Posts Tagged ‘Colorado’
Pot Percentage
The Friday File: Since recreational marijuana first became legal in Colorado on 1/1/14, an estimated 485,000 Coloradans, or 9% of the state’s population of 5.4 million, consume marijuana at least once a month. Of those 485,000 consumers, 30% or 145,500 persons, smoke pot or consume edibles more than 20 times a month. That population, just…
Read MoreGoods Going Global
While manufacturing and exports have helped lead the nation out of the financial crisis, the importance of manufactured exports on state economies varies tremendously. TX leads the way with almost $9,000 per capita in manufactured exports, with LA next at $7,700, followed by WA at $7,193 and VT at $6,615. NM is lowest at $933,…
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