Maryland, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, together account for about 50 percent of the category's jobs.
All leather motorcycle apparel will be waterproof on the surface in case of rain.
New York had the highest value of product shipments for this industry, followed by South Carolina, California, Florida, and Virginia.
Four states provided more than 70 percent of industry jobs: New York, California, Texas, and Connecticut.
New York, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Pennsylvania have the most companies.
The industry employed only 1,400 U.S. workers in the late 1990s, a 30 percent drop since 1992 and a 60 percent drop since 1987.
The American Apparel Manufacturers Association (AAMA) is the central trade association for the U.S. apparel industry. Throughout the 1990s, the AAMA represented three-fourths of the industry.
Children's apparel production developed early in the twentieth century, concurrent with the emergence of the women's apparel industry.
This category includes establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing apparel belts. Companies that produce all types of belts for clothing are grouped in this industry.
The industry is concentrated in the auto-producing states of the upper Midwest and the defense and aerospace-oriented regions of California.
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