Show Government jobs up in Sanpete San pete Total government employment employment employment employ employ- ment In Sanpete County rose during the past ten years according to an analysis Just completed by Utah Foundation the private research tion According to the report there were federal state and local workers employed pete County during October of 1970 This compared with government employees stationed station station- ed within the county ten years earlier in October 1960 The Foundation study shows that government employment comprises of the total nonagricultural workforce of Sanpete County and Is equal to 77 of the total population of the county For the state as a whole government employment makes up about of the nonagricultural workforce and 95 of the total population Utah ranks first among the contiguous 48 states and is second among all 50 states of the nation in the percentage of Its population employed by government units In October 1970 the proportion of total population in Utah employed by government was h half lf again as high as the national average The major reasons for tor the abnormally high percentage of government employment in Utah according to the report are the large proportion of f federal employment In the state and the higher than aver average age employment employment employment em em- in education Actually the number of state and local employees per population In Utah is ap approximately proximately 19 below the average for the nation Utah Is above the US U.S. average average average aver aver- age in the proportion of state and local employment for education education education edu edu- cation highways and natural resources For most of the other other other oth oth- er functions of government however such as hospitals welfare police fire protection sanitation etc Utah is well below the national average in inthe inthe inthe the percentage of state and local employees As an example Utah is about 24 below the national average In the ratio of police employees to total population During October Oc October October Oc- Oc tober 1970 there were 17 police po- po po police lice employees per population population pop pop- compared with 22 per for the nation as a whole Utah is even further below the U. U S. S average In the proportion of welfare employees There were 59 welfare employees per population in Utah compared compared compared com com- pared with a ratio of welfare welfare welfare wel wel- fare employees per i throughout the nation Government employment In Utah has multiplied about four and a half times over the past thirty years according to the Foundation report This compares compares compares com com- pares with an Increase of only two and a half hall times in total nonagricultural employment during this same period of time Foundation analysts note that thata a major major factor In the rapid growth of government in Utah over the past three decades has been the establishment and expansion ex expansion expansion ex- ex of Federal defense In Installations installations installations in- in during World War II H the Korean War and the Vietnam War A Vietnam employment peak was reached In July 1967 when there were Federal civilian employees in Utah Since that time Federal employment employment employment em- em em em- in the state has declined de declined declined de- de and in October 1970 stood approximately be below below below be- be low the 1967 peak |