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Show State, local employment increase in Utah , the United States as a whole, 219.5 per 10,000 for the eleven Western states, and 2015.9 per 10,000 for the eight Mountain states. In other words, Utah's rate of noneducationai public employment is 20' below the U. S. average, 28' under the average of the eleven Western states, and 23' i less than the average of the eight Mountain states. According to the analysis, Utah is below national and regional averages in the rate of state and local employment for hospitals, public welfare, and mast urban-typ activities such as police and fire protection, protec-tion, sewerage services, parks and recreation, etc, Foundation officials emphasize, em-phasize, however, that employment employ-ment comparisons are not an absolute indicator of under or overstaffing. They point out that demands and the need for the various kinds of governmental govern-mental services differ widely among the several states and the different sections of the nation. A total of 1,231 state and local government employees (part time as well as full timet were employed in Iron County during October, 19(58. This was reported in ananaly-sis ananaly-sis of state and local employment employ-ment in Utah prepared by Utah Foundation, the private re.'.'arch organization. According to the study, there were 702 persons employed by the state (including 5(52 persons per-sons at College of Southern Utah), 297 working for the schools, and 235 employed by other local uniis of government. govern-ment. Although the total population popula-tion of Utah rose onlv 22'r between 1958 and 19(58, the number of state and local employees em-ployees throughout the state increased by 50'; during this same ten-year period. The foundation report shows that the total state and local government workforce (stated in terms of full-time equivalent equival-ent employment! numbered 12,639 in October, 1908. This represented an increase of 15,299 state and local jobs from the October, 1958, total of 27,310. The number of state and local government employees per 10,000 population popula-tion rose from 323.6 in 1958 to 412.4 in 1968. More than three-fourths of the increase in the number of state and local government employees during the past ten years occurred in the area of education. The study shows that education now accounts for more than 607f of the total to-tal state and local employment employ-ment in Utah. This high percentage per-centage is a reflection of the emphasis placed on education educa-tion in Utah and the extremely extreme-ly large educational load, both at the public school and the higher education level. In October, 1968, there were 253 state and local education employees in Utah per 10,000 population. According to the foundation, this rate is 29'r above the U. S. average, 17 above the average of the eleven elev-en Western States, and 5'r higher than the average for the eight Mountain states. Although Utah is above national na-tional and regional average rates in the number of education educa-tion employees, the foundation founda-tion report observed that it is below average in the number of state and local employees working in most noneducationai noneduca-tionai functions. The study shows that Utah had 159 state and local employees em-ployees per 10,000 population in fields other than education. This compares with a iate of 200 per 10,000 population for |