Cluster Definitions
The research team defined 17 clusters that could be usefully applied to analyzing a primarily rural region in Indiana, and that could also be applied to the entire United States, using county-level data as a base, and emphasizing rural areas. One of these clusters, the manufacturing supercluster, was subsequently disaggregated into six more-specialized subclusters. (The term supercluster was given to the manufacturing cluster in order to highlight the fact that it is broken into subclusters.)
Download Cluster Definitions
- Detailed Cluster Definitions: This list provides the six-digit NAICS definitions for each of the clusters.
- Aggregated Cluster Definitions: To minimize the problems caused by data suppression in the nationwide county analysis, the research team revised the six-digit cluster definitions to use three-digit NAICS sectors wherever possible, minimizing reliance upon more-detailed NAICS levels as much as possible.
The 17 Clusters and Six Subclusters
- Advanced Materials
- Agribusiness, Food Processing and Technology
- Apparel and Textiles
- Arts, Entertainment, Recreation and Visitor Industries
- Biomedical/Biotechnical (Life Sciences)
- Business and Financial Services
- Chemicals and Chemical-Based Products
- Defense and Security
- Education and Knowledge Creation
- Energy (Fossil and Renewable)
- Forest and Wood Products
- Glass and Ceramics
- Information Technology and Telecommunications
- Transportation and Logistics
- Manufacturing Supercluster
- Primary Metals
- Fabricated Metal Products
- Machinery
- Computer and Electronic Products
- Electrical Equipment, Appliance and Components
- Transportation Equipment
- Mining
- Printing and Publishing