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. .. .t S 1 ') the emp10)1l!'eWt in Colorado, and 23.1 percent of the unemployment. The area also had a much higher percentage of its labor force in the public administration and armed forces category than did the State as a whole. The major employing industries are trade, service, and manufacturing. As indicated in table 5, the basin area also has a higher percentage of its employment in the service and manufacturing industries than does the State. This fact assumes further significance when it is recogni zed that the State of Colorado ranked fifth among the States in percentage gain of value added by manufacture between 1954 and 1958. Value added by manufacture for 1958 was about $781 million for Colorado and $147 mil- lion for the study area. Shift analysis of the period, 1940-1960, reveals that relative to the rest of the United States, new industrial growth has been predominantly slow-growth activities such as farming and mining. TABLE 5. -- Labor Force, 19601 Base Stuoy Area Co 1 orado I Nwnber Percent of Number Percent of i Industry Group (000 's) Labor Force (ODD's) L"bor Force I Agriculture, forestry, 7.4 504 43.7 7.2 and fishcries Hining 3.2 2.4 14.3 2.1 Construction 7.4 5.4 44.2 6.5 ~lanufacturc 20.3 14.9 98.9 14.5 Transportation, comrnunica- 8.8 6.5 49.9 7.3 tions and utili ties Trade 22.8 16.8 127.9 18.8 Finance, insurance, and 4.4 3.2 29.6 4.3 real estate Services 30,4 22.5 151.7 22.3 Pub I i-c- icilnlilistia-tio-n-a-na- ~ - -22-.3- - --16;4- - - - -68.5- ---10.1._ armed forces Industry not reported 3.2 2,4 21. 2 3. I - Total employed 130.0 95.6 654.9 96.2 Total unemployed 6.0 4.4 26.0 3,8 Total labor force 136.0 100.0 680.9 100.0 I' .' Sources. U.S. Bureau of the Census and OffIce of BUSIness Economics Employment Data Sheets, 1960. 55. In 1960 total personal income in the study area amounted to about $595 million. Pcr capita income was $1,610 and disposable pcr 18