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F- I <br />J <br />Table 6-C-1 - Tribal Shares in the Regional Economy <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />t <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br /> <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br /> <br /> Population' Employment' <br /> County Native Native County Native Native <br /> American American American American <br /> Population Share Em to ment Share <br />Coconino 96591 19013 20% 41990 3944 9% <br />Navajo 77658 21709 28% 22424 3675 16% <br />Apache 61591 48856 79% 14039 8047 57% <br />CO <br />La Plata 32284 1017 3% 15601 350 2% <br />Montezuma 18672 1053 6% 7687 349 5% <br />Archuleta 5354 20 <1% 2210 10 <1% <br />NM <br />San Juan 91605 23742 26% 32280 4699 15% <br />McKinley 60686 23222 38% 19765 4867 25% <br />Rio Arriba 34365 2477 7% 12695 836 7% <br />UT <br />San Juan 12621 5518 44% 3668 1021 28% <br />TOTAL 491418 144627 29% 172359 27798 16% <br />i.Laia HUM iyyu v.3. t-ensus or ropuiatton <br />1. Share by Employment <br />As Table 6-C-1 reports, the share of employment for the tribes is 16% of the total employment in <br />the 10-county region for 1990.26 If this ratio were to hold throughout the study period, the tribal <br />share of the listing and critical habitat impacts would be 16%. Thus, the tribal economies' share <br />of the total impacts due to listing and critical habitat designation is $102.06 million (NPV at 3% <br />discount rate - see Table 6-2-C). As a share of the tribal economic activity for the study period, <br />26 Many studies report very high unemployment rates on tribal lands. It is important to recall how that rate is <br />determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (as reported in the Census data). Under the BLS methodology, to <br />count as unemployed an individual must be actively seeking work; i.e., have made formal job applications in the <br />recent past. It is not sufficient to indicate that one would like to have a job. The labor force is defined as the total of <br />employed and unemployed persons. The participation rate is defined as the labor force divided by the population. <br />In many instances, high local unemployment levels cause persons to drop out of the labor force. When comparing <br />unemployment levels across statistical sources it is important to ensure that all definitions of the measures are the <br />same. <br />50 <br />1