The deindustrialization of the United States should be a top concernfor every man, woman and child in the country. But sadly, mostAmericans do not have any idea what is going on around them.

For people like that, take this article and print it out and hand itto them. Perhaps what they will read below will shock them badlyenough to awaken them from their slumber.

The following are 19 facts about the deindustrialization of America that will blow your mind....

#1 The United States has lost approximately 42,400 factories since 2001. About 75 percent of those factories employed over 500 people when they were still in operation.

#2 Dell Inc., one of America’s largest manufacturersof computers, has announced plans to dramatically expand itsoperations in China with an investment of over $100 billion over the next decade.

#3 Dell has announced that it will be closing itslast large U.S. manufacturing facility in Winston-Salem, NorthCarolina in November. Approximately 900 jobs will be lost.

#4 In 2008, 1.2 billion cellphones were sold worldwide. So how many of them were manufactured inside the United States? Zero.

#5 According to a new study conducted by theEconomic Policy Institute, if the U.S. trade deficit with Chinacontinues to increase at its current rate, the U.S. economy will lose over half a million jobs this year alone.

#6 As of the end of July, the U.S. trade deficit with China had risen 18 percent compared to the same time period a year ago.

#7 The United States has lost a total of about 5.5 million manufacturing jobs since October 2000.

#8 According to Tax Notes,between 1999 and 2008 employment at the foreign affiliates of U.S.parent companies increased an astounding 30 percent to 10.1 million.During that exact same time period, U.S. employment at Americanmultinational corporations declined 8 percent to 21.1 million.

#9 In 1959, manufacturing represented 28 percent of U.S. economic output. In 2008, it represented 11.5 percent.

#10 Ford Motor Company recently announced the closure of a factory that produces the Ford Ranger inSt. Paul, Minnesota. Approximately 750 good paying middle class jobsare going to be lost because making Ford Rangers in Minnesota does notfit in with Ford's new "global" manufacturing strategy.

#11 As of the end of 2009, less than 12 million Americans worked in manufacturing. The last time less than 12 million Americans were employed in manufacturing was in 1941.

#12 In the United States today, consumption accounts for 70 percent of GDP. Of this 70 percent, over half is spent on services.

#13 The United States has lost a whopping 32 percent of its manufacturing jobs since the year 2000.

#14 In 2001, the United States ranked fourth in the world in per capita broadband Internet use. Today it ranks 15th.

#15 Manufacturing employment in the U.S. computer industry is actually lower in 2010 than it was in 1975.

#16 Printed circuit boards are used in tens of thousands of different products. Asia now produces 84 percent of them worldwide.

#17 The United States spends approximately $3.90 on Chinese goods for every $1 that the Chinese spend on goods from the United States.

#18 One prominent economist is projecting that the Chinese economy will be three times larger than the U.S. economy by the year 2040.

#19 The U.S. Census Bureau says that 43.6 millionAmericans are now living in poverty and according to them that is thehighest number of poor Americans in the 51 years that records have been kept.