2000 Economic Forecast - San Diego County

 

Alan Gin

Associate Professor of Economics

 

Employment (in thousands)

1999

2000

Change

% Change

Total, All Industries

1132.0

1149.2

+17.2

+1.5%

Agriculture

10.1

10.2

+ 0.1

+1.0%

Total Non-Farm

1121.9

1139.0

+17.1

+1.5%

Mining

0.3

0.3

+0.0

+0.0%

Construction

63.0

62.7

-0.3

-0.5%

Manufacturing

126.0

126.2

+0.2

+0.2%

  • Lumber, Wood, and Furniture

5.3

5.3

+0.0

+0.0%

  • Stone, Clay, and Glass

2.5

2.4

-0.1

-4.0%

  • Primary and Fabricated Metal

6.7

6.6

-0.1

-1.5%

  • Industrial Machinery

18.0

18.2

+0.2

+1.1%

  • Electronic Equipment

22.5

22.4

-0.1

-0.4%

  • Transportation Equipment

14.3

14.1

-0.2

-1.4%

  • Instruments and Related Products

12.3

12.3

+0.0

+0.0%

  • Miscellaneous Manufacturing

8.3

8.6

+0.3

+3.6%

  • Food and Kindred Products

4.8

4.7

-0.1

-2.1%

  • Apparel and Other Textile Products

5.0

4.8

-0.2

-4.0%

  • Paper, Printing, and Publishing

15.0

15.1

+0.1

+0.7%

  • Chemicals and Allied Products

5.6

5.9

+0.3

+5.4%

  • Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastics

4.1

4.1

+0.0

+0.0%

  • Other Nondurable Goods

1.6

1.7

+0.1

+6.3%

Transportation and Public Utilities

46.4

48.4

+2.0

+4.3%

  • Transportation

23.0

23.6

+0.6

+2.6%

  • Communications and Public Utilities

23.4

24.8

+1.4

+6.0%

Wholesale Trade

47.6

48.0

+0.4

+0.7%

  • Wholesale - Durable

29.9

30.5

+0.6

+2.0%

  • Wholesale - Nondurable

17.7

17.5

-0.2

-1.1%

Retail Trade

204.8

204.8

+0.0

+0.0%

  • Building Materials and Garden Supplies

7.7

7.5

-0.2

-2.6%

  • General Merchandise

21.4

20.8

-0.6

-2.8%

  • Food Stores

24.7

24.4

-0.3

-1.2%

  • Automotive Dealers and Service

21.5

21.5

+0.0

+0.0%

  • Eating and Drinking Places

78.3

78.7

+0.4

+0.5%

  • Other Retail Trade

51.2

51.9

+0.7

+1.4%

Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate

64.6

64.8

+0.2

+0.3%

  • Finance

28.4

28.5

+0.1

+0.4%

  • Insurance and Real Estate

36.2

36.3

+0.1

+0.3%

Services

369.7

381.0

+11.3

+3.0%

  • Hotels and Other Lodging Places

24.2

24.3

+0.1

+0.4%

  • Business Services

87.0

91.8

+4.8

+5.5%

  • Amusement, Including Movies

24.3

25.0

+0.7

+2.9%

  • Health Services

72.4

72.4

+0.0

+0.0%

  • Engineering and Management

53.4

55.5

+2.1

+3.9%

  • Other Services

108.4

112.0

+3.6

+3.3%

Government

199.5

202.3

+2.8

+1.4%

  • Federal Government

42.9

43.2

+0.3

+0.7%

  • State Government

33.5

33.7

+0.2

+0.6%

  • Local Government

123.1

125.4

+2.3

+1.9%

Other Economic Indicators

1999

2000

Change % Change

Residential Units Authorized by Building Permits

16,000

14,500

-1,500

-9.4%

  • Single-Family

10,000

9,500

-500

-5.0%

  • Multiple-Family

6,000

5,000

-1000

-16.7%