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Show PART III PRESENT STATUS OF DEVELOPMENT Mining employment increased 2 percent annually until i960, princi- pally due to increased oil, gas, and uranium activity. The last 5 years employment decreased because of increased productivity per man-hour and general curtailment of uranium operations. A surprising percentage of the total employment is the wholesale and retail trade; however, the increased employment is due primarily to the large number of part-time and family workers employed by trade establish- ments. The relative importance of services has increased persistently at the annual rate of 3»6 percent. Personal income Personal income represents a composite of all wage and salary pay- ments, proprietors' income, property income, and transfer payments re- ceived by residents of an area during a specific time period, computed prior to the deduction of income and other direct personal taxes but af- ter deduction of individual contributions to government retirement and social insurance programs. The bulk of the personal income received is derived from the sale of productive services, i.e., wage and salary pay- ments, proprietors' income, and property income. Estimates of real personal income (1965 dollars) for the region, both total and per capita, are tabulated below for selected years between 19I+O and 1965. As a whole, total personal income increased from approximately $260 million in I9I+0 to about $730 million in 1965. Personal income ,1/ I9I+O-65 Upper Colorado Region Green Upper San Juan- Upper River Main Stem Colorado Colorado Subregion Subregion Subregion Region 191+0 Total ($l_,000) 10l+,ll+6 108,627 1+7,602 260,375 Per capita 1,007 1,027 750 956 1950 Total ($1,000) l6l+,56l+ 15l+,826 76,650 396,01+0 Per capita 1,1+81+ 1,1+19 1,237 1,1+05 1959 Total ($1,000) 192,671 230,787 181,797 605,255 Per capita 1,922 1,81+8 1,1+79 1,839 1965 Total ($1,000) 213,101+ 333,522 183,372 729,998 Per capita. 2,119 2,1+39 1,81+1 2,167 y 1965 dollars |