Table III-13 Employment Forcast Kalamazoo County

  Average
  Annual Rate
    1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 1995-2015
                 
                 
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT   62,843 68,931 69,849 70,668 71,410 72,948 0.3
                 
MAJOR INDUSTRY                
                 
Manufacturing   13,256 12,746 11,414 10,752 10,239 9,700 1.4
                 
Durables   5,637 5,442 4,590 4,134 3,859 3,576  
                 
Nondurables   7,619 7,304 6,824 6,618 6,380 6,123  
                 
Nonmanufacturing   43,360 50,113 52,502 53,919 55,136 57,154 0.7
                 
Mining   25 25 30 30 30 33  
                 
Construction   1,400 1,655 1,709 1,741 1,761 1,790  
                 
Transportation and Public Utilities   2,364 2,639 2,707 2,716 2,591 2,452  
                 
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate   7,229 9,212 9,570 9,074 8,376 8,076  
                 
Retail Trade   9,092 9,357 8,822 8,214 7,899 7,961  
                 
Wholesale Trade   2,690 2,907 2,869 2,776 2,718 2,649  
                 
Services   19,895 23,556 26,029 28,577 30,932 33,310  
                 
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing   665 763 766 792 829 883  
                 
Total Government   6,227 6,072 5,933 5,997 6,035 6,094 0.0