Where America's optical instrument plants actually are, by county

quantum computing research · Data as of 2026-09-29 · ALEX Intelligence

17 Optical Instrument Plants — Monroe County, New York

#	County	Optical Instrument Plants
1	Monroe County, New York	17
2	Orange County, California	14
3	San Diego County, California	13
4	Los Angeles County, California	12
5	Middlesex County, Massachusetts	12
6	Santa Clara County, California	10
7	Ventura County, California	10
8	Boulder County, Colorado	10
9	Alameda County, California	8
10	Hillsborough County, New Hampshire	8

Methodology

Source:: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022, NAICS 333314 (Optical instrument and lens manufacturing)
Measure: Optical Instrument Plants, ranked highest first across all U.S. countys (40 ranked in total).
Universe: Places below a 5,000-resident floor are excluded so a median computed on a handful of households cannot top the ranking.
Vintage: 2022
Reproduce this query: https://api.census.gov/data/2022/cbp?get=NAME%2CESTAB%2CNAICS2017_LABEL&for=county%3A%2A&NAICS2017=333314&key=YOUR_CENSUS_KEY

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