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By Job Gal | October 20, 2008
Utah
Utah is located in the western part of the United States. The majority of the state’s residents live along the Wasatch Front, while other parts of the state are virtually uninhabited. Salt Lake City serves as the state capital.
The name Utah comes from the Ute Indian language, meaning “people of the mountains.” Utah was admitted as the 45th state into the Union in 1896. It also is known as being one of the most religiously homogeneous states in the country, with 58 percent of the population belonging to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or the Mormon Church.
Today Utah is known as being a center for transportation, information technology, research, government services and mining. Utah also is a popular tourist and outdoor recreation spot.
Utah’s Job Market
In 2005 Utah had a gross state product of $92 million. The state is known for its petroleum production, tourism, mining and transportation.
The state’s fastest-growing industries include: mining, cattle ranching, salt production and government services.
Work Trends
Utah unemployment rate: 3.7 percent
National unemployment rate: 6.1 percent
Mean travel time to work: 21.3 minutes
Utah’s Largest Employers
Huntsman
500 Huntsman Way
Salt Lake City, UT 84108
Zions Bancorp.
1 S. Main St.
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
SkyWest
444 S. River Rd.
St. George, UT 84790
Questar
180 E. 100 South St.
Salt Lake City, UT 84145
Popular Local Job Search Sites
Cheezhead
JobCentral
Craigslist
Department of Workforce Services
UtahJobs
Utah Department of Human Resource Management
UtahWorksForYou
CareerBuilder
Job-Related Video
Surrounding Area Job Search
Spanish Fork, UT
Salt Lake City, UT
Orem, UT
Logan, UT
Sandy, UT
St. George, UT
Ogden, UT
Provo, UT
Continuing Education
Brigham Young University
University of Utah
Utah Valley University
Weber State University
Utah State University
Discovering Utah
Utah Jazz
Tuacahn
Museum of Church History and Art
Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum
Utah State Fair
Utah Statistics
Population
Total population: 2,550,063
Persons under five-years old: 9.7 percent
Persons under 18-years old: 31 percent
Persons 65-years and older: 8.8 percent
Female: 49.7 percent
White: 93.5 percent
Black: 1 percent
American Indian and Alaska Native: 1.3 percent
Asian: 2 percent
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander: .8 percent
Multi-racial: 1.5 percent
Hispanic or Latino: 11.2 percent
Non-Hispanic white: 82.9 percent
Education
High school graduates: 87.7 percent
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 26.1 percent
Housing
Housing units: 901,283
Homeownership rate: 71.5 percent
Housing units in multi-unit structures: 22 percent
Median value of owner-occupied housing units: $146,100
Households: 701,281
Persons per household: 3.13
Income
Median household income: $47,224
Per capita income: $18,185
Persons below poverty: 10.3 percent
Transportation
Airports: Salt Lake City International Airport
Railroads: Amtrak
Public mass transit: Utah Transit Authority, TRAX
Weather
Average annual precipitation: 15 inches
Average low temp. in January: 0 degrees
Average high temp. in July: 85 degrees
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