Colorado's Unemployment Rate Climbed To 9.3 Percent In February

Colorado's unemployment rate continued to climb in February to 9.3 percent, according to new data from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

The department calculated that the labor force increased 7,100 to 2,677,900 and total employment increased 2,600. However, that increase in employment was not enough to offset the increase in labor force participation. The number of unemployed thus increased by 4,500.

The release of February's employment numbers follows a report that Colorado's unemployment rate in January (9.1 percent) was higher than the national average for the first time in years, and the highest it had been since 1976.

The national unemployment rate declined from 9.0 percent in January to 8.9 percent in February.

In Colorado, the biggest employment gains were in the professional and business services; trade, transportation and utilities; and leisure and hospitality sectors.

The most significant declines were in construction and financial services.

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[DAWU]

05:18 AM on 04/05/2011

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[democrats for life]

03:22 PM on 03/26/2011

i thought the pub platform in November was jobs, jobs, jobs? all they want to do now is cut jobs, what a low life, corrupt party!

[Viper1st]

09:37 PM on 03/27/2011

Cut jobs?

May I submit for "King of Jobs Cutter" ~ the BHO Adm?

Took office, January 2009 ~ 7.7% U.S. Unemployment Rate

February 2011 ~ 8.9% U.S. Unemployment Rate

1.2% loss of jobs during BHO Adm

154 million U.S. Workforce x 1.2% = 1.85 million jobs cut, so far during BHO Adm

$787 billion Jobs Stimulus / 1.85 million jobs cut = $424,400 cost to the U.S. Taxpayer for each job cut (not gained)

U.S. Taxpayers are paying for jobs cut, instead of jobs gained ??????

[democrats for life]

09:57 PM on 03/27/2011

Bush had negative job growth in 8 years, Obama has had more job growth in one month, then Bush did in 8 years! Bush had 15 million jobs going under a corrupt housing market, which are all gone now. you lose bagger

[paulinasdad]

06:14 PM on 03/31/2011

According to the bureau of labor statistics, Bush over his entire eight years, created 400,000 jobs. He didn't have two months of consecutive job growth until he was in office for almost three years. Obama had two consecutive months of job growth by the time he was in office one year. He is already knocking at the door of positive job growth. Plus George Bushes tax cuts cost the country four trillion dollars. That works out to 10,000,000 dollars per job created. You know nothing about Keynesian economics, so I wouldn't expect you to know how economics actually works. You believe in supply side economics which has never even once proven its ability to work.

[cooperone]

12:05 PM on 03/26/2011

And if Hickenlooper has his way there will be hundreds of teachers joining the unemployment lines as well. A little lazy in the budget proposal, Hick? One prison and cut education by $500 per student...just brilliant!!!

[fannefer]

08:49 AM on 03/26/2011

gee. where i live, Santa CruzCA, it is over 14. i still support Obama.

[unbiased bob]

01:45 AM on 03/27/2011

Anyone who still supports Obama after the financial hoax known as "The Bailout" is not fully informed on the facts. Obama is a puppet and buddy of wall street. He cares more about his own career and the success of major corporate interests than us silly little pawns. When we realize how our presidential candidates are chosen and promoted by billion dollar corporations and the few extremely wealthy families that own them, then and only then can we gasp the understanding that there is only two things they care about, money and power. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts asbolutely.

[InYourWorld]

10:12 PM on 03/28/2011

Wells said.

Bush and Obama answer to the same people, and are advised by lobbyists from the same corporations.

[Kent Brockman]

12:24 AM on 03/26/2011

The so-called "job creators" have failed our society. I think it is time to unleash a wave of reform on these failures.

[wa-st-concerned]

07:49 PM on 03/25/2011

We should fire ALL the financial people and hire more teachers......maybe our youth will get smart enough to see through those shysters then (we were certainly stupid and led by the nose by them....)