20 years of the VBJ: 1994’s largest employers

To celebrate this 20-year anniversary, we’ll be sharing some of our most interesting stories from the past two decades in a feature called “20 years of the VBJ.” Look for these articles in our weekly print edition, online at VBJUSA.com and in our free email newsletter, Just Business.

We hope you enjoy looking back at the history of our local business community as much as we enjoy serving you.

Now let’s kick things off with a snippet from the VBJ’s first industry list: Clark County’s largest employers as of May, 1994. Here are the top 15:

1. Hewlett-Packard: 2,300 Clark County employees
2. James River Corporation (now Georgia-Pacific): 2,000 Clark County employees
3. Evergreen School District: 1,690 Clark County employees
4. SEH America: 1,203 Clark County employees
5. Bonneville Power Administration: 1,135 Clark County employees
6. Clark County: 1,115 Clark County employees
7. Southwest Washington Medical Center: 978 Clark County employees
8. Fred Meyer Inc: 921 Clark County employees
9. Battle Ground School District: 910 Clark County employees
10. Burlington Northern Railroad: 701 Clark County employees
11. Vanalco Inc: 679 Clark County employees
12. City of Vancouver: 654 Clark County employees
13. Frito-Lay Inc: 630 Clark County employees
14. AVX Vancouver Corp: 630 Clark County employees
15. Farmers Insurance Group: 488 Clark County employees