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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 -St. Paul <br />downtown area. In urban areas, the City of Minneapolis accounted for 25 percent <br />and St. Paul accounted for 15 percent. More than half of the area's job growth <br />during the 1980s has occurred in Hennepin County suburbs, with Dakota County's <br />share second to Hennepin's (14 percent). 1/ <br />Employment distribution by primary industry is listed below: <br />1987 Covered Employment by Primary Industry Division 2/ <br />Construction <br />Manufacturing <br />Transportation/Communications <br />Utilities <br />Trade <br />Finance/Insurance/Real Estate <br />Services' <br />Government <br />Total <br />Percent <br />Emnlovment of Total <br />50,709 4.2% <br />245,654 20.5 <br />62,675 5.2 <br />306,081 25.5 <br />90,891 7.5 <br />298,158 24.9 <br />145.106 12.1 <br />1,199,274 100.0 <br />*Includes agricultural services and mining. <br />Services employment in the Metropolitan area's seven counties and in <br />Minneapolis and St. Paul made up a somewhat higher proportion of jobs in Hennepin <br />and Scott counties than the metropolitan average, and a lower proportion in Carver <br />County. Manufacturing, with 20 percent of the region's job base, was relatively <br />more important in Carver and Ramsey counties and less so in Dakota County and <br />Minneapolis. Trade represented a larger proportion in Dakota and Anoka counties, <br />and a smaller proportion in Carver County. <br />1/ Metropolitan Council, March 1989. "Employment Trends in the Twin Cities <br />Metropolitan Area 1980-1987." <br />2/ ibid. <br />I-4 <br />