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Greater Minnesota Continued to Share Job Growth with <br /> Twin Cities Area <br /> • Construction business start-ups remained strong in Greater Minnesota: two of every three new <br /> construction jobs in the state were created in this area. More than 60 percent of start-up jobs <br /> in transportation, communication and utilities, and wholesale trade were created in Greater <br /> Minnesota. <br /> Greater Minnesota had a 53 percent share of new jobs from major manufacturing expansions, <br /> with the new jobs concentrated in food and kindred products, lumber and wood products, and <br /> transportation and recreational equipment. The growth of recreational equipment manufacturing 1 <br /> continued strong in Greater Minnesota since early 1994. and <br /> Major expansion among constriction companies was prevalent in the Twin Cities area 3rd Quarter, 1993 <br /> (62 percent share of expansion jobs). Also, two of every three new and expansion jobs in the <br /> large services and retail trade industries were created in the Twin Cities area. <br /> Terms and Definitions <br /> The following are definitions of sonte fundamental terms used in this report: <br /> • Business Establishment: As defined be the U.S. Department of Cormherce, a separate plant location or work-site of a <br /> company or enterprise. Large companies may have several establishments in various locations around Minnesota. <br /> Dissolution: The death of a Minnesota business establishment is assumed to have occurred when that establishment both <br /> did not report to the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance Program (U-1) for two consecutive quarters, and when the <br /> establishment cannot be fnind elsewhere in the U-1 records. Businesses which were sold or merged with other <br /> establishments, "-heir such sale or merger resulted in a name and identification number change, ma y occasionally be <br /> erroneously reported cis dissolutions. Apparent dissolutions of manufacturing companies are fitrther verified by business <br /> termination data from Department Depanent of Economic Sec•uritti(DES),and through fallow-up surreys administered by DTED. <br /> Birth: Tire start-up of a new company is determined to have occurred when the establishment first reports to the U-1 <br /> Program. Stiles or mergers of companies mar occasionally be erroneously reported as births. when such activity resulted in <br /> a company name change. For rrranufacutring companies, DES's records and various industry sources are used to identify <br /> such business sales and mergers, which are then excluded front this category. <br /> Expansion: The DTED Business Tracking System reports only significant business expansions. A significant expansion <br /> occurs when a business establishment with over 19 employees increases employment by 25 percent or more over two <br /> quarters; or when any establishment adds 50 or more employees over two quarters. For seasonal businesses such as <br /> outdoor recreation and tourism,job growth is calculated front the same quarter of the previous year. <br /> Contraction: Tire DTED Business Tracking System reports only significant business contractions. A significant contraction•, <br /> occurs when a business establishment with over 19 employees decreases employment by 25 percent or more over nvo <br /> quarters: or when an• establishment terminates 50 or more employees over nvo quarters. For seasonal businesses, job <br /> decline is calculated from the same quarter of the previous year. <br /> Sources For This Report <br /> Tire DTED Business Tracking System is based on information and data files provided by the Research Division and Tae <br /> Division of the Minnesota Department of Economic Security, including quarterly employer reports to the Unemployment <br /> Insurance Program (ES202), St. Paul, Minnesota. The data covers approximately 97 percent of all nonagricultural wage <br /> and salary employment in h/innesota. Those excluded from ES202 are the self-employed, railroad workers, most farmers. <br /> • conntissian agents, students, religious workers and elected government officials. <br /> Six months after the close of each quarter. DES provides DTED with raw data on employment and wages by business <br /> establishment for that quarter. This report is produced one to two months after DTED receives these data. Hence, the <br /> 13 <br />