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State Fact Sheets: Utah

• Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment
• Federal Funds
• Organic Agriculture
• Farm Characteristics
• Farm Financial Indicators
• Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties
• About the State Fact Sheets

Data updated May 2, 2012

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Population, Income, Food Insecurity, Education, and Employment

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Population
Year
1980	202,790	1,258,247	1,461,037
1990	214,826	1,508,024	1,722,850
2000	263,136	1,970,033	2,233,169
2010	314,923	2,448,962	2,763,885
2011	318,202	2,499,020	2,817,222
More information on Utah population • County-level Population Data • Rural Population and Migration Briefing Room • Contact John Cromartie, 202-694-5421.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Income
Per-capita income (2010 dollars)
2009	27,261	33,113	32,444
2010	27,588	33,150	32,517
Percent change	1.2	0.1	0.2

Earnings per job (2010 dollars)
2009	34,765	43,340	42,457
2010	35,538	43,863	43,015
Percent change	2.2	1.2	1.3

Poverty rate (percent)
1979	12.6	9.9	10.3
1989	15.4	10.8	11.4
1999	13.5	8.8	9.4
2010 (latest model-based estimates)	14.6	13.1	13.3
More information on Utah poverty rates • County-level Poverty Data • Rural Income, Poverty, and Welfare Briefing Room • See important notes about decennial and model-based intercensal poverty estimates • Contact Tracey Farrigan, 202-694-5489

	2002-04 Avg.	2005-07 Avg.	2008-10 Avg.
Household-level Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security
Percent of households
Food insecure	14.8	12.5	13.0
Very low food security	4.6	5.1	4.8
More information on Food Insecurity • Food Security in the United States Briefing Room • Definitions of Food Insecurity and Very Low Food Security • Comparisons of prevalence rates of food insecurity between States must take account of the margins of error, which are sizeable for many States. Margins of error are published along with State prevalence rates in each year’s Household Food Security in the United States report. • Contact Alisha Coleman-Jensen, 202-694-5456.

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Education (Persons 25 and older)
Percent not completing high school
1980 (Census)	25.9	19.0	20.0
1990 (Census)	20.5	14.0	14.9
2000 (Census)	15.6	11.8	12.3
2006-2010 (ACS)	11.6	9.1	9.4

Percent completing high school only
1980 (Census)	39.0	35.5	36.0
1990 (Census)	33.3	26.3	27.2
2000 (Census)	30.6	23.8	24.6
2006-2010 (ACS)	31.8	23.9	24.8

Percent completing some college
1980 (Census)	21.9	24.6	24.2
1990 (Census)	31.3	36.3	35.7
2000 (Census)	36.2	37.1	37.0
2006-2010 (ACS)	36.1	36.4	36.3

Percent completing college
1980 (Census)	13.7	20.9	19.9
1990 (Census)	14.8	23.3	22.3
2000 (Census)	17.5	27.3	26.1
2006-2010 (ACS)	20.4	30.6	29.4
More information on Utah education • County-level Education Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Alexander Marré, 202-694-5338

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Employment
Total number of jobs
2009	168,287	1,466,546	1,634,833
2010	166,281	1,467,513	1,633,794

Percent employment change
2008-2009	-3.7	-4.2	-4.1
2009-2010	-4.2	-1.6	-1.9
2010-2011	-0.6	-0.3	-0.4

Unemployment rate (percent)
2010	9.0	7.9	8.0
2011	7.6	6.6	6.7
More information on Utah unemployment rates • County-level Unemployment and Median Household Income Data • Rural Labor and Education Briefing Room • Contact Lorin Kusmin, 202-694-5429

	Rural *	Urban *	Total
Federal Funds, FY 2010
Federal funding, dollars per person
All Federal funds	11,031	10,276	10,362

Federal funding by purpose (function codes)
Agriculture and natural resources	215	64	81
Community resources	1,933	2,984	2,865
Defense and space	462	1,753	1,606
Human resources	236	139	150
Income security	5,487	4,064	4,226
National functions	2,699	1,272	1,434

Federal funding by type of payments (object codes)
Grants	1,372	1,168	1,191
Direct loans	281	231	237
Guaranteed/insured loans	1,611	2,813	2,677
Retirement/disability payments	2,528	2,121	2,168
Other direct payments to individuals	2,138	1,476	1,551
Direct payments, not to individuals	81	28	34
Procurement contracts	2,466	1,211	1,354
Salaries and wages	553	1,227	1,151
Total does not include Statewide funds undistributed at the county level. More information on Federal Funds • Program Function and Object Code Definitions • Federal Funds and Development Policy Briefing Room • Federal Funds Data • Contact Richard Reeder, 202-694-5360

* The terms “rural” and “urban” here refer to data for nonmetro and metro areas, a county-level classification defined by the Office of Management and Budget. We use the June 2003 version of nonmetro and metro areas because it reflects conditions at the beginning of the decade. See Measuring Rurality: What is Rural? for a discussion of differences between metro-nonmetro categories and the Census Bureau’s rural-urban classification.

More information on socioeconomic conditions • Rural Emphasis Page • Contact Tim Parker, 202-694-5435.

Organic Agriculture

	2006	2007	2008

Number of certified operations	12	48	46
Crops (acres)	32,179	72,303	72,320
Pasture & rangeland (acres)	4,123	7,784	827
Total acres	36,302	80,087	73,147
More information on organic agriculture • Organic Production Data • Organic Agriculture Briefing Room • Contact Catherine Greene, 202-694-5541.

