The given table illustrates data about the number of employees in six industries: manufacturing, retail, health care, construction, education, and tourism in 1989 and 2009.
It is clear that the number of workers in all given industries has increased over time, except for the manufacturing and retail industries. However, the manufacturing industry employed the maximum number of people in 1989.
In 1989, the highest percentage of workers worked in the manufacturing industry, which stood at 15%. This proportion decreased by 5.2% in 2009. In retail, the proportion was 11.8% in 1989, and it saw a slight decline to 10.1% in 2009. The figure for the health care industry went up from 9.6% in 1989 to 11.3% in 2009, which was the largest sector for workers in this year.
In construction, education, and tourism, the percentage of workers jumped slightly from 7.6%, 6.8%, and 5.5% to 8.3%, 7.5%, and 7.3% respectively. These are the sectors where the proportion of workers increased in 2009 compared to 1989.