2002 Rural Minnesota Internet Study: Part 3

The report from the Center for Rural Policy and Development and Minnesota Technology Inc. finds that manufacturing jobs in rural Minnesota numbered almost 120,000 in 2000, a 25 percent increase since 1990, while manufacturing jobs in the states metro area increased only 1.7 percent during the same period. The study was the third part of the 2002 Rural Minnesota Internet Study, an annual collection of surveys designed to monitor computer, Internet and broadband use.