Show Employment Rises In Davis County Employment in Davis County rose two per cent bet between wee n March 1964 and March 1965 according according ac- ac cording to one of the nations nation's economic indicators County Business Patterns Utah 1965 Issued recently by the US U.S. Department Department De- De of Commerce's Bureau Bureau Bur Bur- eau of the Census COUNTY Business Patterns now no published annually uses payroll information gathered f for r the first quarter of each calendar year by the Social Se- Se Administration covering employment in most kinds of business and industry but excluding excluding ex- ex notably agricultural and government workers and the self self-e self Number of employees in the county in businesses covered by the report for March 1965 totaled as against for forthe forthe the same month a year earlier First quarter payrolls for the two years were 6 million and 62 million respectively vely RETAIL TRADE the largest group of employers in the county county coun- coun ty reported a March 1965 total of 1968 employees and three three- month payrolls of 15 million Manufacturing the co county's u n t y s second largest group of employers employ employ- ers had a total of ees and 18 million in quarterly payrolls The county ranked f fourth 0 u r t h among the 29 counties in the state in March 1965 in number of employees in businesses covered covered cov- cov ered in the report The leading counties in the state in this respect respect re- re were Salt Lake with employees Utah Weber Davis Box BoxElder Elder CO COMPARABLE figures for Utah as a whole show the states state's employment fell some 03 per percent percent cent from to be- be tween March 1964 and March 1965 Total January through March 1965 payrolls amounted to as against for the pr previous years year s first quarter For t the e estate state retail trade led with 47 employees and a quart quarterly payroll of million More detailed data for the state counties and metropolitan I tan areas by type of industry and employment size are shown in County Business Patterns Utah 1965 which is for sale at 40 cents at the US U.S. Government Government Govern Govern- ment Printing Office Washington Washing Washing- 1 ton DC D.C. or at any US U.S. Dept of Commerce field office OTHER STATE reports and anda a US U.S. Summary range in price I from 25 to 2 State reports reports' will be reassembled into a set of five volumes and will also be i available on tapes and punch cards Address questions to toI Business Division US U.S. Bureau I I of the Census Washington DC D.C. |