Centre County, Pa.
TOP 20 PLACES TO WORK in 2000

Below is a list of the places which in the year 2000 employ the most people in Centre County. (SOURCE: Centre Daily Times, Jan. 30, 2000, citing state and local data from the previous year.

  • 1. Penn State University (10,071 employees)
  • 2. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1,306, including those at Rockview Correctional Institute, PennDOT, Game Commission, Fish and Boat Commission, etc.)
  • 3. State College Area School District (1,201)
  • 4. Corning Asahi Video Products (1,100)
  • 5. Murata Electronics (1,000)
  • 6. Centre Community Hospital (850)
  • 7. C-COR.net (725)
  • 8. Centre County Government (697)
  • 9. Cerro Metal Products (650)
  • 10. Glenn O. Hawbaker (520)
  • 11. HRI Inc. (450)
  • 12. Raytheon Co. (425)
  • 13. Wal-Mart and Sam's Club Stores (425)
  • 14. The Meadows Psychiatric Center (369)
  • 15. Bellefonte Area School District (350)
  • 16. Charles Navasky & Co. (350)
  • 17. Accu-Weather (336)
  • 18. Omega Financial Corp. (288)
  • 19. Bald Eagle Area School District (285)
  • 20. Supelco (270)