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<br /> <br />Federal Power Commission <br /> <br /> Percentage Distribution of 1950 Labor Force <br /> Colorado River Basin Market Area $nd the United States <br /> Agricu1- 1 Manufac"'!' All <br /> Area ture. Mining i turing Other Total <br /> , <br />I, Southern Nevada 3.3 3.1 5.0 88.6 100.0 <br />II, Arizona 13.8 4.0 8.2 74.0 100.0 <br />III, utah 12.7 4.8 11.3 71.2 100.0 <br />IV, Colorado 14.6 2.1 11.6 71.7 100.0 <br />V, Wyoming 18.6 7.7 5.9 67.8 100.0 <br />VI, New Mexico 13.2 1.6 7.6 77.6 100.0 <br />Region 14.0 3.4 9.7 72.9 100.0 <br />United States 12.2 1.7 25.9 60.2 100.0 <br /> <br />The most significant difference in 1abpr distribution between the <br />power market area and the United States average occurs in manufacturing. <br />The percentage of the labor force engaged if1 manufacturing for the United <br />States is over double that of Area III, Ut;4l, and Area IV, Colorado, which <br />have the highest percentages for any of the: areas in the region. <br /> <br />Calculations based on U. S. Bureau of Census population estimates <br />indicate that the total labor force of the region in 1955 was approximately <br />1,612,000 persons. This represents a regiohwide increase of almost 20 per- <br />cent over 1950. <br /> <br />Agriculture in the region employed 188,336 persons in 1950, a decline <br />of 3.0 percent in the 1940-50 decaa,e. Due ito the introduction of modern <br />agricultural machinery and savings due to ~arge-sca1e operation, the trend <br />toward larger fams with fewer workers is ~cted to continue in the <br />future. Residential, public, and industrial uses are also expected to <br />absorb some of the land now used for agricu;1tural purposes. Consequently <br />the number of agricultural workers that will be employed in each area is <br />expected to decline and by 1980 for the region as a whole will be only 78 . <br />percent of the 1950 total. i <br /> <br />, <br />Employment in the mining industry is ~stimated to expand in all areas <br />wi th an increase of over 116 percent for the entire region between 1950 <br />and 1980. The anticipated increase over 1950 will result from accelerated <br />production of iron ore, nonferrous industri!a1 neta1s, and nonmetallic min- <br />erals for both regional and national marke:t;.s. Further mechanization of <br />copper mining may cause a decline in employment in copper mining, but the <br />increasing manpower requirements of. other I(lining enterprises will more . <br />than offset the decrease. The increasing demands for coal by utilities <br />and industries in the area is expected to ~timulate the coal mining <br />industry substantially. . <br /> <br />- 12 - <br /> <br />. <br /> <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />