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V'K14(017 * PC1_111JLAT �1iD NEk own ��l June 1996 OSD 96-79 Minnesota Jobs Highlights at a Glance... Grew Vigorously from ■The number of jobs has grown faster in Minnesota than in the United States. 1988 to 1994 ■Job growth in the Twin Cities region has been below the state average. Martha McMurry ■Almost half of the job growth was in the service Spurred by strong job growth outside the seven-county industry group. Twin Cities area, Minnesota employment rose at a rate ■ Manufacturing employment increased in Minnesota well above the national average between 1988 and 1994. while declining nationally. Full- and part-time employment went up 13.0 percent in n The number of jobs in Minnesota grew faster than • Minnesota, compared to 7.7 percent in the nation as a the total population and the number of employed whole, Bureau of Economic Analysis data shows. Em- people. ployment increased in every major industrial group with the exception of farming. More than half the state's job growth occurred outside the seven-county Twin Cities area, a sharp departure from previous trends. Job Growth in Five-State Area Is Robust Jobs Grow Faster in Minnesota Minnesota's robust job growth from 1988 to 1994 was paralleled in other Upper Midwest states.Among border- Job expansion in Minnesota from 1988 to 1994 exceeded ing states, South Dakota had the highest rate of employ- the national average in almost every major industry ex- ment growth, with 18.4 percent. North Dakota had the cept farming.Minnesota surpassed the nation most in job lowest at 10.7 percent but was still better than the na- gains in manufacturing and the finance, insurance, and tional average. All five Upper Midwest states had in- real estate industry groups. Manufacturing jobs fell 4.5 creases in manufacturing employment, with extremely percent in the United States but went up 6.8 percent in high growth recorded in South Dakota(38.5 percent)and Minnesota. Minnesota had larger gains in jobs in both North Dakota(29.6 percent). nondurable goods manufacturing(14.0 percent versus a drop of 0.2 percent) and durable goods manufacturing (2.0 percent compared to a decline of 7.5 percent). The number of finance, insurance and real estate jobs also went down nationally(by 0.9 percent)while growing 8.6 percent in Minnesota. While jobs were increasing in every other major industry, however, farming employment declined 10.6 percent in Minnesota and 7.0 percent nationally. .iU'Ni