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IR/PS Student Group Releases New Study on Defense's Economic Impact on San Diego County

Defense created 27,000 jobs during recession

04/20/2011
Gary Robbins, The San Diego Union-Tribune

The defense industry created almost 26,600 jobs in San Diego County in fiscal 2009, helping the region get through a devastating recession, says a new economic analysis by UC San Diego.

While jobs were vanishing in construction and other sectors, defense-related employment grew to 354,367. The finding appears in a report commissioned by the San Diego Military Advisory Council, a booster group.

“The impact of the recession would have been a lot worse if not for growth in the defense industry,” said Marney Cox, chief economist at the San Diego Association of Governments.

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