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Table 2-5: Growth Rates for Coastal County Housing, Population, and Employment
1990 - 2000 Housing
Growth Rate
1990 - 2000 Population
Growth Rate
1990 - 2000 Employment
Growth Rate
7.30% 11.30% 13.2%
2.3 California’s Ocean Economy: Comparisons with the Nation
• California’s share of the national Ocean Economy is substantially larger than its share of
the total US economy.
The nationally consistent measurements of the Ocean Economy, which have been
developed by the NOEP, allow comparisons of California’s Ocean Economy with other
states and the nation. 14 Overall California made up nearly 19% of the US Ocean Economy
in 2000 in both employment and GSP (Table 2-6). During that same year, California had
11.4% of total US employment and 13.4% of US GSP. California provided a larger portion
of the national Ocean Economy than its contribution to the total economy. Major reasons
for this were the increase in the Tourism & Recreation sector and the strength of the
Transportation sector. California’s Marine Transportation sector is more than a quarter of
the national Marine Transportation sector with the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles
being among the largest in the nation.
Table 2-6: California’s Share in the US Ocean Economy 2000
California’s share in the US Ocean Economy 2000
Employment Gross State Product
Total Ocean Economy 18.7% 18.9%
Construction 9.6% 13.1%
Living Resources 10.6% 7.4%
Minerals 9.2% 6.7%
Ship & Boat Building 10.2% 9.6%
Tourism & Recreation 20.1% 22.1%
Transportation 26.1% 28.1%
Figures 2-1 and 2-2 compare the distribution of employment and GSP between the two
areas in 2000. For employment, California has a larger proportion of its Ocean Economy in
Ship & Boat Building, Living Resources, and Minerals than the US has as part of its
economy. However, the value of GSP in the US is larger in Ship & Boat Building and
Minerals, while the value of the Transportation sector’s GSP is much larger in California.
The value of Tourism & Recreation also is larger in California.
14 All values reported in this part of the study are direct values, unless otherwise noted.
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