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A Shifting Economy
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<br /> INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT Table 4. Industry Employment Growth: Region 7W, 2000-2003
<br /> Despite a state recession,
<br /> positive changes have 2000 2003
<br /> Chane
<br /> taken place across the local Industry Average Average 20002003 Percent Change 2000-2003
<br /> economy. Region 7W
<br /> Employ Employ
<br /> actually added close to Total,All Ownerships 138,065 144,056 5,991 4%
<br /> 6,000 jobs from 2000 to 2003, Total,Private Sector 118,709 124,013 5,304 4%
<br /> with major job gains in Agriculture,Forestry,Fishing& 1,213 1,303 90 7%
<br /> healthcare and social Mining 177 604 62 3
<br /> Utilities 1,542 1,604 62 4%
<br /> assistance, construction, Construction 7,990 10,012 2,02225%
<br /> and accommodation and Manufacturing 26,010 24,187 -1,823 -7%
<br /> Wholesale Trade 6,097 6,031 ss -1%
<br /> food services coming from
<br /> Retail Trade 22,729 21,796 -933 -4%
<br /> the growing population. Transportation and Warehousing 4,172 4,347 175 4%
<br /> Information 1,962 2,079 117 I 6%
<br /> In 2000, the single largest Finance and Insurance 3,534 4,308 774 22%
<br /> Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 1,496 1,462 -34 -2%
<br /> sector was manufacturing, Professional and Technical Services 3,242 3,359 117 4%
<br /> with 26,010 jobs, or about Management of Companies and Ent. 627 754 127 20%
<br /> 19 percent of the regional Administrative and Waste Services 5,751 6,092 341 6%
<br /> Educational Seances 1,507 1,682 175 12%
<br /> total. In the two years that
<br /> Health Care and Social Assistance 13,546 15,923 2,377 18%
<br /> followed, manufacturing Arts,Entertainment,and Recreation na 1,762 na 0%
<br /> declined over 7 percent, Accommodation and Food Services 10,856 11,850 994 g%
<br /> dropping to 24,187 jobs. Other Services,Ex.Public Admin 4,884 5,226 342 i 7%
<br /> Retail trade also suffered
<br /> job declines during the Source:DEED, Labor Market Information Office. Quarterly Census of
<br /> recession, mostly because of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Online at www.deed.state.mn.us/
<br /> • losses in nonstore retailers. Imi/tools/gcew/
<br /> Table 5. Occupational Projections: Central Planning Region*, 2000-2010
<br /> Regional Percent Net Job Net Total
<br /> Employ Change Growth Replacements Openings
<br /> Occupation 2000 2000-2010 2000-2010 2000-2010 2000-2010
<br /> Management Occupations 19,193 6.4 1,220 2,470 3,690
<br /> Business and Financial Operations Occupations 7,729 23.1 1,784 1,533 3,317
<br /> Computer and Mathematical Occupations 2,212 54.8 1,212 203 1,415
<br /> Architecture and Engineering Occupations 3,956 9.7 382 923 1,305
<br /> Life, Physical,and Social Science Occupations 1,235 14.9 184 328 512
<br /> Community and Social Services Occupations 4,644 36.7 1,706 767 2,473
<br /> Legal Occupations 1,215 17.1 208 91 299
<br /> Education, Training,and Library Occupations 16,963 22.7 3,845 3,723 7,568
<br /> Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports,and Media Occ 2,417 24.4 590 419 1,009
<br /> Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations 11,451 28.5 3,269 2,542 5,811
<br /> Healthcare Support Occupations 7,266 32.3 2,348 1,144 3,492
<br /> Protective Service Occupations 3,676 20.6 758 1,027 1,785
<br /> Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations 21,448 21 4,505 9,706 14,211
<br /> Building&Grounds Cleaning&Maintenance Occup. 9,473 24.4 2,312 1,904 4,216
<br /> Personal Care and Service Occupations 9,821 27.5 2,698 2,832 5,530
<br /> Sales and Related Occupations 31,386 17.4 5,472 9,961 15,433
<br /> Office and Administrative Support Occupations 37,777 14.7 5,550 8,187 13,737
<br /> Farming, Fishing,and Forestry Occupations 3,962 6.2 244 1,232 1,476
<br /> Construction and Extraction Occupations 12,688 19.2 2,431 2,288 4,719
<br /> Installation, Maintenance,and Repair Occupations 10,597 16.7 1,770 2,450 4,220
<br /> Production Occupations 33,848 4.2 1,431 8,022 9,453
<br /> Transportation and Material Moving Occupations 19,584 19.5 3,817 4,531 8,348
<br /> Source: DEED, Labor Market Information Office. Employment Outlook, 2000-2010.
<br /> Online at www.deed.state.mn.us/Imi/tools/projections/
<br /> Note: The most specific geography for which Projections are produced is Planning Region, The Central
<br /> 6 June 2004
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