Here is a county-by-county look at January unemployment percentages (December revised rates and January 2006 rates in parentheses), provided by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The 4.1 percent statewide unemployment rate in January was up one-tenth of one percentage point from December and down from 4.7 percent in January 2006.
The statewide rate is adjusted for monthly changes in the labor market, including seasonal work. The county unemployment figures are not adjusted for seasonal labor changes.
Adams 5.3 (4.5 in December, 5.7 in January 2006)
Alamosa 5.4 (4.3, 6.0)
Arapahoe 4.4 (3.8, 4.8)
Archuleta 4.8 (4.0, 5.2)
Baca 3.8 (3.4, 3.6)
Bent 6.1 (5.4, 7.0)
Broomfield 4.4 (3.8, 4.8)
Boulder 3.9 (3.2, 4.3)
Chaffee 4.7 (4.2, 5.8)
Cheyenne 3.4 (2.7, 3.4)
Clear Creek 4.3 (3.5, 5.0)
Conejos 7.9 (6.0, 8.8)
Costilla 8.9 (8.4, 11.2)
Crowley 8.1 (7.0, 7.9)
Custer 5.0 (4.4, 5.4)
Delta 4.5 (3.9, 5.2)
Denver 5.3 (4.4, 5.7)
Douglas 3.8 (3.2, 4.1)
Dolores 6.8 (6.8, 7.6)
Eagle 3.1 (2.8, 3.4)
Elbert 4.5 (3.5, 4.6)
El Paso 5.0 (4.2, 5.2)
Fremont 6.2 (5.3, 6.3)
Garfield 3.1 (2.5, 3.7)
Gilpin 4.0 (3.5, 4.9)
Grand 3.2 (2.9, 3.8)
Gunnison 3.2 (2.7, 3.5)
Hinsdale 3.7 (3.0, 3.7)
Huerfano 6.5 (5.4, 7.8)
Jackson 3.8 (3.1, 4.6)
Jefferson 4.3 (3.7, 4.8)
Kiowa 3.9 (3.9, 4.8)
Kit Carson 3.2 (2.8, 3.6)
La Plata 3.5 (3.0, 4.2)
Lake 3.5 (3.0, 4.5)
Larimer 4.2 (3.5, 4.7)
Las Animas 4.8 (3.6, 4.9)
Lincoln 3.9 (3.5, 4.6)
Logan 3.6 (3.0, 3.9)
Mesa 4.1 (3.4, 4.9)
Mineral 5.5 (5.7, 5.6)
Moffat 4.3 (3.2, 4.8)
Montezuma 5.2 (4.1, 6.1)
Montrose 4.6 (3.9, 5.2)
Morgan 4.2 (3.8, 4.5)
Ouray 3.6 (2.8, 3.7)
Otero 6.3 (5.5, 6.7)
Park 4.5 (3.7, 4.6)
Phillips 3.9 (3.6, 3.7)
Pitkin 2.5 (2.3, 2.8)
Prowers 5.2 (4.3, 7.7)
Pueblo 5.9 (5.0, 6.7)
Rio Blanco 2.5 (2.1, 3.0)
Rio Grande 5.5 (4.6, 6.1)
Routt 2.8 (2.5, 3.3)
Saguache 7.1 (6.4, 7.5)
San Juan 6.8 (6.6, 8.8)
San Miguel 2.6 (2.4, 3.1)
Sedgwick 3.5 (3.1, 4.1)
Summit 2.8 (2.7, 3.1)
Teller 4.3 (3.6, 5.0)
Washington 3.6 (3.0, 4.2)
Weld 5.1 (4.2, 5.5)
Yuma 2.7 (2.6, 3.4)
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