9387

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9387
• Author: Brookshire, D. S., M. McKee and S. Stewart.
• Title: A Four Corners Regional Focus on the Economic Impact of Critical Habitat Designation for teh Razorback Sucker, Humpback Chub, Colorado Squawfish, and Bonytail.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: Albuquerque.
• Copyright Material: NO

Table 2-A-2 Employment Mobilitv of the Navain Natinn'

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Sector Net flow of workers from reservation
Livestock, Agriculture +301'
Mining -5232
New Construction and Repairs -3879
Combined manufacturing +1562
Transportation, Communication,
and Utilities -356
Wholesale and Retail Trade +4017
F.I.R.E +101
Health, Educ., and Govt. services -4610
IliUH.UIG, "uw irom reservation, ror instance, in livestock and agriculture, 301 workers leave the
reservation to work.
2. - indicates flow to the reservation, i.e., in the mining sector, 523 workers come from off of the
reservation to work on the reservation.
I The above numbers represent only a partial picture of employment on the Navajo Nation. Only
self-reported sectors are included. The table is intended only to show the interdependencies of the
tribal and regional economies.
C. Population
' 1. Arizona: Apache, Coconino, and Navajo Counties
More than in any of the other counties in the study, Native American lands dominate the Arizona
t counties of Apache, Coconino, and Navajo. The Navajo and Hopi Reservations comprise
approximately fifty percent of the land area of the three counties.
' The population of Apache County was 61,591 in 1990. Of those, forty-one percent are under the
age of eighteen, and only seven percent over sixty-five. Of the county's population, 46,856 live
on the Navajo Reservation. The total number of occupied households is 15,981 with an average
of 3.8 persons per household.

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