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<br />OJil758 <br /> <br />feature 10 _ 1JIpor\ance of Colorado.. . eenur for eon..-,t oparaU""". <br />Of lb. bode producUon .et1v1'1I., """urlet.ur1nC contributed eoo' to _te <br />1n.....e 10 19S6, follal'ed by fandnc Ifod JdnL"lj;. I'...ur.ctur1nc inecae haa <br />been crcv1ni ln 1eportanea and .grtcu1turl hal beeT. decl1n1nc. <br />~"I iJlployzen'\. &11 vell as inocne ~t.t.ern. deacrl.ha the <br />eM-rector or t.~ (Cllorado eooncJq'_ In 1950, out ot . t.otal populAtim. or <br />1,32$,000, aI>ou' 477,000 ..... _plcyed. Tha actin lIOrlr:1na populotinn, <br />t....raroro, V.I )6 par cent of thl total. Fam1nc eep10yed IS per cant or <br />t.'1e total, as shorn 1n Table J, and v.a IKlre btportant than in the naUon <br />pnerally. l-:~n1n&:, althot1&h a rel&t1'gely saall BOUl"C6 ot joba, .... also <br />...ro 1eportant. t.'uln in _ naUonal pat.tern. <br />The trend or f..... ..ployeont. 10 tolarado de_I add1 t10nal study. <br />F.,.,. aployeont. hal been 1t.aad11,r dac11n1n& for tho ~ount.a.1n reg1on, but <br />lpacUle ~w on the CoInrodo latllt.1ClIl need to be droeloped. Tbo total work <br />foree on C-olorac!o ra~, 1ncludins f&ldly and hired workers, v.. 96,cLJ in <br />c<tober 19$4. iiOWTlr, the Cel."" or Acrlculture rlport. tho, alnoat lV,OOO <br />tar. opt'ntora vor~;ed oft the [anD, 100 day. or IWre. Another 8,000 worked <br />ort t.bI farlll frea ona to 99 daya. <br />~on-qr1eult.ural _lcJaSl' baa bean locroaa1nil rapidly in tl1I <br />ltow, fro.. . total or 340,000 jobs 10 194~ to lOt,7DO 10 19S6. ~.ia repro- <br />sent. an 1ncrea.. cftr the e1 eht year period c! alJRoat. 15.COJ non-Carma jObD <br />per J'NI'. ;.'urt.heraore, the wen.IM haa boon at tw10e the rate for the naUon <br />all .. whole. <br /> <br />The ttelda 1n wni ch the new Jobs r.&ve been c8nlop1ne an ~ spea1al <br /> <br />-a- <br />