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Show PART III PRESENT STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT Table 3 - Population, employment, and participation rate, 1940-1965 Upper Colorado Region 1940 1950 I960 1965 Population 271,535 281,154 338,041 336,929 Total employment 79,l8l 95,717 111,642 111,390 Participation rate (employment/ population) 0.292 0.340 O.33O 0.331 Employment "by Industry Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries 30,280 26,832 15,679 12,793 Mining 10,399 12,956 15,735 13,495 Contract construction 4,097 6,496 9,560 7,795 Manufacturing Food and kindred products 767 890 1,481 1,482 Lumber and wood products 800 1,100 1,318 1,970 Printing and publishing 439 634 928 824 Other and miscellaneous 1,432 1,315 2,366 1,887 Transportation, communication, and other public utilities 5,718 9,588 9,926 9,884 "Wholesale and retail trade 9,949 14,907 21,375 22,631 Finance, insurance, and real estate 851 1,454 2,813 3,216 Services Lodging and personal 2,627 3,358 ^,736 5,719 Business and repair 1,594 2,590 2,700 2,666 Entertainment and recreation 565 759 889 l,50O Private households 1,693 1,377 2,343 2,338 Medical, educational, and other professional services 5,305 7,627 14,198 16,650 Government 2,665 3,834 5,595 6,54o 33 |