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<br /> Labor Force Data
<br /> January 2001 January 2000
<br /> Civilian Unemployment Civilian Unemployment
<br /> Labor Force Rate Labor Force Rate
<br /> Hennepin County 662,769 2.5% 637,832 2.5%
<br /> Ramsey County 284,664 2.7 274,148 2.8
<br /> Mpls./St. Paul MSA 1,742,765 2.8 1,677,066 2.9
<br /> State of Minnesota 2,761,510 3.9 2,669,561 4.1
<br /> Source: Minnesota Department of Economic Security. 2001 data are preliminary.
<br /> Summary of City Building Permits
<br /> New
<br /> Total Permits Commercial/Industrial Single Family
<br /> Year Number Value Number Value Number Value
<br /> 2001 (to 1-31) 8 $ 49,750 0 0
<br /> 2000 314 4,396,650 32 $1,319,550 6 $1,036,000
<br /> 1999 414 4,475,575 19 1,658,825 0 -0-
<br /> 1998 256 5,761,050 28 4,589,250 8 1,171,800
<br /> 1997 302 9,953,478 57 6,453,578 0 -0-
<br /> 1996 226 10,496,600 45 8,542,400 6 900,000
<br /> 1995 205 2,764,940 56 1,745,140 2 1,099,800
<br /> 1994 222 1,635,000 31 539,500 2 1,046,500
<br /> 1993 258 2,365,280 47 1,388,480 1 976,800
<br /> 1992 229 2,445,015 10 878,400 8 190,000
<br /> Commercial development figures include several large building permits. $411,500 for Apache
<br /> Commons, $432,100 for a Unocal station, and $3,019,800 Cub Foods at Apache Plaza. In addition,
<br /> permits in the amount of$1,043,500 were issued for remodeling and repairing the middle/high school
<br /> and the middle/high school library. The City was issued a permit in the amount of $3,000,000 for
<br /> building the new city hall/community center complex.
<br /> Education
<br /> Independent School District 282 ("ISD 282") is headquartered in the City. The City constitutes I
<br /> 82.7% of ISD 282's valuation. ISD 282 has a 2000/01 enrollment of approximately 1,540 in
<br /> kindergarten through grade 12 and employs a total staff of approximately 230, of which 125 are
<br /> teachers and administrators.
<br /> Parochial education is available at St. Charles Borromeo School, which has approximately 380
<br /> students in kindergarten through grade eight.
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