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nos is behind much of the large increase in amusement products(43 percent),and motor vehicles and equipment and recreation services employment.Gains in social ser- (36 percent). Growth in window manufacturing has • vices employment reflect in part the growth in the resi- boosted jobs in the lumber and wood products industry. dential care industry, spurred by more people with Motor vehicle jobs have gone up as activity in the snow- disabilities living in their communities instead of in insti- mobile,boat and truck industries has picked up. tutions. Not all manufacturing industries registered employment Manufacturing Jobs Increase Modestly gains.The biggest losers were machinery and computer g y equipment and fabricated metal products.The downturn in Minnesota's computer industry is reflected in the 10 Manufacturing's job growth in Minnesota — about percent decline in machinery and computer equipment 27,500 jobs—was slow relative to other industry groups, jobs.Fabricated metal jobs also declined substantially,by but still represented a gain. Most of this gain, about 8 percent, largely because of losses in defense-related 22,700 jobs, occurred in the nondurable goods group. weapons and ammunition manufacturing. Manufacturing is considered a basic or export-producing industry,one that brings in money from outside the area Other Industries Gain Jobs and generates secondary job growth. Two industries, printing and publishing, and food and Retail trade ranked second behind service industries in kindred products, accounted for more than half the gain the number of jobs added,though the rate of growth was in Minnesota manufacturing employment. Printing and only average. The number of retail trade jobs increased publishing, long a mainstay of Minnesota manufactur- by more than 59,000 in six years, up 13.5 percent. The ing, grew by 17 percent from 1988 to 1994. Poultry pro- fastest growing retail industry group was the miscella- cessing was a major contributor to growth in food neous category, which gained 35 percent. The miscella- products manufacturing employment.Other manufactur- neous category includes drug stores,liquor stores,used ing industries with substantial job gains were rubber and merchandise stores,miscellaneous shopping goods stores miscellaneous plastic products(26 percent),lumber and such as gift shops and sporting goods stores,nonstore re- wood products (19 percent), apparel and other textile Minnesota Follows National Employment Trends Annual Percent Change 5.4% Minnf-- 3.0% .5% f United States --0-1. -1.7% 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 • Note:Change is percent change from previous calendar year average to the calendar year shown. Source:U.S.Bureau of Economic Analysis June 1996 Population Notes 3