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The Region's Industry Mix <br /> • <br /> Figure 5. "Distinguishing Industries": Regional REGIONAL DISTINGUISHING INDUSTRIES <br /> Industries with Above-Average Market Share,2003 DEED defines a region's distinguishing <br /> industries as those with a better-than- <br /> Furniture&Related Product Mfg. 19.5% average share of statewide industry <br /> employment. Region 7W had 5.6 <br /> Non etnUic Mineral Pro&tt Mfg. 19A% percent of all Minnesota jobs in 2003. <br /> Textile Product Mills 18. % Ten distinguishing industries in the region <br /> have an 8.8 percent or greater share of <br /> Utilities t 134% statewide jobs. (See Figure 5.) <br /> Nonstore Retailers 10.6% <br /> Heavy&Civil Eng.Construction 10.5% The region's natural resource base has <br /> made nonmetallic mineral product <br /> Crop Production 9.9% Manufacturing one of the region's <br /> Truck Transportation 9.5% defining industries, while the strong <br /> agricultural foundation in Stearns County <br /> Motor Vehcie&Parts Dealers 9.0% leads to the area's competitive advan <br /> Printing&Related SupportAdivities 8.8% tage in crop and animal production. The <br /> region is also home to successful truck <br /> Total,All Industries 5.6% transportation companies and heavy <br /> 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% and civil engineering construction firms. <br /> Share of Statewide Employment <br /> Although the industries have suffered <br /> setbacks during the recession, nonstore <br /> Source:DEED, Labor Market Information Office. retailers, textile product mills, and print- <br /> Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages(QCEW). ing companies are still integral parts of <br /> • Online at www.deed.state.mn.us/Imi/tools/qcew/ the region's employment history. <br /> MAJOR EMPLOYERS Table 2. Major Employers in Region 7W <br /> In a reflection of the <br /> region's exceptional Name County Primar Line of Business <br /> balance between blue- CentraCare/St Cloud Hospital Steams General Medical& Surgical Hospitals <br /> and white-collar work, the Cold Spring Granite Co Steams Cut Stone& Stone Prod Mfg <br /> area has been called Electrolux Home Products Steams Household Refrigerator&Home Freezer Mfg <br /> somewhat recession proof. St Cloud State University Steams Colleges& Universities <br /> Gold'n Plump Poultry Inc Steams Poultry Processing <br /> Indeed, the region boasts A-1 Toilet Rental& Svc Steams Septic Tank& Related Svcs <br /> a mix of manufacturers, Dezurik/Copes-Vulcan Steams Other Metal Valve& Pipe Fitting Mfg <br /> agriculture-related entities, Jennie-O Foods Steams Poultry Processing <br /> a burgeoning health care Antioch Co Steams Blankbook& Looseleaf Binder Mfg <br /> industry, growing K-12 and Bankers Systems Inc Steams Other Commercial Printing <br /> post secondary education Merrill Corp Steams Other Commercial Printing <br /> Quebecor Printing St Cloud Steams Commercial Lithographic Printing <br /> institutions, emerging International Paper Co Steams Paper, Except Newsprint, Mills <br /> professional services, a St John's University Steams Colleges & Universities <br /> thriving printing industry, New Flyer USA Steams Heavy Duty Truck Mfg <br /> an active retail Baueriy Brothers Benton Other Building Material Dealers <br /> component, and several Royal Melrose Granite Co Steams Cut Stone&Stone Prod Mfg <br /> large public sector Nahan Printing Steams Commercial Lithographic Printing <br /> employers. That diversity is Bemick's Pepsi Cola Steams Other Grocery Prod Merchant Whols <br /> reflected in the list of the US Veterans Medical Center Steams Other Hospitals <br /> area's top employers. (See <br /> Table 2.) Source:InfoUSA. 2004 ALMIS Employer Database. Online at www.iseek.org <br /> "'*` 'h• :% u.r�o-„ .;.J;,° , ,':r, ', %.?'"�t»Q;; e ,'; \--a:-,4,-z7,,,--74:',':g.-,:,417, .,:1,.:. :14,'''; :v?.;�a . r, 3.r, * a '';,',V. <br /> 4 June 2004 <br />