True, and that applies to both ends of the equation in that, while the real unemployment rate in CO is probably higher than the stats, the national unemployment rate is also higher than the stats. The bottom line is that the economy in CO is doing better than the nation as a whole. Want evidence? Go to Colorado and tell me what you see. What I see are entire city blocks being torn down and rebuilt. Stand on a streetcorner in any major city in CO and do a 360 and you will see construction projects -- large and small -- in every direction that you turn.
California money from their new inter state immigrants.
It's also why the state is trending Left.