The Y-12 plant in Anderson County at $365,200,000., the

ORGDP at $312,758,000., and ORNL (Holifield) at $135,174,000. make up this total.

B. FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT AT OAK RIDGE

In FY 1974 Government and Government contractor employment was approximately 15,000 persons with an annual payroll in excess of $205. Million.

Employment and the employment base at Oak Ridge

has consisted primarily of the production, research
and education facilities of the AEC and its contractors.
Other major federal employment relates to TVA opera-
tions and AEC and TVA construction.

In earlier years, much of the employment information
for Oak Ridge was classified and did not appear as census
data. Since 1950, however, some significant information
has become available. Figure 2 illustrates employment
by AEC and AEC contractors including residents and non-
residents for the period 1950-1965. ORNL, the Y-12
and the ORGDP had the largest number of employees during
the period. ORNL employment continued to rise during
the period while Y-12 and ORGDP declined after peaking
in 1953-1955 time interval. However, employment at the
end of the period for the major plants was higher than
in 1950.

Figure 3 sets out the Total Employment of AEC and
AEC contractors in Oak Ridge including Oak Ridge Residents
and Non-Residents.

Employment levels in 1950 (Approxima

tely 10,000) grew to approximately 16,000 by 1955 and

declined at a decreasing rate to approximately 14,000 in 1965.

Thousand of
Employees

EMPLOYEES BY AEC CONTRACTORS & AEC IN OAK RIDGE
(Includes Oak Ridge Residents & Non-Residents)

6

5

4

3

2

1

Figure

FY 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65

ORO AEC
ORINS

ORE AEC

Figure

The AEC Information office reports of employment. by years beginning in 1966 shows the fluctuations that

occurred through 1974. These number fluctuations are

1960 to 1974 period, so did the number and percentage

of AEC employees living within the City of Oak Ridge as shown in Figure 4.