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State Fact Sheets: Utah

• Population, Income, Education, and Employment
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated December 15, 2008

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Population, Income, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	202,790	1,258,247	1,461,037
1990	214,826	1,508,024	1,722,850
2000	263,136	1,970,033	2,233,169
2007 (latest estimates)	291,024	2,354,306	2,645,330
More information on Utah population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2006 dollars)
2005	23,538	29,560	28,895
2006	24,251	30,042	29,406
Percent change	3.0	1.6	1.8

Earnings per job (2006 dollars)
2005	31,349	39,322	38,505
2006	32,052	39,663	38,880
Percent change	2.2	0.9	1.0

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	12.6	9.9	10.3
1989	15.4	10.8	11.4
1999	13.5	8.8	9.4
2007 (latest model-based estimates)	13.3	9.3	9.8
More information on Utah poverty rates • County-level Poverty Data • Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room • See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980	25.9	19.0	20.0
1990	20.5	14.0	14.9
2000	15.6	11.8	12.3

Percent completing high school only
1980	39.0	35.5	36.0
1990	33.3	26.3	27.2
2000	30.6	23.8	24.6

Percent completing some college
1980	21.9	24.6	24.2
1990	31.3	36.3	35.7
2000	36.2	37.1	37.0

Percent completing college
1980	13.7	20.9	19.9
1990	14.8	23.3	22.3
2000	17.5	27.3	26.1
More information on Utah education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Robert Gibbs, 202-694-5423

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2005	155,471	1,361,731	1,517,202
2006	163,726	1,427,750	1,591,476

Unemployment rate (percent)
2006	3.3	2.9	3.0
2007	3.0	2.6	2.7
More information on Utah unemployment rates • County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

Percent employment change
2004-2005	3.6	4.2	4.1
2005-2006	5.7	4.5	4.6
2006-2007	3.9	3.6	3.6

* Urban and rural (metro and nonmetro) defintions are based on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) June 2003 classification. See Measuring Rurality: New Definitions in 2003 for more information.

More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Farm Characteristics

	1992	1997	2002
1992, 1997 and 2002 Census of Agriculture

Total land area (million acres)	52.59	52.59	52.57
Total farmland (million acres)	9.62	12.01	11.73
Percent of total land area	18.3	22.8	22.3

Cropland (million acres)	2.09	2.08	2.07
Percent of total farmland	21.8	17.3	17.6
Percent in pasture	26.8	26.7	29.1
Percent irrigated	39.2	42.3	37.7

Harvested Cropland (million acres)	1.04	1.11	0.96

Woodland (million acres)	0.72	0.36	0.33
Percent of total farmland	7.5	3.0	2.8
Percent in pasture	85.9	64.6	63.2

Pastureland (million acres)	6.63	9.22	9.01
Percent of total farmland	68.9	76.8	76.8

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (million acres)	0.18	0.35	0.32
Percent of total farmland	1.9	2.9	2.8

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (million acres)	0.18	0.24	0.21
Percent of total farmland	1.9	2.0	1.8

Average farm size (acres)	712	760	768

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	56.6	61.6	65.2
100 to 499 acres	26.4	23.9	20.8
500 to 999 acres	6.9	6.0	5.6
1000 to 1,999 acres	4.3	4.0	3.8
2,000 or more acres	5.8	4.5	4.6

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	56.0	59.9	66.4
$10,000 to $49,999	26.0	24.0	18.1
$50,000 to $99,999	7.3	5.9	5.2
$100,000 to $499,999	9.4	8.4	7.9
More than $500,000	1.7	2.0	2.5

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	8,212	10,155	10,504
Percent of total	60.7	64.2	68.7

Part owner (farms)	4,229	4,569	3,930
Percent of total	31.3	28.9	25.7

Tenant owner (farms)	1,079	1,086	848
Percent of total	8.0	6.9	5.5

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	11,030	12,955	13,108
Percent of total	81.6	81.9	85.8

Family-held corporations (farms)	584	759	562
Percent of total	4.3	4.8	3.7

Partnerships (farms)	1,616	1,652	1,315
Percent of total	12.0	10.4	8.6

Non-family corporations (farms)	81	111	68
Percent of total	0.6	0.7	0.4

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	209	333	229
Percent of total	1.5	2.1	1.5

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	54.8	55.1	55.2
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	46.4	39.7	48.7
Men (persons)	12,925	14,926	14,054
Women (persons)	595	884	1,228

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540. Data from the 1992 Census of Agriculture is not adjusted for coverage. See Coverage Adjustment from NASS.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2006	2007
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	15,100	15,000

	Thousands $
Final crop output	318,834	394,691
+ Final animal output	895,871	979,781
+ Services and forestry	407,212	456,245
= Final agricultural sector output	1,621,916	1,830,717

- Intermediate consumption outlays	915,609	956,245
+ Net government transactions	5,494	-3,016
= Gross value added	711,802	871,456

- Capital consumption	221,433	231,734

= Net value added	490,369	639,722

- Factor payments	240,304	239,984
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	150,514	152,459
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	23,210	15,955
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	66,580	71,570

= Net farm income	250,065	399,738

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

Farm balance sheet

• Estimation of State-level Balance Sheets has been suspended. See the Farm Balance Sheet data page for more information.

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2007
1. Dairy products	324,702	24.2	0.9
2. Cattle and calves	283,320	21.1	0.6
3. Hay	193,817	14.5	3.1
4. Hogs	143,698	10.7	1.0
5. Greenhouse/nursery	66,400	5.0	0.4

All commodities	1,339,679		0.5

More information on Utah's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities for cash receipts in Excel • Contact Roger Strickland, 202-694-5592.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2007
1. Wheat and products	21	115.9
2. Hides and skins	7	80.8
3. Live animals and meat	22	52.0
4. Dairy Products	12	24.7
5. Other	32	23.7

Overall rank	36	344.4

More information on agricultural exports • State Export Data • Agricultural Trade Briefing Room • Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

	Percent of state total receipts	Million $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2002
1. Beaver County	14.5	161.3
2. Utah County	10.5	117.0
3. Box Elder County	10.2	113.8
4. Millard County	10.1	113.2
5. Cache County	8.7	96.6

State total		1,115.9

More information on agricultural sales • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Data Sources

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Regional Economic Information System, April 2006, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, and 2000 Census of Population, Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: December 15, 2008