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Metropolitan area, but will occur nationwide. Only unprecedented in -migration to <br />the Twin Cities could maintain historic growth levels. 1/ <br />The shift in character of the Twin Cities population will be reflected in the <br />composition of the future work force. Those people in the prime working ages of <br />20 to 60 will continue to increase in each decade from now until 2010. The <br />relationship between age and employment is depicted in Exhibit I-2. It shows the <br />percentage of people in each age group who are working or looking for work. This <br />is the labor force participation rate. It is shown separately for men and women <br />because of differences between the employment rates for each sex. The ratio of <br />full-time to part-time workers reflects preferences of workers of different ages and <br />economic forces. Given the major shifts in age composition ahead, this ratio bears <br />close watching. <br />Employment by county within the Twin Cities Metropolitan area is shown <br />below: <br />1987 COVERED EMPLOYMENT 2/ <br />Emnlovment Growth <br />Percent Percent <br />County Number of Region 1980-1987 of Region <br />Anoka 68,523 5.7% 10,178 6.4% <br />Carver 12,436 1.0 2,582 1.6 <br />Dakota 83,485 7.0 21,657 13.6 <br />Suburban <br />Hennepin 413,074 34.4 85,454 53.7 <br />Minneapolis 282,262 23.5 16,786 10.6 <br />Suburban <br />Ramsey 106,290 8.9 9,575 6.0 <br />St. Paul 179,865 15.0 328 0.2 <br />Scott 16,548 1.4 3,520 2.2 <br />Washington 36,791 3.1 9,082 5.7 <br />Metropolitan <br />Area 1,199,274 100.0% 159,162 100.0% <br />1/ Metropolitan Council, '"The Aging of the Baby -Boom Generation in the Twin <br />Cities Metropolitan Area," February 1986. <br />2/ Metropolitan Council, "Employment trends in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area <br />1980-1987," March 1989. <br />I-3 <br />