Table 18
EXISTING AND PROJECTED EMPLOYMENT IN THE REGION BY COUNTY: 1990-2020
Projected Change
Employment               Projected Employment Levels (jobs)                 1990-2020
County       Level (jobs)     Scenario          2000        2010        2020        Number      Percent
Kenosha              50,900   Low-Growth             56,800      62,500       66,900      16,000       31.4
Intermediate-Growth    58,400       64,900      70,200      19,300       37.9
High-Growth            60,700       68,000      74,900      24,000       47.2
Milwaukee           613,300   Low-Growth            620,800      629,800     623,100       9,800        1.6
Intermediate-Growth   639,000      654,000     653,900      40,600        6.6
High-Growth           663,600      685,600     697,700      84,400       13.8
Ozaukee              36,400   Low-Growth             40,800       45,200      48,700      12,300       33.8
Intermediate-Growth    42,000       46,900      51,100      14,700       40.4
High-Growth             43,600      49,200      54,500       18,100      49.7
Racine               88,800   Low-Growth             94,900      100,300     103,400      14,600       16.4
Intermediate-Growth    97,700      104,100     108,600      19,800       22.3
High-Growth           101,400      109,200     115,800      27,000       30.4
Walworth             40,200   Low-Growth             52,700       56,200      58,400      18,200       45.3
Intermediate-Growth    54,200       58,400      61,300      21,100       52.5
High-Growth             56,300      61,200      65,400      25,200       62.7
Washington           46,100   Low-Growth             51,500       56,700      60,800      14,700       31.9
Intermediate-Growth    53,000       58,900      63,800      17,700       38.4
High-Growth             55,000      61,700      68,100      22,000       47.7
Waukesha            191,500   Low-Growth            214,700      237,400     255,600      64,100       33.5
Intermediate-Growth   221,000      246,500     268,200      76,700       40.1
High-Growth           229,400      258,400     286,200      94,700       49.5
Region          1,067,200  Low-Growth          1,132,200    1,188,100   1,216,900     149,700       14.0
Intermediate-Growth  1,165,300   1,233,700    1,277,100    209,900       19.7
High-Growth          1,210,000   1,293,300    1,362,600     295,400      27.7
Source: U. S. Bureau of Economic Analysis and SEWRPC.

increase by about 123,000, or about 18 percent, to
799,100 by the year 2020. Under all of the house-
hold projections, Waukesha County would experi-
ence the largest absolute increases in the number
of households.
6. The number of jobs in the Region in 1990 was
about 1,067,200, an increase of about 493,700
jobs, or about 86 percent, over the 1950 level of
about 573,500. The number of available jobs in the
Region increased significantly during the 1950s,
1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, although not at as high a
rate as those of the State and the Nation. Over
the entire period from 1950 to 1990, the number of
jobs in the Region increased by about 86 percent,

compared to 99 percent for the State and 120 per-
cent for the Nation. The greatest rates of job growth
over the period from 1950 to 1990 occurred in
Ozaukee, Washington, and Waukesha Counties,
with employment increases of 452 percent, 352 per-
cent, and 1,068 percent, respectively. The largest
absolute increases in the number of jobs during
the 1950s and the 1970s occurred in Milwaukee
County. The largest absolute increases in the num-
ber ofjobs during the 1960s and the 1980s occurred
in Waukesha County.
Varying rates of growth have resulted in significant
changes in the proportional distribution of total
employment in the Region among the seven

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