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San Joaquin County Employment Trends: <br /> Within San Joaquin County, employment <br /> patterns are changing steadily and consis- <br /> tently from agricultural products and <br /> processing to services, and from nondurable <br /> manufacturing to durable manufacturing. <br /> (See Table 1). Employment in the county <br /> has increased 25% since 1977 by adding a <br /> net of 32,000 jobs for a new total average of <br /> 157,700 in 1987. The major categories of <br /> this growth were services at one-third of the <br /> new jobs, retailing at one-fourth,FIRE <br /> (finance, insurance, and real estate) at 14%. <br /> During the same time period, agriculture <br /> employment declined by 2,900. <br /> The major increases in employment from <br /> 1977 to 1987 are as follows: <br /> Services + 10,600 <br /> Retailing + 7,800 <br /> FIRE + 4,400 <br /> Manufacturing + 3,600 <br /> Construction + 3,500 <br /> State &Local <br /> Government + 3,000 <br /> (Source: Annual Planning Information, <br /> Stockton Metropolitan Statistical Area, <br /> 1988-1989, State of California Employment <br /> Development Department, May, 1988.) <br /> Regional Setting <br /> 2.2 <br />