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City Services Provided More Efficiently. Minnesota's cities tend to provide ser- <br />vices more efficiently than the average for all American cities. Based on the latest <br />available statistics (1985), per capita, full-time employment in Minnesota for city ser- <br />vices such as police and fire protection, sewage and sanitation services, •later supply <br />and housing and urban renewal are well below the national average. <br />As indicated in Table 1, per capita employment for all service functions of Minne- <br />sota's state and local government units (including schools, counties, cities and <br />townships) is about 7 percent below the national average. However, for police protec- <br />tion, Minnesota public employment is 29 percent below the national average; for fire <br />protection, our state is 54 percent below the national average; for housing and urban <br />renewal, we are 56 percent below average; for sewage and sanitation, 29 percent <br />below average. <br />....................... .................... ._................................ <br />TABLE I <br />FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT PER 10,C00 POPULATION <br />Minnesota vs. U.S. Ave•age <br />1985 <br />%BE' nW <br />FUNCTION MINNESOTA <br />U.S. AVERAGE U.S. <br />A 1E <br />All MN State 6 Local employment.... <br />41 - 8 <br />442.6 <br />- ?a <br />MN police protection ........................ <br />18.2 <br />25.5 <br />-29 <br />MN fire protection ............................ <br />4.5 <br />9.7 <br />- 54 <br />MN housing/urban renewal ............. <br />1.7 <br />3.9 <br />- 56 <br />MN sewage 8 sanitation .................. <br />6.2 <br />9.7 <br />- 29 <br />SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, "Public <br />.............................................................................................................................. <br />Emp,-p. wit in 1985,' <br />1986. <br />17- <br />