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West Central Region Kept Lead at Job Creation Performance <br /> During this quarter, stron, growth in retail trade and service industries contributed to the "'est <br /> Central rec ion's leading, rate of new job creation. In the services industry, more than one-half <br /> of the start-up jobs were in business services. Expansion hirings also picked up sharply among <br /> local retail trade and service businesses. Several manufacturing businesses continued to expand <br /> in the area. <br /> This region has benefited from rapid wage and salary job growth in the Fargo-ivloorhead <br /> metropolitan area. Manufacturing, retail trade and service industries contributed most to the ' <br /> orowth of the local economy over the past year. Region <br /> 2nd Quarter, 1995 <br /> Number of Business Establishments <br /> Births Dissolutions Expansions Contractions <br /> Industry No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) <br /> Agriculture D D 6 2.7 D D 4 1.8 <br /> Mining 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 <br /> Construction 29 4.9 15 2.5 4 0.7 D D <br /> Manufacturing 4 1.3 D D D D 0 0.0 <br /> Trans., Comm., Utilities 10 3.7 D D D D D D <br /> Wholesale Trade D D D D D D 0 0.0 <br /> Retail Trade 33 2.3 37 2.6 15 1.1 D D <br /> Finance, Ins., Real Estate 9 1.8 D D D D 0 0.0 <br /> Services 40 2.5 34 2.1 6 0.4 11 0.7 <br /> Public Administration D D 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 <br /> • TOTAL 2nd Qtr. 1995 139 2.5 106 1.9 38 0.7 22 0.4 <br /> TOTAL 1st Qtr. 1995 110 2.0 79 1.4 27 0.5 21 0.4 <br /> TOTAL 2nd Qtr. 1994 126 2.3 86 1.6 47 0.9 19 0.4 <br /> Number of Jobs <br /> Births Dissolutions Expansions Contractions <br /> Industry No. Rate(%) No. Rate(%) No. Rate(16) No. Rate(%) <br /> Agriculture D D 12 0.8 D D 53 3.6 <br /> Mining 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 <br /> Construction 45 1.4 38 1.2 71 2.2 D D <br /> Manufacturing 7 0.1 D D D D 0 0.0 <br /> Trans., Comm., Utilities 17 0.5 D D D D D D <br /> Wholesale Trade D D D D D D 0 0.0 <br /> Retail Trade 106 0.7 106 0.7 314 2.0 D D <br /> Finance, Ins., Real Estate 8 0.3 D D D D 0 0.0 <br /> Services 190 0.8 34 0.1 165 0.7 236 1.0 <br /> Public Administration D D 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 <br /> TOTAL 2nd Qtr. 1995 397 0.6 248 0.4 770 1.2 411 0.6 <br /> TOTAL 1st Qtr. 1995 444 0.7 127 0.2 529 0.8 356 0.5 <br /> TOTAL 2nd Qtr. 1994 469 0.8 175 0.3 836 1.4 289 0.5 <br /> D = Suppressed to avoid disclosure of individual company data. <br /> West Central Counties: Becker. Clay, Douglas, Grant, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Traverse and Wilkin. <br /> Note: See notes on Page 13 of Report for Terms, Definitions and Sources. <br /> P <br /> 7 <br />