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Major Employers <br /> Approximate <br /> Number <br /> Employer Product/Service of Employees <br /> Independent School District No. 728 <br /> (Elk River) Education 2,000(a) <br /> Sherburne County County government 616(b) <br /> Guardian Angels Care Center Skilled nursing facility 374 <br /> Wal-Mart Stores,Inc. Retail store 350(b) <br /> Sportech,Inc. Thermoformed plastic products 230 <br /> Great River Energy Electric power distributor 2070) <br /> Menards Retail home improvement 200(b) <br /> Emerson Processing Management(d) Pressure control devices 150 <br /> City of Elk River City government 146(b) <br /> Cornerstone Auto Group Automobile dealership 138(0)0 <br /> Coborn's Grocery store 1300) <br /> Morrell Companies Freight trucking 1050) <br /> E&O Tools&Plastics,Inc. Plastic injection molding manufacturer 100 <br /> Cub Foods Grocery store 1000(c) <br /> Home Depot Retail home improvement 1000)(0 <br /> (a) Includes full-time, part-time, and contract employees, as well as substitute teachers. Previous number only <br /> included teachers. <br /> (b) Includes full-and part-time employees. <br /> (c) As of January 2014;most recent information available. <br /> (d) Formerly Tescom Corporation. <br /> Source: This does not purport to be a comprehensive list and is based on a May 2016 telephone survey of <br /> individual employers. Some employers do not respond to inquiries. <br /> Labor Force Data <br /> Annual Average May <br /> 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 <br /> Labor Force: <br /> Sherburne County 48,815 48,999 49,366 49,794 50,908 <br /> State of Minnesota 2,958,272 2,971,523 2,982,750 3,010,366 3,055,197 <br /> Unemployment Rate: <br /> Sherburne County 6.2% 5.3% 4.5% 4.0% 5.1% <br /> State of Minnesota 5.6 4.9 4.2 3.7 4.6 <br /> Source: Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, <br /> https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/laust 2016 data are preliminary. <br /> -27 - <br /> 145 <br />