Table 2: Employment, Percent of Total Employment and Employment Differences by Industry

	1981			1987			1996
	Employment	Percent of Total Employment	Difference 1981-87	Employment	Percent of Total Employment	Difference 1987-96	Employment	Percent of Total Employment	Difference 1981-96
Agriculture	1,847	0.9%	-7	1,840	1.0%	1,211	3,051	1.4%	1,204
Mining	38,603	17.9%	-20,799	17,804	10.0%	-1,920	15,884	7.4%	-22,719
Construction	20,934	9.7%	-10,178	10,756	6.0%	3,477	14,233	6.7%	-6,701
Manufacturing	9,830	4.5%	-1,792	8,038	4.5%	2,753	10,791	5.0%	961
TPU*	13,905	6.4%	-2,525	11,380	6.4%	-345	11,035	5.2%	-2,870
Wholesale Trade	11,236	5.2%	-4,097	7,139	4.0%	226	7,365	3.4%	-3,871
Retail Trade	39,040	18.1%	-4,469	34,571	19.4%	10,224	44,795	21.0%	5,755
FIRE**	7,688	3.6%	-152	7,536	4.2%	365	7,901	3.7%	213
Services	29,436	13.6%	1,348	30,784	17.3%	14,868	45,652	21.4%	16,216
Federal Government	7,347	3.4%	235	7,582	4.3%	-312	7,270	3.4%	-77
State Government	10,056	4.7%	1,201	11,257	6.3%	286	11,543	5.4%	1,487
Local Government	26,145	12.1%	3,255	29,400	16.5%	4,780	34,180	16.0%	8,035
Total	216,067	100.0%	-37,980	178,087	100.0%	35,613	213,700	100.0%	-2,367

* Transportation & Public Utilities
** Finance, Insurance, & Real Estate