Figure 11. Northeast average annual employment (in thousands), by nondurable goods manufacturing subindustry, not seasonally adjusted, 1990–99, 2000–09, and 2010–19
Subindustry	1990–99	2000–09	2010–19
Food manufacturing	199.79	181.21	185.71
Apparel manufacturing	89.70	38.01	17.28
Paper manufacturing	47.26	31.59	21.70
Printing and related support activities	101.25	79.32	50.82
Chemical manufacturing	234.82	206.96	153.76
Plastics and rubber products manufacturing	128.12	105.91	85.49
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.