what are the largest industries in the us
Economy of the United States The United States is the world's second-largest manufacturer, with a 2013 industrial output of US$2.4Â trillion. Its manufacturing output is greater than of Germany, France, India, and Brazil combined.[266] Its main industries include petroleum, steel, automobiles, construction machinery, aerospace, agricultural machinery, telecommunications, chemicals, electronics, food processing, consumer goods, lumber, and mining.
Natural gas in the United States Since 2009, electricity generation has been the largest use of natural gas in the US. Electricity generated by natural gas has been by far the fastest-growing source of electricity in the US since the 1990s. Natural gas became the second-largest source of US electricity in 2006, when it surpassed nuclear power. In late 2015, natural gas surpassed coal as the largest source of electricity generated in the United States.