Show 67 Residents of Grand County Get Assistance A total of 67 persons W were le receiving re re- l public assistance InGrand in to inGrand Grand County during June 1962 1062 according to a n report by Utah Foundation the ithe private governmental governmental govern govern- mental research organisation The number of ot persons on the vr rolls roIls to was equal ap ap- proximately 76 per pr cent of the county's total population The proportion of or Utah's population receiving public assistance assistance as as- varies from fewer fever than one cne per curt cent In Grand County to over nine and one half per cent coot in adjoining San Son Juan County This Tins Is one cne of or the runny many interesting interesting interest interest- ing items featured in n Utah Foundations Foundation's forthcoming publication publication pubU cation Statistical Abstract of Government in Utah Utah 1963 1963 Edl Edi tion T The h e Foundations Foundation's analysis shows that there were persons on Utah's public assist assist- once rolls in June 1962 1002 This was equal to per cent rot of the states state's total population The number lumber of persons receiving pubic pub pub- lie lic ic welfare this year was down by jy nearly from 1961 but was up by over 1800 from the 1960 1000 total According to the ithe Abstract tables ables Utah's public welfare rolls rolIs reached a low point of or 12 in 1953 1933 but rose throughout through out most of the remaining part of the 1950 1050 decade As observed by Foundation analysts there is a wide variance variance vari varl ance among Utah's 29 counties in n the the- proportion of their population lotion lation on public assistance San SanJuan SanJuan Juan Junn County with i its s large Indian In Indian In dian population had the highest highest high high- est percentage of welfare recipients re re- in the state Other Southern Utah counties with over 6 per cent of their population population tion on welfare rolls TOlls are Emery 84 per cent Sanpete 69 per percent percent percent cent Garfield 61 per cent and Piute Plute 6 60 0 per cent Most of the counties in the northern part of the state rank low in the proportion of welfare recipients Box Elder 14 per pr percent percent cent Davis 14 per cent coot Cache 17 per cent Rich 16 per cent and Morgan 11 per cent coun coot counties ties all have fewer than 2 Z per percent cent of their populations on the welfare rolls rolIs Other counties having welfare recipients under 2 per cent are Iron 19 per cent Uintah 16 per cent Daggett 10 per cent and Grand 08 per cent |