other states that wanted it had local leaders scrambling at one point, making sure hyundai knew how transportation services, power grids and most of all, the local community could and would meet all their needs. last year, hyundai was one of just three car companies to increase sales in america. the success for the community? so you re just looking to see if there s anything wrong with this piece? good jobs. means the world to me. and i know a lot of other people feel the same way. reporter: how secure do you feel in your job? i feel really secure. i really do. reporter: enough to buy a house, enough to move forward. i have. reporter: hyundai doesn t make everything it needs, so that means that lots of suppliers have sprung up all throughout this region to make bumpers and sunroofs and dashboards and that has created many more jobs. in all, local officials estimate more than 20,000 jobs have rippled out from the hyundai deal.
the success for the community so you re just looking it see if there s anything wrong with this piece. reporter: good jobs. it means the world to me and i know a lot of other people feel the same way. reporter: how secure do you feel in your job? i feel really secure. i really do. reporter: enough to buy a house, enough to move forward? i have. reporter: hyundai doesn t make everything it needs, so that means that lots of suppliers have sprung up all throughout this region to make bumpers and sunroofs and dash boards and that has created many more jobs. about 800 have come from mobis, another korean company that followed hyundai here. i m guessing a lot of people are pretty happy about this. yes, we are. as a matter of fact, i m one of them. reporter: in all, local officials estimate more than 20,000 jobs have rippled out from the hyundai deal. building up south alabama one job, one car, one minute at a time. tom foreman, cnn, montgomery.