Show Ufah 8 Has ns The Largest Government aa Utah has a larger proportion proportion tion of oC its population employed b by government than an any other continental state in the continental United States according to a 3 report just released b by Utah Foundation tion lion the private governmental r research organization Only I Alaska has a higher tage lage of oC governmental employ employ- I ees TilE THE FOUNDATION report shows that in October 1962 approximately 75 per cent of oC Utah's total population was wasS S Corking X orkin g for some governmental governmental governmental govern govern- mental agency federal state or local This rate was was 0 half again as large as the national national national na na- average of oC 50 per cent In addition the report observes observes ob ob- serves that nearl nearly one out of oC every four a 1 I workers in Utah per cent to be exact is employed by government Nationally the ratio is approximately one government worker for every six per cent I workers DURING e a r 1962 there were persons in Utah who were employed ed by byI I government This number repents rep rep- l. l an increase of oC about 3 per cent from the government employees reported report report- ed for Utah ten years earlier in 1952 For the nation as a whole total public employment employment employment employ employ- ment rose b by 33 per cent during during during dur dur- ing the decade from in 1952 to in 1962 A major factor accounting p lor Jor or the J high gh rate of government govern- govern ment employment in Utah according according ac ac- cording to the report is the large ry number of fedral fed fed- Pral ral civilian employees stationed sta sta- Honed within the state Federal Fed- Fed cral eral employment in Utah is equal to per population population lation compared with a US U.S. l rate of per Alaska nd Hawaii are arc the only states with a higher percentage of oC r 1 federal j workers TilE THE FOUNDATION study r shows that despite the large number of oC federal civilian workers in Utah federal employment employment em- em in the state actually has dropped by 12 per cent in the past ten years ears In 1952 there were federal civilian civilian ci ci- vilian employees in Utah compared compared compared com com- pared with in 1962 The 1952 figure reflects the large number of oC civilian jobs at Utah's Federal defense installations installations in in- installations during the Korean War Total federal civilian employment employment em em- throughout the nation nation na na- tion lion declined by less than two per cent during the ten year ear period THE TilE REPORT notes that education is the state and local government activity reqUiring requiring requiring re re- re- re quiring the largest number of employees in Utah Last October October October Oc Oc- tober a total of perI persons persons per per- sons time full equivalent or I 60 per cent of oC the total Utah state and local government go I work force were employed in public education Of OC this number number num num- ber approximately 0 0 were employed in the local schools and in the thc state- state supported colleges and In 1962 there were state and local educational employees employees employ employ- ees ees time full equivalent per population in Utah This rate rale was 40 per por cent above the US U.S. average of oC educational educational educational edu edu- employees per population FOUNDATION ana analysts 1 y s t s point out that this tills high rate of oC educational employees is principally a reflection of oC Utah's relative relatively large college and public school enrollment compared with other states |