Table 17. Numbers of non-agricuUural employees in Santa Rosa County in 1956, 

 1965 and 1978 (Thompson et al . 1980). 



^Missing data withheld to avoid disclosure of employment data for some indi- 

 vidual establishments. 



Mining, primarily oil and gas extraction, employed 375 persons in 1978. 

 Most, if not all of these workers were probably employed in the Jay oil fields 

 in the northwestern portion of the county. 



Walton County 



In 1978, manufacturing and retail trade were the major forms of employ- 

 ment in Walton County (Table 18). Most of the people employed in manufactur- 

 ing worked in food and kindred industries, and almost 20% were employed in 

 lumber and wood product activities. At a minimum, these two subcategories of 

 employment probably made up at least three-quarters of the work force. 



Because most of the shoreline of the county is still relatively unde- 

 veloped, most of the county's employment probably is centered around urban 

 areas. 



In summary, most of the employment in the more populated counties of 

 Northwest Florida has been in manufacturing, recreation, and the military. In 

 the rural counties, non-agricultural employment is in either paper and allied 

 products industries, or the seafood industry. 



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