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<br />... <br /> <br />'. <br />I <br />I <br />'I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />.' <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />,J <br />J <br />,t <br />J <br />I <br />,. <br />I <br /> <br />CHANGE IN EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY <br />SMSA: 1970-1979 <br /> <br />-20 <br />Military <br />T...... <br />Gcmtmmont <br />Senlceo <br />Mon_turf.. <br />c-tructlon <br />FIno..., Inl. , 100. but. <br />Tro~Ion, Cern... , Utllltlel <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />20 <br /> <br />% Chan... 1970 -1979 <br />40 60 80 <br /> <br />110 <br /> <br />120 <br /> <br />100 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />FIGURE 8 <br /> <br />and vacation spending was $157 million. <br /> <br />The taurist industry has an impartant <br />impact on employment and income in the <br />region. It is estimated that in 1979 <br />tourist spending directly created about <br />5,800 jobs and about $39.7 million in <br />personal income. The industry was <br />responsible for about 4.5% of total <br />employment and about 2% of total <br />personal income in 1979. <br /> <br />SECTOR CHANGES <br /> <br />Employment by industry gives an <br />indication of the relative importance of <br />the various sectors of the economy. The <br />data indicates some diversification of the <br />economy has occurred due to a dramatic <br />increase in manufacturing employment <br />and a decrease in military employment. <br />During the past 35 years, military <br />personnel accounted for over 30% of the <br />total increase in jobs with an additional <br />6% attributed to military-related civil <br />service employment. However, this <br />dominance may be lessening as military <br />employment has decreased II % since <br />1970. <br /> <br />As previously discussed, manufacturing <br />employment has increased substantially in <br />the last 9 years. Between 1958 and 1979 <br /> <br />manufacturing employment increased at a <br />rate of 9% annually. This change is seen <br />by many as a welcome broadening of the <br />economic base, resulting in lessened <br />dependence upon military income. <br /> <br />Most of the other sectors have increased <br />an average of 5% per year since 1958 with <br />the exception of mining and agriculture <br />which grew at a lesser rate. After <br />manufacturing, the sector of finance, <br />insurance and real estate had the largest <br />increase of employees. Table 14 <br />illustrates the changes in employment <br />experienced by the various sectors since <br />1958 and Figure 8 shows the changes since <br />1970. <br /> <br />LABOR FORCE CHARACTERISTICS <br /> <br />In addition to employment figures, two <br />important characteristics of the local <br />economy are the make-up of the labor <br />force and the unemployment rate. Figure <br />9 depicts the percentage of employment <br />in various employment categories. As <br />shown, the military is still the dominant <br />employer in spite of a decline since 1970. <br />Trade, Government and Services follow in <br />terms of percentage of employment. <br />Manufacturing ranks fifth in spite of a <br />large increase in the number of jobs in <br />this sector since 1970. Table 15 presents <br /> <br />39 <br />