By the beginning of the 1990s, there were nearly 6000 factories located within the city, which is an average of 60 to 80 per square kilometer. This figure is many times higher than the average of five to ten per square kilometer in other locations in Taiwan.
到了一九九○年代左右，高雄市內工廠總數近六千家，平均每平方公里約有六十到八十家，比台灣其他地區平均的五到十家高出十倍以上。