| 2000 vs. 2017 Total Employment Growth and Change Douglas County 2000 vs. 2017 Net Percent Change = 150.02% Rank = #1 Bent County 2000 vs. 2017 Net Percent Change = -24.93% Rank = #63 Montrose County 2000 vs. 2017 Net Percent Change = 18.78% Rank = #29 With a spotlight on Montrose County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of employment across Colorado's 64 counties over the period 2000-2017. Those counties whose employment growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of employment. Likewise, those counties whose employment growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of employment statewide. Statewide Snippets:- Over 2000-2017 employment grew in fifty-one Colorado counties while declining in twelve.
- Employment growth in eleven counties outpaced the statewide average (28.88%), while growth in fifty-two counties trailed.
- At the extremes of the distribution, Douglas County posted the highest growth of employment (150.02%), while Bent County placed last by logging a -24.93% decline.
- The spread in employment growth between the highest (Douglas County, 150.02%) and lowest (Bent County, -24.93%) over 2000-2017 equated to 174.96% ( = 150.02% − -24.93%).
- Employment growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of employment statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Colorado, Denver County's net employment growth over 2000-2017 of 113,422 made up 13.46% of the total net growth statewide (842,706):
Denver County: Percent Share of Colorado's Employment Growth, 2000-2017:13.46% = (113,422 / 842,706) x 100 Montrose County Snippets:- Over 2000-2017, Montrose County posted a 18.78% net gain in employment.
- Montrose County was joined by fifty-one other counties whose employment growth over 2000-2017 registered below the statewide average (28.88%).
- Ranked #29 among Colorado's 64 counties, Montrose County's employment growth (18.78%) trailed the statewide average of 28.88% by a 10.10% margin.
- Montrose County's net employment growth (18.78%, #29) over 2000-2017 registered just above that of Arapahoe County (18.44%, #30) and just below that of Teller County (19.30%, #28).
- Montrose County's share of employment statewide slipped from 0.68% in 2000 to 0.63% in 2017, resulting in a share-shift of -0.05%.
Data Definition The BEA employment series for states and local areas comprises estimates of the number of jobs, full-time plus part-time, by place of work. Full-time and part-time jobs are counted at equal weight. Employees, sole proprietors, and active partners are included, but unpaid family workers and volunteers are not included. Proprietors employment consists of the number of sole proprietorships and the number of partners in partnerships. The description "by place of work" applies to the wage and salary portion of the series and, with relatively little error, to the entire series. The proprietors employment portion of the series, however, is more nearly by place of residence because, for nonfarm sole proprietorships, the estimates are based on IRS tax data that reflect the address from which the proprietor's individual tax return is filed, which is usually the proprietor's residence. The nonfarm partnership portion of the proprietors employment series reflects the tax-filing address of the partnership, which may be either the residence of one of the partners or the business address of the partnership. The employment estimates are designed to be consistent with the estimates of wages and salaries and proprietors' income that are part of the personal income series. The employment estimates are based on the same sets of source data as the corresponding earnings estimates and are prepared with parallel methodologies. Two forms of proprietors' income-the income of limited partnerships and the income of tax-exempt cooperatives-have no corresponding employment estimates. United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division. Regional Definitions. 2024. Web. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/definitions/ | | | | County Distribution of Employment Growth, 2000 vs. 2017 | More than 50% | 50% to 40% | 40% to 30% | 30% to 20% | 20% to 10% | 10% to 0% | 0% or Below | Suppressed or Undefined | Total | 2000 vs. 2017 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 75 | | | | | | Denver County 2017 Employment = 675,350 Percent of State = 17.96% Rank = #1 San Juan County 2017 Employment = 594 Percent of State = 0.02% Rank = #64 Montrose County 2017 Employment = 23,708 Percent of State = 0.63% Rank = #18 Again highlighting Montrose County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2017 employment statewide (3,760,708). Tip: Although the visual profile of the bar chart remains unchanged you may opt to display the actual total by using the "Select Indicator" options above the graph Statewide Snippets:- Ranked #1, Denver County's 2017 employment totaled 675,350, equating to 17.96% of the statewide total.
- Ranked last (#64), San Juan County's employment of 594 in 2017 comprised just 0.02% of the total statewide. San Juan County's employment in 2017 equates to less than .01% to that of Denver County's.
- Denver County's 2017 employment (675,350) exceeded the combined employment (646,942) of Colorado's fifty-four smallest counties.
Montrose County Snippets:- Montrose County's employment in 2017 ranked #18, amounting to 0.63% of the statewide total.
- Montrose County's employment of 23,708 placed below that of Pitkin County's (24,604, #17), and just above that of Routt County's (23,486, #19).
