Utah state Economy Profile

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Utah state Economy

69.01% of population 16 years and over is in the active work force in Utah. Among them 30.75% are females aged 16 and over. Seventy-five point four six percent of Utah workers 16 years and over commute to work by car, truck, or van - drive alone. 2.25% use public transportation (including taxicab). Four point two percent of Utah residents work at home.

The total population of Utah is two million, two hundred and thirty-three thousand, one hundred and sixty-nine people. The median household income in Utah is forty-five thousand, seven hundred and twenty-six dollars. Management, professional, and related occupations make up 32.49% of all occupations. 10.62% of Utah population is involved into construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations. 28.88% of population are in sales and office occupations. Production, transportation, and material moving occupations account for 13.53% of occupations.

19.68% of families in Utah have an income from $35,000 to $49,999. 0.0 of families are below poverty level. Utah median household income is forty-five thousand, seven hundred and twenty-six dollars. On an average, male full-time, year-round workers, receive thirty-six thousand, nine hundred and thirty-five dollars, female full-time, year-round workers, are paid $24,872.

	Utah	%, Utah	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,600,279		217,168,077
In labor force	1,104,431	69.01%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,098,923	68.67%	63.39%
- - Employed	1,044,362	65.26%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	54,561	3.41%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	5.0		5.8
- Armed Forces	5,508	0.34%	0.53%
Not in labor force	495,848	30.99%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	807,196	50.44%	51.66%
In labor force	492,117	30.75%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	491,327	30.7%	29.65%
- - Employed	465,893	29.11%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	241,072	15.06%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	126,183		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	1,032,858		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	779,438	75.46%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	145,950	14.13%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	23,199	2.25%	4.73%
Walked	28,523	2.76%	2.93%
Other means	12,413	1.2%	1.19%
Worked at home	43,335	4.2%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	21.3		25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	1,044,362		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	339,310	32.49%	33.65%
Service occupations	145,862	13.97%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	301,566	28.88%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	5,417	0.52%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	110,873	10.62%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	141,334	13.53%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	20,288	1.94%	1.87%
Construction	85,954	8.23%	6.78%
Manufacturing	126,299	12.09%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	36,729	3.52%	3.6%
Retail trade	133,249	12.76%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	51,249	4.91%	5.2%
Information	34,712	3.32%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	70,996	6.8%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	98,148	9.4%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	200,272	19.18%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	83,035	7.95%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	46,128	4.42%	4.87%
Public administration	57,303	5.49%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	816,475	78.18%	78.47%
Government workers	163,996	15.7%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	60,621	5.8%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	3,270	0.31%	0.31%

	Utah	%, Utah	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	701,933		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	41,959	5.98%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	33,952	4.84%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	83,121	11.84%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	93,119	13.27%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	133,421	19.01%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	158,405	22.57%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	79,659	11.35%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	52,641	7.5%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	12,924	1.84%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	12,732	1.81%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	45,726		41,994
With earnings	604,567	37.78%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	54,973		56,604
With Social Security income	144,815	9.05%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,829		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	19,890	1.24%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,580		6,320
With public assistance income	21,896	1.37%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,878		3,032
With retirement income	110,476	6.9%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,682		17,376
Families	539,728		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	19,106	3.54%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	17,333	3.21%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	52,363	9.7%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	66,781	12.37%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	106,236	19.68%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	136,848	25.35%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	71,213	13.19%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	46,863	8.68%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	11,553	2.14%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	11,432	2.12%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	51,022		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	18,185		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	36,935		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	24,872		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	34,969		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	28,038	80.18%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	16,535	47.28%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	13,849		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	12,557	90.67%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	6,429	46.42%	42.27%
Individuals	206,328		33,899,812
18 years and over	134,563	65.22%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	10,695	5.18%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	68,280	33.09%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	44,194	21.42%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	74,860	36.28%	31.63%

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