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Settlement History In the Northwest – After 1930. Columbia Basin Project, Irrigated Agriculture, Aluminum Industry Industries stimulated in WW II: aerospace, shipbuilding Port Functions High-Technology Industry Producer services Health Services, Consumer Services
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Settlement History In the Northwest – After 1930 • Columbia Basin Project, Irrigated Agriculture, Aluminum Industry • Industries stimulated in WW II: aerospace, shipbuilding • Port Functions • High-Technology Industry • Producer services • Health Services, Consumer Services • Research, Government, Education, Social, and Military Services • Trade & Tourism
The Historic and Modern Role of Timber in the Washington Economy Labor productivity clearly evident
Employment Trend - Technology Based Industries-Washington State 1974-2011
The Growth of Nonearnings Income (Transfer payments, Dividends, Interest, Rent)
Non-Earnings Income Trend:It is now a substitute for work in many regional economy’s economic base
Metropolitan Population Shares Have Continued to Increase (2009 metro definitions)
Metro Growth Rates Have Consistently Outpaced Nonmetro Growth Rates Based on 2009 Definitions of Metro and Nonmetro