Honda Manufacturing Alabama, the Lincoln-based automotive plant, contributes some $4.5 billion to Alabama's economy annually and 45,000 direct and indirect jobs.
The new data was released November 13 by the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama, which conducted an economic impact study on the plant in conjunction with the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Alabama.
"This study demonstrates that Honda is a huge economic engine for the state of Alabama," said EDPA president Jim Hayes.
The total economic impact of the plant accounts for about 3 percent of Alabama's gross state product, the report said.
EDPA officials hope to produce a similar study on Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, which began producing vehicles in Montgomery in May 2005.