The wholesale and retail trade is the largest industrial sector in County Tipperary employing just over 9,000 or 15% of people at work.
That’s according to the Central Statistics Office which has released the latest in a series of publications on the results from Census 2011.
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Manufacturing industry accounted for almost 8,500 jobs with just over 6,800 workers in the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector providing 11.3% of employment in the county compared to 5.2% for the State overall.
Total unemployment in the county was 14,996 giving an unemployment rate of 19.9% compared with 19% for the State as a whole. Of these 1,131 were first time job seekers.
