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<br /> TABLE II
<br /> Population and Labor Force Characteristics
<br /> 1940-1960
<br /> Study Area State of Colorado
<br /> 1940 1950 1960 1~40 1950 1960
<br />- Total population
<br /> Number 11,275 11,974 11,250 1,123,296 1,325,089 1,753,947
<br /> Percent 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
<br /> Rural Farm
<br /> Number 1,138 .455 334 251,692 198,181 127,561
<br /> Percent 10.0 4.0 3.0 22.4 15.0 7.3
<br /> Rural Non-Farm
<br /> Number 1,656 2,458 2,040 280,848 295,590 333,596
<br /> Percent 15.0 21.0 18.1 25.0 22.3 19.0
<br /> Urban
<br /> Number 8,481 9,061 8,876 590,756 831,318 1,292,790
<br /> Percent 75.0 75.0 78.9 52.6 62.7 73.7
<br /> Total Civilian
<br /> Labor Force 4,135 4,290 4,085 418,293 497,648 652,805
<br /> Employed
<br /> Number 3,329 4,041 3,807 346,535 476,644 626,769
<br /> Percent of
<br /> Labor Force 80.5 94.2 93.2 82.8 95.8 96.0
<br /> Unemployed
<br /> Number 806 249 278 71,758 21,004 26,036
<br /> Percent of
<br /> Labor Force 19.5 5.8 6.8 17.2 4.2 4.0
<br /> Median Income
<br /> per Family NA* $ 3,079 $ 5,780
<br /> Delta County NA* $1,931 $3, 623
<br /> Montrose County NA* $2,221 $4,451
<br /> Ouray County NA* $2,769 $4, 133
<br /> Source: U. S. Census of Population
<br /> *Not Available
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