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Table 1: Employment by Industry
1988 and 1998

Employment Change Percent of New Jobs
Total 180,957 220,665 39,708 21.9%
Agriculture 1,957 3,211 1,254 64.1% 3.2%
Mining 18,088 16,836 -1,252 -6.9% -3.2%
Construction 10,232 15,983 5,751 56.2% 14.5%
Manufacturing 8,757 10,932 2,175 24.8% 5.5%
TCPU* 11,746 11,107 -639 -5.4% -1.6%
Wholesale Trade 7,086 7,791 705 9.9% 1.8%
Retail Trade 35,404 45,074 9,670 27.3% 24.4%
FIRE** 7,363 8,545 1,182 16.1% 3.0%
Services 31,307 48,106 16,799 53.7% 42.3%
Federal Government 7,640 7,113 -527 -6.9% -1.3%
State Government 11,224 11,548 324 2.9% 0.8%
Local Government 30,153 34,419 4,266 14.1% 10.7%

* Transportation, Communications, & Public Utilities.
** Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate.


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