Farm Characteristics

	1997	2002	2007
1997, 2002 and 2007 Census of Agriculture

Approximate total land area (acres)	52,587,615	52,571,936	52,553,947
Total farmland (acres)	12,008,137	11,731,228	11,094,700
Percent of total land area	22.8	22.3	21.1

Cropland (acres)	2,078,213	2,067,437	1,837,904
Percent of total farmland	17.3	17.6	16.6
Percent in pasture	26.7	29.1	21.9
Percent irrigated	42.3	37.7	42.8

Harvested Cropland (acres)	1,113,756	961,037	964,702

Woodland (acres)	356,201	332,884	385,193
Percent of total farmland	3.0	2.8	3.5
Percent in pasture	64.6	63.2	63.6

Pastureland (acres)	9,220,467	9,007,771	8,601,640
Percent of total farmland	76.8	76.8	77.5

Land in house lots, ponds, roads, wasteland, etc. (acres)	353,256	323,136	269,963
Percent of total farmland	2.9	2.8	2.4

Conservation practices
Farmland in conservation or wetlands reserve programs (acres)	243,382	207,609	207,420

Average farm size (acres)	760	768	664

Farms by size (percent)
1 to 99 acres	61.6	65.2	66.2
100 to 499 acres	23.9	20.8	20.6
500 to 999 acres	6.0	5.6	5.4
1000 to 1,999 acres	4.0	3.8	3.4
2,000 or more acres	4.5	4.6	4.4

Farms by sales (percent)
Less than $9,999	59.9	66.4	65.1
$10,000 to $49,999	23.7	18.1	20.1
$50,000 to $99,999	5.9	5.2	5.1
$100,000 to $499,999	8.4	7.9	7.1
More than $500,000	2.0	2.5	2.6

Tenure of farmers
Full owner (farms)	10,155	10,504	11,797
Percent of total	64.2	68.7	70.6

Part owner (farms)	4,569	3,930	3,971
Percent of total	28.9	25.7	23.8

Tenant owner (farms)	1,086	848	932
Percent of total	6.9	5.5	5.6

Farm organization
Individuals/family, sole proprietorship (farms)	12,955	13,108	13,614
Percent of total	81.9	85.8	81.5

Family-held corporations (farms)	759	562	917
Percent of total	4.8	3.7	5.5

Partnerships (farms)	1,652	1,315	1,645
Percent of total	10.4	8.6	9.9

Non-family corporations (farms)	111	68	97
Percent of total	0.7	0.4	0.6

Others - cooperative, estate or trust, institutional, etc. (farms)	333	229	427
Percent of total	2.1	1.5	2.6

Characteristics of principal farm operators
Average operator age (years)	55.1	55.2	57.4
Percent with farming as their primary occupation	39.7	48.7	38.0
Men	14,926	14,054	14,903
Women	884	1,228	1,797

More information on farm characteristics • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Farm Financial Indicators

	2009	2010
Farm income and value added data

Number of farms	16,600	16,600

	Thousands $
Final crop output	370,021	359,211
+ Final animal output	760,328	963,993
+ Services and forestry	331,771	321,746
= Final agricultural sector output	1,462,120	1,644,950

- Intermediate consumption outlays	1,011,917	952,567
+ Net government transactions	-1,055	-6,383
= Gross value added	449,147	686,000

- Capital consumption	250,702	255,973

= Net value added	198,445	430,027

- Factor payments	283,605	265,084
Employee compensation (total hired labor)	194,859	176,119
Net rent received by nonoperator landlords	16,469	20,078
Real estate and nonreal estate interest	72,277	68,887

= Net farm income	-85,159	164,943

More information on farm income • Farm Income Data • Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room • Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

Top Commodities, Exports, and Counties

	Value of receipts thousand $	Percent of state total farm receipts	Percent of US value
Top 5 agriculture commodities, 2010
1. Dairy products	293,058	22.0	0.9
2. Cattle and calves	283,968	21.4	0.6
3. Hogs	181,806	13.7	1.0
4. Hay	143,368	10.8	2.7
5. Greenhouse/nursery	98,660	7.4	0.6

All commodities	1,329,421		0.4

More information on Utah's top agriculture commodities • Leading commodities by cash receipts in Excel. • Other cash receipts data. • Contact Ted Covey, 202-694-5344.

	Rank among states	Value million $
Top 5 agriculture exports, estimates, FY 2010
1. Wheat and products	20	144.8
2. Hides and skins	7	80.6
3. Live animals and meat	22	62.8
4. Feeds and fodders	29	37.6
5. Other	28	34.1

Total export value	35	441.0

More information on agricultural exports • State Export Data • Agricultural Trade Briefing Room • Contact Nora Brooks, 202-694-5211.

	Percent of state total receipts	Thousands $
Top 5 counties in agricultural sales 2007
1. Beaver County	14.9	210,636
2. Utah County	12.8	181,729
3. Box Elder County	10.0	141,243
4. Millard County	9.7	137,805
5. Cache County	9.6	136,064

State total		1,415,678

More information on agricultural sales • Census of Agriculture • Contact NASS Customer Service, 1-800-727-9540.

Data Sources

Local Area Unemployment Statistics, county data, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Current Population Survey, Food Security Supplements , 2002-2010, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Regional Economic Information System, April 2012, Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce.
1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 Census of Population, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
2006-2010 American Community Survey, Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce.
Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Organic data, USDA, Economic Research Service, based on information from USDA-accredited State and private organic certifiers.
Farm Income and Costs Briefing Room, Economic Research Service, USDA.
Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States (FATUS), Economic Research Service, USDA.
Census of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA.

Prepared by Economic Research Service, USDA, Washington, DC.

For more information, contact: Tim Parker

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Updated date: May 2, 2012