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<br />LI.&1i .~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />capita income was $1,40L <br />$3.3 billion total income, <br />posable income. <br /> <br />Comparable fir,ures for the State were about <br />$1,889 per capita income, and $1,643 dis- <br /> <br />56. EDUCATION.- Although there is not always a direct parallel <br />between present educational levels and present income within a given <br />community or area, on the \~ho1e there is likely a positive correlation. <br />The exception is demonstrated in the base study area where per capita <br />income in 1960 was $1,610 which '~as 17.3 and 14.0 percent lower than <br />Colorado and the United States, respectively. Per capita income in <br />Colorado was $1,889 and in the United States it was $1,836. In 1960 <br />the percentage of the population in the hase study area having achieved <br />a high school or college euucation was higher than that for the United <br />States as a whole. The State on the other hand had a higher percentage <br />of high school and college students than the base study area or the <br />United States. <br /> <br />57. Differences are caused by the interaction of factors such as <br />income, administrative decisions, local customs, educational levels of <br />previous years J divergent elluc:ltionnl and (:mployment opportuni ties I <br />differences in local and region:l1 educational philosophies, and var- <br />iations in the degree of urb,mi:ation between Jifferent areas, Some <br />areas might have higher ecl\1catinnal levels than others and yet have <br />lower per capita income at a particular time as in the case of the <br />base study area. This can happen hecause of factors such as temporary <br />employment maladjustments, very low per capita incomes in some parts <br />of the area, time lapses between the gaining of an education and the <br />earning of higher incomes, a disadvantageous urhan-rural mix, an in- <br />ferior reSO\1rce base,' or a slower rate of technological advancement. <br />It ,;QuId appear that in spite of the lower per capita incomes heing <br />experienced in the hase study area, there is a highly educated labor <br />force relative to the United States which will make possible in the <br />future the development of higher income industries that require a <br />sk-ilfe-d-fab"or force,- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />SR. MINERAL PliUDUCTION.- Hineral production and reserves are of <br />tremendous importance to Colorado at the present time and will likely <br />become eve,) more important in the future, According to the U.S. Bureau <br />of ~lines, for example, Colorado contains 100 percent of the Nation's <br />tin resources, 81 percent of the vanadium, 72.7 percent of the molybdenum, <br />59.7 percent of the beryllium, 18.4 percent of the tungsten, 14.4 percent <br />of the uranium ore, and 10. -; percent of the pyrite. The State also con- <br />tains large amounts of oil shale, recoverable coal, lead, silver, zinc, <br />gold, natural gas, petroleum, gem stones, and iron ore. Other mineral <br />resources are also important to the present and future economy of the <br />State. Colorado ranked 17th among the states in mineral production in <br />1961 with production valued at $343.3 million. <br /> <br />59. Production of minerals and mineral products in the study area <br />constitute a significant segment of mineral production in the State. <br /> <br />19 <br />