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ExecutiveSummary:StudyoftheMetropolitanAreaFiscalDisparitiesProgram <br />FortheMinnesotaDepartmentofRevenue <br />Morerecentjobgrowthdataisshownbelowfrom2000to2009.Duringtherecentrecessionwith <br />overalljoblossesexperiencedintheregionasawhole,itisinterestingtonotethatboththeDeveloping <br />AreasandRuralAreashaveaddedjobswhileCentralCitiesandDevelopedAreashavelostjobs.See <br />Figure6. <br />Figure6.EmploymentGrowthbyRegionalDevelopmentClassification:2000to2009 <br />2000(2ndQtr)2009(2ndQtr)Gain(Loss)%Gain/Loss <br />CentralCities496,251458,026(38,225)7.7% <br />DevelopedAreas709,258652,577(56,681)8.0% <br />DevelopingAreas374,295410,82736,532 9.8% <br />RuralAreas23,62825,7262,098 8.9% <br />RuralCenters9,4519,7623113.3% <br />OtherRural14,17715,9641,78712.6% <br />MetroCouncilRegionalTotal1,603,4321,547,156(56,276)3.5% <br />Note:AllMetrolocalitiesareincludedinoneofthecategories(unlikeabovetableswithan"ExcludedfromFD"group). <br />Source:MetroCouncilData;analysisbyTischlerBise. <br />ECONOMIC AND TAX BASE TRENDS <br />Toprovidefurthercontextofeconomicandtaxbasetrendsintheregion,weexamineothereconomic <br />andfiscalfactorsinthisstudysuchaspersonalincome,wages,grossdomesticproduct(GDP)byMSA, <br />andtaxbasecomposition. <br />EconomicTrends <br />Personalincomeby placeofresidence isshownbelowinFigure7.(Datashownareincurrentdollars; <br />thatis,notadjustedforinflation.)Overthepast40years,personalincomelevelshavevariedwhen <br />comparingcountiesintheregion.HennepinCountyhasconsistentlyhadthehighestpercapitaincome <br />intheregionwithAnokaCountyhavingthelowest.MostofthecountiesarehigherthantheMinnesota <br />averagewithAnokaandScottcountieshoveringatorbelowthestateaverage. <br />6 <br /> <br />