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Area 2 accounts for 31 percent of Twin
<br />Cities commuters. But only 16 percent
<br />of the employed residents of Area 2
<br />work in the metropolitan area. Area I
<br />contnbutes less than 10 percent of
<br />Greater Minnesota commuters, and just
<br />1 percent of Area 1 workers have Twin
<br />CitieS'based jobs.
<br />By 1988, the share of jobs held by
<br />Twin Cities commuters had grown to
<br />4.4 percent of total Twin Cities employ
<br />ment In 1980, 3.2 percent of all Twin
<br />Cities jobs were held by people who
<br />lived in Greater Minnesota.
<br />Growth in commuting outpaced the
<br />growth in Twin Cities employment by a
<br />substantial margin. The number of
<br />metropolitan area jobs grew from 1.04
<br />million in 1980 to 1.28 millic in 1988,
<br />an increase of 22 percent
<br />Dunng the same penod. the number
<br />of Greater Minnesota commuters
<br />increased by 64 percent from 33,866 to
<br />55,692. As a result of the growth in both
<br />employment and commuting, these
<br />people had an increased share of a larger
<br />metropolitan employment base.
<br />For ijorc information on this study,
<br />contact the Policy Analysis Oflicc at
<br />612/296-8341.
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<br />Metro companies
<br />moving back to
<br />Gieater Minnesota
<br />A recent preliminary study on
<br />A metro area corporate expan-
<br />sion since mid-1980 by the
<br />Minnesota Department of Trade
<br />and Economic Development’s
<br />Policy Analysis Office, shows that
<br />job creation in Greater Minnesota
<br />has taken an upswing.
<br />Between 1982 and 1986, some
<br />state-based corporations closed
<br />branches and plants outside the
<br />Twin Cities metro area. However,
<br />from 1986 through 1988, this situa
<br />tion changed, according to informa
<br />tion from the Minnesota Depart
<br />ment of Jobs and Training. In the
<br />last three years, corporations are
<br />again opening branch offices or
<br />plants in Greater Minnesota, con
<br />tributing significaody to new job
<br />creation.
<br />For further information about
<br />the study, contact Emesto C.
<br />Venegas, an economic analyst in
<br />the Policy Analyse Office at
<br />612/297-1408.
<br />Employment
<br />Growth
<br />Mlnneapolls/St. Paul
<br />Metro Area
<br />79,800 Jobs
<br />Greater Minnesota
<br />50,000 Jobs
<br />Third Quarter, 1986
<br />Third Quarter, 1988
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