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Show I Utah Ranks Third In Govt. Employment Utah ranks first in the continental conti-nental United States and third among the fifty states in the percentage per-centage of its population employed em-ployed by governmental units (federal, state and local). The only states ranking higher than Utah in this ratio are the new states of Alaska and Hawaii. The facts were presented in a recent ' analysis by the Utah Foundation of data released by the government division of the U.S. Bureau of the Census. The Foundation report shows that there were 634 government employees per 10,000 population in Utah, a rate nearly 50 per cent higher than the national average of 434 government employees per 100,000 population. Stated differently, more than 6.3 per cent of Utah's total population was employed by some governmental govern-mental unit, compared with an average rate of 4.3 per cent for the nation as a whole. A major factor accounting for the high rate of government employment em-ployment in Utah. is the relative- ly large number of federal employees em-ployees in the state. Federal employment em-ployment in Utah was equal to 297 per 10,000 population, highest high-est rate among the states on the mainland and third highest rate in the entire nation. Federal employment in the U. S. was equal ot 124 per 10,000 population. popula-tion. Foundation analysts note that Utah also ranks high in the proportion pro-portion of its population employed em-ployed by state and local units of government. During October, 1960, the full time equivalent state and local employment in Utah was. equal to 337 per 10,-000 10,-000 population, compared with an average of 311 per 10,000. More than half of Utah's total state and local government employment em-ployment was for education. In Utah, there were 194 state and local education employees per 10,000 population, a rate nearly 40 per cent above the U.S. average aver-age of 141 education employees per 10,000 population. This is a reflection of Utah's relatively high college and public school enrollment compared with other states. The report also observes that in addition to education Utah ranks above the national average in public employment for highways high-ways and natural resources, but is below the U. S. average for welfare, health and hospitals, sanitation and most other local functions, such as police and fire protection. The study shows that there were 63,147 persons working for some unit of government in Utah during October, 1960. Of this number 26,442 - were employed by the federal government (civil-ions (civil-ions only), 12,161 were working for the state and 25,544 were employed em-ployed by local units including local schools. |