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ExecutiveSummary:StudyoftheMetropolitanAreaFiscalDisparitiesProgram
<br />FortheMinnesotaDepartmentofRevenue
<br />Employmentintheregionhasalsogrownsignificantly,essentiallydoublingfrom1970totoday.The
<br />currentestimateoftotalnumberofjobsinthesevencountystudyregionisapproximately1.5million.
<br />HennepinandRamseycountiescontainthelargestnumberofjobsintheregion,buthavedeclinedin
<br />regionalsharerelativetotheothercounties(combinedcomprising73percentofjobsintheregion
<br />downfrom89percentin1970).
<br />Asshownbelow,thehighestpercentofgrowthoccurredinCarverCountyfollowedbyScott,Dakota,
<br />andWashingtoncounties.ThelargestabsolutegaininemploymentoccurredinHennepinCounty
<br />followingbyDakotaCounty.ThelowestpercentageincreaseoccurredinRamseyCounty.
<br />Figure4.EmploymentGrowthbyCounty:1970to2010
<br />JobGrowth
<br />JobsFrom1970to2010
<br />19702010 Increase/Decrease%TotalGrowth%AvgAnnGrowth
<br />Anoka29,170107,074 77,904267.1%6.7%
<br />Carver4,12032,955 28,835699.9%17.5%
<br />Dakota31,100169,360 138,260444.6%11.1%
<br />Hennepin463,090804,056 340,96673.6%1.8%
<br />Ramsey230,240314,347 84,10736.5%0.9%
<br />Scott6,82041,557 34,737509.3%12.7%
<br />Washington14,37071,454 57,084397.2%9.9%
<br />GrandTotal778,9101,540,803761,89397.8%2.4%
<br />Groupingemploymentdataintoregionaldevelopmentclassificationsshowsthatallareasaddedjobs
<br />since1970withDevelopingAreasaddingthesecondlargestnumberofjobs(behindDevelopedAreas)
<br />withthehighestgrowthrate.RuralAreasalsoaddedjobsatahighgrowthrate,mainlybecausethe
<br />initialnumberofjobsissolow.CentralCitiesaddedjobs,butatamuchlowergrowthratethanallother
<br />areas.
<br />Figure5.EmploymentGrowthbyRegionalDevelopmentClassification:1970to2010
<br />JobGrowth
<br />JobsFrom1970to2010
<br />19702010 Increase/Decrease%TotalGrowth%AvgAnnGrowth
<br />CentralCities435,580456,798 21,2184.9%0.1%
<br />DevelopedArea288,550712,372 423,822146.9%3.7%
<br />DevelopingArea36,440320,367 283,927779.2%19.5%
<br />RuralAreas2,06016,272 14,212689.9%17.2%
<br />RuralGrowthCenters2,0209,237 7,217357.3%8.9%
<br />ExcludedfromFD14,14025,757 11,61782.2%2.1%
<br />GrandTotal778,7901,540,803762,01397.8%2.4%
<br />Source:DatafromMetropolitanCouncilandMNDept.ofEmploymentandEconomicDevelopment;analysisbyTischlerBise
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