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Show Utah Foundation Reports Increased Incomes in State; Per Capita Low iterstate tonnage is provided by the mining industry. In addition, much of Utah's manufacturing activity, such as smelting of the metals and production of steel, is directly associated with mining." Utahns enjoyed another year of increasing income during 1953 although al-though their per capita income was still below the national average, it was reported in a Utah Foundation Founda-tion Research Brief released today. to-day. Using U. S. Department of Commerce data just published, the brief reported- that individual income in-come of persons in Utah reached the all-time high of $1.1 billion for the 1953 calendar year. This was an increase of 26 since 1950 and 3 over 1952. The rise in income was led by manufacturing payrolls which increased in-creased 11 between 1952 and 1953. Mining payrolls rose 9 while trade and service payrolls and government payments each were 6 above the previous year. The Utah Foundation release noted not-ed that farm income declined very sharply (29) for 1953. Construction Construc-tion payrolls were also reported to be down 5. Income per person averaged $1,510 in Utah for 1953. It was reported that this was $55 below the average for the Mountain States and $199 under the national nation-al average. The principal sources of Utah income in order of their size were: trade and service, government payments, manufacturing, mining, agriculture, and construction. Noting Not-ing that government payments ac-counted ac-counted for 23.6 of all income j received by Utahns, the Foundation Founda-tion observed that only two other states, 'Virginia and New Mexico, received a greater percentage of their income from this source.. Utah Foundation points out that while the importance of manufacturing manufac-turing in the general economy is less pronounced in Utah than in the nation as a whole, its importance im-portance in the State is increasing increas-ing rapidly and Utah is second only to Colorado among the Mountain Moun-tain States in manufacturing activity. ac-tivity. Utah was again among the leading lead-ing states of the nation in income from mining ' for 1953, the Utah Foundation report-said. Utah citizens citi-zens received 7.3 of their income from mining payrolls compared with a national average of only 1.4. The Utah percentage from mining was exceeded only by West Virginia and Wyoming. Commenting upon the part mining min-ing plays in the Utah economy, the Utah Foundation report said: "It should be pointed out that the payrolls of an industry do not give a complete picture of the importance import-ance of that industry to the economy econ-omy of the State. For example, approximately 65 of interstate railroad tonnage and 60 of in- |
