Show Sanpete Co Population Estimated At 11 A Utah Population Work Committee has estimated the population of Sanpete County at around as of July I 1 1968 This data was contained in a recent issue of the Utah Economic Economic Economic Eco Eco- and Business Review published b by the Bureau of Economic and Business ResEarch Research Research Re Re- search College of Business at atthe atthe atthe the University of Utah T The e July 1st figure was an increase of over the figure listed by the committee as the population in July of 1967 Total population residing in inthe inthe inthe the State of Utah Otah was estimated estimated estimated estima estima- ted at as of July 1 1968 This represents an increase increase increase in in- crease of approximately or since since July July 1 1960 and a gain of or 15 per percent percent percent cent over the committees committee's estimate estimate es es- es for July 1 1967 This years year's population gain is attributable e almost entirely entirety to natural increase excess of births over over- deaths with a slight indication of net out mi gration The four major Wasatch Wasatch Wasatch Wa- Wa satch Front Counties accounted for m most st of the states state's annual increase Salt Lake gained an estimated Davis and Utah each and Weber rose by 2000 adding to fo a total of in the four-county four area while the remainder of the state gained only The Committee estimates are based on analysis of county-by- county county changes in births deaths school enrollment work force and membership membership membership member member- ship statistics The procedure followed by bythe bythe bythe the committee was to adopt a tentative total population estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate for the state at its first meeting At the second meeting sufficient suf suf- geographic and other detail detail de de- de- de tail tai data was available to arrive arrive arrive ar ar- rive at tentative county estimates estimates esti esti- mates which were subsequently subsequent subsequent- ly circulated for comment to local county commissions employment employment employment em em- security offices planning planning planning plan plan- ning officials and zoning of of- At the third meeting the committee considered the rele rele- vant statistical data and comments comments comments com com- ments from local group in reaching a consensus of opinion opinion opinion ion as to the estimated population population population lation in each of Utah's counties counties coun coun- ties as of July 1 I 1968 The committees committee's table on the population of Sanpete te since January of 1961 shows a difference difference difference dif dif- ference of In that year Sanpete's Sanpete's Sanpete's San- San petes pete's population was estimated estimated estimated estima estima- ted at In 1961 it dipped to where it remained in inthe inthe inthe the 1963 count In 1964 and 1965 it again gain rose to and then slumped to 10 00 in 1966 and in 1967 The estimated p population issued issued is is- is sued by the US U.S. Census Is slightly lower than that recorded record record- ed by the Utah Utah- population es es- es- es The US U.S. figures cover the period between 1960 and 1967 They are 1960 1962 1963 10 10 gOO 1964 1965 1966 and 1967 The report noted that the Census Bureau does not regularly regularly regularly regu regu- publish county estimates Adjustment was made by distributing distributing distributing dis dis- the total state change among Utah's counties to maintain main main- maintain maintain main main- tain each county's proportion of the state total as interpolated ted to July 1 for the years 1961 through 1966 Beginning in 1967 the Utah Population Work Committee adopted a July 1 reference date same as the Bureau of Census Cen- Cen sus sus Consequently for 1967 the adjusted estimates were made on the basis of simply applying the Committees Committee's proportionate proportionate pro pro- distribution of county county coun coun- ty totals to agree with the Census Census Census Cen Cen- sus provisional wide state estimate estimate estimate esti esti- mate for 1967 The Committee estimate for July 1 1968 has nas not been adjusted because the Census Bureaus Bureau's provisional estimate for 1968 is an unsupported unsupported ported extrapolation of past trends The primary function of the Utah Population Work Committee Committee Committee Com Com- is not to produce estimate estimates estimates esti esti- mates mate for the state total population population population lation in competition with the US U.S. Bureau of the Census butto but butto butto to produce county estimates on ona ona ona a current year bas basis s and to provide an adjusted historical series serie not elsewhere available The committee estimated Utah populations by various methods which all came near the figure put forth bythe by bythe bythe the group The first met method od was the work force ratio method method method meth meth- od which gave a figure of pf 11 II- II The school enrollment method listed A total of membership tallied at 10 The average of the school and membership methods method was All of this data aided aided aided aid aid- ed the committee in settling on the population for San San- pete In its summary the group noted that in Sanpete both membership and school schoel enrollment enrollment enroll enroll- ment data indicated net mi in-mi- gration When combined with natural increase the committee commit commit- tee estimated a gain of thus bringing the county total to 11 for 1968 Most of the counties surrounding surrounding surrounding sur sur- rounding Sanpete also showed a slight increase Sevier County County County Coun Coun- ty was reported to have gained in their p population to jump to Utah C County rose by to the mark Millards Millard's Millards Millard's Millard's Millards Mil- Mil lards lard's pcp population was hiked by to Surrounding counties which were were reported to have stayed at about the same figures were Juab with Emery Piute 1400 and Wayne 1600 Carbon County was tag tagged ed edwith with an estimated loss of residents between 1967 and 1968 giving them in July 1968 |