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TABLE 4 <br /> EMPLOYMENT 1970 TO 2000 <br /> COLUMBIA HEIGHTS <br /> 1970 1980 1990 1990 2000 <br /> (actual) (actual) (actual) (projected) ..(projected)- <br /> 3,900 5,100 5,241 6,000 . 7,000 <br /> Source: Metropolitan Council, 1986. <br /> Note: Figures represent numbers of jobs in Columbia Heights. <br /> y in Columbia Heights are concentrated in retail trade (30%) and <br /> As shown b Table 5, the jobs available <br /> services (291%). The.Metro Council is predicting that employment in the Twin Cities metro area in the <br /> 1990s will experience slower growth and greater diversification than it did in the previous decade. The <br /> metro area will have a greater concentration of employment-opportunities in low-paying industries and <br /> outlying areas. Other key trends in employment for the metro area are as follows: <br /> • Fewer new workers will enter the labor force each year, causing labor shortages in some <br /> occupations. <br /> • Work places will become more; diverse, with fewer white males and more women and <br /> people of color entering,the work force. <br /> • Employment will grow fastest in the low-paying service and retail trade industries. <br /> • Growth occupations will include the high-paying professional and technical category and <br /> the low-paying service category. <br /> 0 Household incomes will continue to increase, but the income differential between higher- <br /> and lower-income families will also increase. <br /> 09425 6 <br />