Show Federal grants in Utah were million Federal grants in aid to Utah during the fiscal year totaled according to a research study prepared by Utah the private research Of the total Federal grants to Utah last the Foundation study reports that was allocated to the State and to local units of with the remaining being distributed to within the The Foundation points out that total Federal-aid funds to Utah in 1961 declined by more than million from the 1960 the decrease due to a temporary reduction in Federal highway-aid Total Federal aid in i has more than doubled within 1 the past ten it has trebled in the past twenty and is more than thirty times the 1931 Throughout the entire nation last Federal-aid payments totaled or of the 1961 Federal the report Total Federal aid in the U.S. was billion in billion in and billion in Of the total Federal aid distributed throughout the nation in billion went to state and local with billion being allocated to Foundation analysts observe that an increasing proportion of state and local government activity in Utah is financed from Federal In for of all state and local general government revenue in Utah came from This percentage compares with percent in 1953 and percent in The study also notes that Federal aid is relatively more significant in Utah than is the case nationally- In fiscal the total amount of aid per capita was in I compared with fori the nation as a While I Federal aid accounted for of all state and local Utah general revenue receipt in it amounted to only of state and local revenue in the United |