Economy thumb|Mount Hood Railroad thumb|View from McCall Point across Hood River County to Mount Hood Health Care and Social Assistance was the largest major NAICS industry sector in Hood River County in 2013, with 14 percent of earnings. Manufacturing, at 12 percent, was the second largest sector. Farm Earnings combined with Forestry, Fishing and Related Activities represented nearly 11 percent of earnings. The Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services sector, while accounting for seven percent of earnings in 2013, was the fastest growing sector between 2002 and 2013, growing at an average annual rate of over 11 percent, and increasing its relative share of total earnings by 6.45 percent. Earnings in the Health Care and Social Assistance sector grew at an average of over five percent per year during that period.
ecONoMY thuMb|MoUnt HooD RAilrOad thUmb|viEw FrOm MCCall PoiNt AcroSS Hood rIvEr county to mounT Hood health caRe aNd Social aSSistance WaS thE lArgesT major naiCs indusTRy sectOr In hoOd riVER cOuntY in 2013, with 14 perCenT of EarnINgs. manufaCTurIng, AT 12 percent, wAs The seCONd laRgESt SeCtor. farm eArNings CoMBinEd WiTH fORestry, fIshINg and relateD aCtivitieS RepresenTed neaRlY 11 percent Of EArnings. the prOFeSSIonal, SCieNtiFic, and tEcHnical SErvIceS sector, wHILe acCouNting For seveN pERcEnt of EarninGS in 2013, wAs tHE fAsTest gRowIng SEctor bEtWeen 2002 and 2013, gRoWIng At AN average aNNuAL rATE of oveR 11 pERcent, ANd IncreasINg ITs rElatIve sHarE oF ToTAl EarNiNgs bY 6.45 peRcenT. EArNings In tHe heAltH CarE and sOcial Assistance sector GREw at aN AveRAgE Of over five perceNt peR year durINg thAT pERIOD.