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DENVER (AP) -- The Colorado unemployment rate hit 9.1 percent in January, topping the U.S. rate of 9 percent.

That's up from 8.9 percent in Colorado a year earlier.

The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment said Thursday that almost 2.43 million Coloradans have jobs, down about 1 percent from a year earlier.

While Colorado's jobless rate has been rising, the U.S. rate of 9 percent is down from 9.7 percent from January 2010.

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