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Total Employed (16 years and older) of Civilian Labor

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

% Difference

City of Yuma

21,684

28,024

77.38

City of San Luis

956

3,057

31.27

City of Somerton

1,234

2,091

59.01%

Town of Wellton

340

458

74.24

Unincorporated ( to compare with 1990)

12,975

15,583

72%

Fortuna-Foothills

 

4,691

na

Gadsden

 

333

na

Tacna

 

186

na

Total Yuma County

37,189

49,213

75.57

 

 

 

 

Cocopah Indian Reservation

 

180

na

Percent Unemployed

Jurisdiction

1990 %

2000 %

City of Yuma

4.46

4.9

City of San Luis

22.88

11.0

City of Somerton

11.47

10.4

Town of Wellton

5.59

4.4

Unincorporated ( to compare with 1990)

5.73

5.11

Fortuna-Foothills

 

1.8

Gadsden

 

11.4

Tacna

 

2.9

Total Yuma County

6.05

5.7

 

 

 

Cocopah Indian Reservation

 

3.2


Total Employed (16 years and older) in Armed Forces

Jurisdiction

1990

2000

%

City of Yuma

2,078

3,079

32.5

City of San Luis

0

4

100

City of Somerton

3

13

76.9

Town of Wellton

2

0

na

Unincorporated ( to compare with 1990)

2,431

489

-397.1

Fortuna-Foothills

 

148

na

Gadsden

 

0

na

Tacna

 

0

na

Total Yuma County

4,514

3,585

-25.9