(2007-2012)
South Carolina: 613 percent
North Carolina: 34 percent
Pennsylvania: 33 percent
Michigan: 25 percent
Washington: 18 percent
Oklahoma: 17 percent
Georgia: 16 percent
Oregon: 12 percent
Maryland: 11 percent
Illinois: 9 percent
SOURCE: Avalanche Consulting, based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data
Other aerospace firms that have recently expanded or relocated to the South:
Honda Aircraft Co. expects by the end of 2015 to add more than 400 new jobs at its R&D facility in Greensboro, N.C., which currently employs more than 750.
Rolls-Royce opened a new aircraft parts manufacturing facility in Crosspointe Centre, Va., in 2012, creating 140 jobs.
Dassault Falcon Jet Corp. announced in 2013 its plans to expand its “completion” center in Little Rock, Ark., which could add 300 jobs to the estimated 1,800 workers there.
Embraer, the Brazilian aerospace conglomerate, broke ground in Melbourne, Fla., in 2012 for a new technology center to employ 200 engineers and added 50 manufacturing jobs last year with a new hanger manufacturing facility at Jacksonville Florida International Airport.