1997 COLORADO LABOR FORCE AVERAGES

 

Total Labor Force

Total Employed

Total Unemployed

Percent Unemployed

Colorado

2,150,160

2,080,012

70,148

3.3

Alamosa-Conejos LMA

11,757

11,042

715

6.1

Alamosa

8,089

7,679

410

5.1

Conejos

3,667

3,363

304

8.3

Archuleta

3,953

3,756

197

5.0

Baca

2,306

2,269

37

1.6

Bent

2,201

2,139

62

2.8

Bldr-Longmont MSA

165,686

161,039

4,647

2.8

Chaffee

7,380

7,121

259

3.5

Cheyenne

1,275

1,244

31

2.4

Clear Creek

5,108

4,941

167

3.3

Co. Springs MSA

245,076

236,175

8,901

3.6

Costilla

1,399

1,192

207

14.8

Custer

1,762

1,691

71

4.0

Delta

10,335

9,853

482

4.7

Denver MSA

1,082,529

1,051,983

30,546

2.8

Adams

172,067

166,730

5,337

3.1

Arapahoe

268,939

262,535

6,404

2.4

Denver

273,178

262,776

10,402

3.8

Douglas

73,952

72,780

1,172

1.6

Jefferson

294,395

287,163

7,232

2.5

Dolores

622

540

82

13.2

Eagle-Summit-Lake LMA

34,372

33,441

931

2.7

Eagle

19,127

18,603

524

2.7

Lake

3,138

2,992

146

4.7

Summit

12,106

11,845

261

2.2

Elbert

9,837

9,516

321

3.3

Ft. Collins-Loveland MSA

133,508

129,259

4,249

3.2

Fremont

16,555

15,916

639

3.9

Garfield

20,942

20,177

765

3.7

Gilpin

3,091

3,023

68

2.2

Grand

5,600

5,444

156

2.8

Grand Junction MSA

55,941

53,504

2,437

4.4

Greeley MSA

80,037

76,929

3,108

3.9

Gunnison

7,750

7,374

376

4.9

Hinsdale

593

581

12

2.0

Huerfano

3,631

3,446

185

5.1

Jackson

888

836

52

5.9

Kiowa

855

841

14

1.6

Kit Carson

3,474

3,392

82

2.4

La Plata

23,697

22,649

1,048

4.4

Las Animas

6,332

5,926

406

6.4

Lincoln

2,569

2,523

46

1.8

Logan

9,720

9,382

338

3.5

Mineral

408

391

17

4.2

Moffat

6,468

6,129

339

5.2

Montezuma

11,078

10,344

734

6.6

Montrose-Ouray LMA

16,882

15,987

895

5.3

Montrose

15,153

14,341

812

5.4

Ouray

1,728

1,646

82

4.7

Morgan

13,006

12,605

401

3.1

Otero-Crowley LMA

10,154

9,679

475

4.7

Crowley

1,283

1,237

46

3.6

Otero

8,872

8,442

430

4.8

Park

7,456

7,209

247

3.3

Phillips

1,993

1,957

36

1.8

Pitkin

9,157

8,788

369

4.0

Prowers

6,662

6,467

195

2.9

Pueblo MSA

58,771

55,981

2,790

4.7

Rio Blanco

3,168

3,046

122

3.9

Rio Grande-Saguache LMA

7,819

7,214

605

7.7

Rio Grande

5,107

4,717

390

7.6

Saguache

2,711

2,496

215

7.9

Routt

10,448

10,079

369

3.5

San Juan

251

224

27

10.8

San Miguel

4,233

4,051

182

4.3

Sedgwick

1,239

1,210

29

2.3

Teller

13,430

12,910

520

3.9

Washington

2,404

2,335

69

2.9

Yuma

4,357

4,263

94

2.2