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DENVER — Colorado’s unemployment rate rose two-tenths of a percentage point to 4.2 percent in January.
State officials said today that represents a slight weakening in Colorado’s labor market.
The number of Coloradans with jobs rose by 14,500 in January while the number of unemployed rose by 7,100.
Labor officials say total employment in January was 74,000 higher than a year earlier.
There were about 116,000 people who couldn’t find work in Colorado in January, up from about 104,000 a year ago.
