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`J <br />s <br />In 1987, more than a third of the area's employment was located in suburban <br />Hennepin County, which is located west-northwest of the Minneapolis downtown azea. In <br />urban areas, the City of Minneapolis accounted for 25 percent and St. Paul accounted for <br />15 percent. More than half of the area's job growth during the 1980s occurred in Hennepin <br />County suburbs, with Dakota County's shaze second to Hennepin's (14 percent): <br />Employment distribution by primary industry is listed below: <br />1987 Employment by Primary Industiries' <br />Percent <br />Emplovment of Total <br /> <br />Construction 50,709 <br />Manufacuuring 245,654 <br />Transportation/Communications <br />Utilities 62,675 <br />Trade 306,081 <br />Finance/Insurance/Real Estate 90,891 <br />Services' 298,158 <br />Government 145.106 <br />Total 1,199,274 <br />'Includes agricultural services and mining. <br />4.2% <br />20S <br />5.2 <br />25S <br />7.5 <br />24.9 <br />12.1 <br />100.0% <br />Services employment in the metropolitan area's seven counties and in Minneapolis <br /> <br />and St. Paul made up a somewhat higher proportion of jobs in Hennepin and Scott counties <br />than the metropolitan average, and a lower proportion in Carver County. Manufacturing, <br />with 20 percent of the region's job base, was relatively more important in Carver and <br />Ramsey rnunties and less so in Dakota County and Minneapolis. Trade represented a <br />larger proportion in Dakota and Anoka counties, and a smaller proportion in Carver <br />County. <br />` Metropolitan Council, March 1989. "Employment Trends in the Twin Cities <br />Metropolitan Area 1980-1987." <br />ibid. <br />I-6 <br />