 and 1949 78 29. Average Hourly Earnings in Manufacturing, Los Angeles County and United States, 1940 and 1949, and Per Cent Increases, 1940-1949 80 30. Ranking of Per Cent Changes in Employment, Los Angeles County and United States, April, 1940-April, 1949 . 81 31. Ranking of Per Cent Changes in Employment and Average Hourly Earnings by Major Industry, Los Angeles County, 1940-1948 94 32. Ranking of Per Cent Changes in Employment and Average Hourly Earnings by Major Industry, United States, 1940- i948 95 .