- Montrose County's employment of 23,708 exceeds the combined total (21,759) of Colorado's fourteen smallest counties.
| | | | County Distribution of Employment, 2017 | More than 250,000 | 250,000 to 200,000 | 200,000 to 150,000 | 150,000 to 100,000 | 100,000 to 50,000 | 50,000 or Below | Total | 2017 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 64 | | | | | | Tip: To augment your analysis click on the column headers in the following table to rank and/or sort the data. | | | | Colorado Employment by County: 2000 vs. 2017 | 2000 | | 2017 | | 2000 - 2017 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 188,215 | 6.45 | | 275,832 | 7.33 | | 46.55 | 87,617 | 10.40 | 0.88 | | | 9,718 | 0.33 | | 11,202 | 0.30 | | 15.27 | 1,484 | 0.18 | -0.04 | | | 388,642 | 13.32 | | 460,303 | 12.24 | | 18.44 | 71,661 | 8.50 | -1.08 | | | 5,959 | 0.20 | | 8,449 | 0.22 | | 41.79 | 2,490 | 0.30 | 0.02 | | | 2,806 | 0.10 | | 2,586 | 0.07 | | -7.84 | -220 | -0.03 | -0.03 | | | 2,551 | 0.09 | | 1,915 | 0.05 | | -24.93 | -636 | -0.08 | -0.04 | | | 237,310 | 8.13 | | 269,048 | 7.15 | | 13.37 | 31,738 | 3.77 | -0.98 | | | N | N | | 50,678 | 1.35 | | N | N | N | | | | 9,478 | 0.32 | | 12,918 | 0.34 | | 36.29 | 3,440 | 0.41 | 0.02 | | | 1,529 | 0.05 | | 1,616 | 0.04 | | 5.69 | 87 | 0.01 | -0.01 | | | 5,811 | 0.20 | | 4,936 | 0.13 | | -15.06 | -875 | -0.10 | -0.07 | | | 3,067 | 0.11 | | 3,322 | 0.09 | | 8.31 | 255 | 0.03 | -0.02 | | | 1,374 | 0.05 | | 1,677 | 0.04 | | 22.05 | 303 | 0.04 | 0.00 | | | 1,780 | 0.06 | | 1,746 | 0.05 | | -1.91 | -34 | 0.00 | -0.01 | | | 1,869 | 0.06 | | 2,245 | 0.06 | | 20.12 | 376 | 0.04 | 0.00 | | | 12,943 | 0.44 | | 15,678 | 0.42 | | 21.13 | 2,735 | 0.32 | -0.03 | | | 561,928 | 19.26 | | 675,350 | 17.96 | | 20.18 | 113,422 | 13.46 | -1.30 | | | 975 | 0.03 | | 1,196 | 0.03 | | 22.67 | 221 | 0.03 | 0.00 | | | 77,333 | 2.65 | | 193,351 | 5.14 | | 150.02 | 116,018 | 13.77 | 2.49 | | | 38,381 | 1.32 | | 47,606 | 1.27 | | 24.04 | 9,225 | 1.09 | -0.05 | | | 7,591 | 0.26 | | 9,902 | 0.26 | | 30.44 | 2,311 | 0.27 | 0.00 | | | 334,881 | 11.48 | | 413,831 | 11.00 | | 23.58 | 78,950 | 9.37 | -0.47 | | | 19,322 | 0.66 | | 20,092 | 0.53 | | 3.99 | 770 | 0.09 | -0.13 | | | 29,300 | 1.00 | | 39,223 | 1.04 | | 33.87 | 9,923 | 1.18 | 0.04 | | | 5,920 | 0.20 | | 6,056 | 0.16 | | 2.30 | 136 | 0.02 | -0.04 | | | 9,864 | 0.34 | | 11,480 | 0.31 | | 16.38 | 1,616 | 0.19 | -0.03 | | | 11,309 | 0.39 | | 13,781 | 0.37 | | 21.86 | 2,472 | 0.29 | -0.02 | | | 619 | 0.02 | | 606 | 0.02 | | -2.10 | -13 | 0.00 | -0.01 | | | 3,581 | 0.12 | | 3,338 | 0.09 | | -6.79 | -243 | -0.03 | -0.03 | | | 1,054 | 0.04 | | 1,049 | 0.03 | | -0.47 | -5 | 0.00 | -0.01 | | | 282,376 | 9.68 | | 348,111 | 9.26 | | 23.28 | 65,735 | 7.80 | -0.42 | | | 1,151 | 0.04 | | 1,292 | 0.03 | | 12.25 | 141 | 0.02 | -0.01 | | | 4,989 | 0.17 | | 5,118 | 0.14 | | 2.59 | 129 | 0.02 | -0.03 | | | 2,946 | 0.10 | | 3,528 | 0.09 | | 19.76 | 582 | 0.07 | -0.01 | | | 31,137 | 1.07 | | 41,570 | 1.11 | | 33.51 | 10,433 | 1.24 | 0.04 | | | 166,868 | 5.72 | | 233,079 | 6.20 | | 39.68 | 66,211 | 7.86 | 0.48 | | | 7,664 | 0.26 | | 7,698 | 0.20 | | 0.44 | 34 | 0.00 | -0.06 | | | 3,299 | 0.11 | | 3,588 | 0.10 | | 8.76 | 289 | 0.03 | -0.02 | | | 12,574 | 0.43 | | 12,672 | 0.34 | | 0.78 | 98 | 0.01 | -0.09 | | | 69,890 | 2.40 | | 88,780 | 2.36 | | 27.03 | 18,890 | 2.24 | -0.03 | | | 693 | 0.02 | | 887 | 0.02 | | 27.99 | 194 | 0.02 | 0.00 | | | 7,252 | 0.25 | | 7,302 | 0.19 | | 0.69 | 50 | 0.01 | -0.05 | | | 13,638 | 0.47 | | 14,936 | 0.40 | | 9.52 | 1,298 | 0.15 | -0.07 | | | 19,959 | 0.68 | | 23,708 | 0.63 | | 18.78 | 3,749 | 0.44 | -0.05 | | | 15,158 | 0.52 | | 17,164 | 0.46 | | 13.23 | 2,006 | 0.24 | -0.06 | | | 10,192 | 0.35 | | 9,040 | 0.24 | | -11.30 | -1,152 | -0.14 | -0.11 | | | 2,520 | 0.09 | | 3,611 | 0.10 | | 43.29 | 1,091 | 0.13 | 0.01 | | | 5,195 | 0.18 | | 5,983 | 0.16 | | 15.17 | 788 | 0.09 | -0.02 | | | 2,789 | 0.10 | | 2,890 | 0.08 | | 3.62 | 101 | 0.01 | -0.02 | | | 21,393 | 0.73 | | 24,604 | 0.65 | | 15.01 | 3,211 | 0.38 | -0.08 | | | 8,174 | 0.28 | | 6,904 | 0.18 | | -15.54 | -1,270 | -0.15 | -0.10 | | | 70,788 | 2.43 | | 80,215 | 2.13 | | 13.32 | 9,427 | 1.12 | -0.29 | | | 4,097 | 0.14 | | 4,305 | 0.11 | | 5.08 | 208 | 0.02 | -0.03 | | | 6,815 | 0.23 | | 6,517 | 0.17 | | -4.37 | -298 | -0.04 | -0.06 | | | 18,588 | 0.64 | | 23,486 | 0.62 | | 26.35 | 4,898 | 0.58 | -0.01 | | | 2,706 | 0.09 | | 3,253 | 0.09 | | 20.21 | 547 | 0.06 | -0.01 | | | 406 | 0.01 | | 594 | 0.02 | | 46.31 | 188 | 0.02 | 0.00 | | | 7,218 | 0.25 | | 9,056 | 0.24 | | 25.46 | 1,838 | 0.22 | -0.01 | | | 1,642 | 0.06 | | 1,460 | 0.04 | | -11.08 | -182 | -0.02 | -0.02 | | | 25,551 | 0.88 | | 29,623 | 0.79 | | 15.94 | 4,072 | 0.48 | -0.09 | | | 10,336 | 0.35 | | 12,331 | 0.33 | | 19.30 | 1,995 | 0.24 | -0.03 | | | 2,994 | 0.10 | | 2,937 | 0.08 | | -1.90 | -57 | -0.01 | -0.02 | | | 95,735 | 3.28 | | 156,081 | 4.15 | | 63.03 | 60,346 | 7.16 | 0.87 | | | 6,159 | 0.21 | | 7,373 | 0.20 | | 19.71 | 1,214 | 0.14 | -0.02 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,918,002 | 100.00 | | 3,760,708 | 100.00 | | 28.88 | 842,706 | 100.00 | 0.00 | | | 2,508,819 | 85.98 | | 3,283,867 | 87.32 | | 30.89 | 775,048 | 91.97 | 1.34 | | | 409,183 | 14.02 | | 476,841 | 12.68 | | 16.53 | 67,658 | 8.03 | -1.34 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 165,370,800 | | | 196,394,100 | | | 18.76 | 31,023,300 | | | | | 142,396,424 | | | 172,909,128 | | | 21.43 | 30,512,704 | | | | | 22,974,376 | | | 23,484,972 | | | 2.22 | 510,596 | | |
Source: Calculations by the Colorado Regional Economic Analysis Project (CO-REAP) with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis November 2023 REAP_PI_CA1400_YRVYR_1000A | | | | |
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