The Tennessee Valley Economy

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Features a large distribution and warehousing industry.
Memphis is home to Federal Express, whose services lend themselves to perishable, Internet-based, and other time-sensitive deliveries. United Parcel Service and other major intermodal distribution centers are also here. Together they provide the backbone to a diversified manufacturing, food processing, and biomedical base.
The area outside Memphis is oriented toward manufacturing. The plastics, automotive supplier, and food processing sectors also have a strong presence.

Has the largest and most diversified economy in the Valley, with strong population growth.
The auto industry continues to be important in manufacturing, but the area also draws other investments, including Dell computers.
Services such as hospitality, retail, and finance are significant in the region. It’s also home to some of the country’s top health-services companies.

(Area includes east Tennessee; Avery County, North Carolina; and Lee County, Virginia)

Diversified economy includes medical technologies, a broad range of manufacturers, corporate headquarters, and distribution centers.
Technological resources for business and industry include numerous universities and technology associations.

(Includes southeast Tennessee; north Georgia; and Cherokee and Clay counties, North Carolina)

High concentration of textile jobs, primarily carpets.
Strong food-processing and auto-parts industries and growing tourism and insurance sectors.

One of the top 10 tax-friendly states.
Huntsville area is noted for high-tech and defense-related industries.
Automobile manufacturers have been rapidly expanding.
North Alabama represents only 16 percent of the land area of the state yet is responsible for 38 percent of the new and expansion jobs created in recent years.
A poll in Expansion Management magazine ranked Florence 20th and Huntsville 42nd among the 50 hottest MSAs for manufacturing expansions and relocations.

Home to aerospace and automotive industry sectors.
Area universities have resources in research and technology, providing business advantage for fast-breaking, high technology industries.
Center of the upholstered furniture market in the U.S. Hosts the successful Furniture Market in February and August each year.

Highly manufacturing-intensive, home to an automobile assembly plant and several auto parts suppliers.
Site of Fort Campbell Army base, a major military facility.

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