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Utah Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over1,600,279100.0In labor force1,104,43169.0Civilian labor force1,098,92368.7Employed1,044,36265.3Unemployed54,5613.4Percent of civilian…

Utah Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units768,594100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached520,10167.71-unit, attached37,9024.92 units29,2433.83 or 4 units36,9984.85 to 9 units27,6773.610 to 19 units30,3573.…

Utah Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school741,524100.0Nursery school, preschool46,0576.2Kindergarten38,2615.2Elementary school (grades 1-8)305,48641.2High school…

Utah, University of

(Encyclopedia) Utah, University of, at Salt Lake City; coeducational; state supported; opened 1850, chartered 1851 as Univ. of Deseret, closed 1851–67. It was empowered to give degrees in 1884 and…

Kearns

(Encyclopedia) KearnsKearnskûrnz [key], uninc. town (1990 pop. 28,874), Salt Lake co., N Utah, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Alfalfa and barley are grown and cattle and sheep are raised. There is…

Digger Indians

(Encyclopedia) Digger Indians, term indiscriminately applied to many Native Americans of the central plateau region of W North America, including tribes in Oregon, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and…

Sevier

(Encyclopedia) Sevier, river, c.280 mi (450 km) long, formed in SW Utah by the junction of Panguitch Creek and Assay Creek. It flows northward through canyons, then leaves the mountains and flows SW…

Brigham Young University

(Encyclopedia) Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools.…

Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of

(Encyclopedia) Latter-day Saints, Church of Jesus Christ of, name of the church founded (1830) at Fayette, N.Y., by Joseph Smith. The headquarters are in Salt Lake City, Utah. Its members, now…

Colorado River storage project

(Encyclopedia) Colorado River storage project, a multipurpose plan, undertaken by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1956, to control the flow of the upper Colorado and its tributaries and to aid in…