It sounds like a political slogan, but it's also backed up by data reported in the Colorado Fiscal Policy Institute's "State of Working Colorado" study, released last week. Here's another clip from the report. Click the graph for a bigger version.
"The labor force participation rate is the ratio of the number of workers in the labor force to the total population in the same age cohort (16 years and older. Thus the labor force participation rate is a measure of the proportion of the working-age population actively engaged in the labor force -- either working or seeking work. Colorado's labor force participation rate, which is 72 percent, continues to be well above that of its regional and national peers."
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