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August/September 1987 A publicm mn of the Department of Trade and Economic I)evelopment Volume 4, Number 1 <br /> <br />Migration in MinnesOta <br /> <br /> We like it here' <br /> <br />When Minnesotans move, most of them move to another <br />Minnesota location rather than to another state. <br />Sixty-three percent of the moves made in Minnesota in <br /> L984 were made to other Minnesota locations, according <br />to the Demographer's Office of the State Planning <br />Agency. <br /> <br />Migration data, compiled from state records and U.S. <br />Internal Revenue Service data, reflects residence changes <br />that, in addition to the usual reasons, are obviously made <br />for business reasons, retirement, graduation from <br />colleges and universities and, in many cases, failing <br />economies which cannot suppor~ the job-seeking <br />population. <br />TheDemographer s Office sa~s Minnesota has a stable <br />population compared with other states. Other <br />Midwestern and Northeastern states have' a similar <br />stabilit:,: <br />Minnesota loses residents to Western and Sunbelt states, <br />but has substantial migration from other Midwestern <br />states. The Midwestern gains come principally from _ <br />states to the south and east -- Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, <br />Michigan and Indiana. Counties in the Twin Cities area <br />are the major locales for these new residents. <br /> <br /> Within the Midwest, Minnesota is especially important <br /> as a source of migrants and as a migration destination for <br /> ~cates along its borders. The relationship between <br /> <br />Population migration <br />Continued on Page 7 <br /> <br /> E Minnesota <br /> rtnership sees <br />economic futu "e <br />in re§ional plan <br /> <br />Realizing that no one community "has it all," 20 counties <br />in Southeast Minnesota have combined their resources to <br />increase the likelihood of a healthy economic future. <br /> <br />Community leaders want to assure economic growth and <br />stability in the area. They want to know what industrial <br />base will be good for the future, and on what scale. <br />Toward that end, they've committed themselves to put <br />together a coherent development strategsj for the region, <br />beginning with a quantitative, qualitative analysis of the <br />day-to-day industrial hie of the area. <br /> <br />tn December, several community leaders from Austin, <br />Albert Lea, Fairmont, Roches;er, Mankato, Owatonna <br />and environs met to talk about their region's economic <br />future. The group included representatives of local <br />government and chambers of commerce, banks in the <br />First Bank System, the Southern Minnesota Municipal <br />Power Agency and the six local industrial development <br />corporations. <br /> <br />Strong support was indicated for a regional effort to <br />expand existing businesses and attract new ones. A <br />regional industry analysis was determined to be the first <br />logical step. A task force was appointed to select a <br />consultant to desigm mhd participate in the process. <br /> <br />Public Demographics, inc.. a MinneapoHs firm, was <br />hired, its 860,000 fee was raised by the slx primary cities. <br />First B ranks and the utility agency. <br /> <br /> One of the most tangible products of this industry <br /> m. nalysis wi!! be a list of about 50 ~dustries on which the <br /> region wi',J focus to deterzrHne its future. These particulm- <br /> industries will strongly influence the region's overall <br /> development pohc~ <br /> <br /> Some of the target industries will be suitable to an); <br /> location in the region, some for certain specific <br /> communities. To produce the list, a comprehensive <br /> regionwide survey was conducted this summen Data on <br /> such topics as e-~fisting industry, available labor iorce, <br /> <br />Southeast Minnesota Projec'~ <br />Continued on Page 3 <br /> <br /> <br />