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Utah’s Total Personal and Per Capita Income in 2000

State Summary
Utah's 2000 total personal income1(TPI) is $53.4 billion, up 7.7 percent from the 1999 total, which increased 5.9 percent from the 1998 level. Utah's 2000 TPI grew slightly faster than the United States’ TPI growth of 6.4 percent, which is up from the 1998-1999 growth of 5.4 percent. These growth rate differentials are generally typical for recent years. They are rooted in Utah’s faster employment growth.

Per capita personal income (PCI) is an area’s annual total personal income divided by the total population as of July 1 of that year. Utah's 2000 PCI is $23,907, which ranks 42^nd among the states, down slightly from 1990's rank of 46. Utah’s 2000 PCI is 81 percent of the U.S. average, slightly better than 1990's 77 percent. PCI estimates for 1991-99 are not available because the 1991-99 population estimates adjusted to the 2000 Census have not been prepared.

Per capita personal income is not a very good economic indicator for Utah because it is deceptively low. This persistent condition may be attributed to two factors: Utah’s relatively low average wage (only 84 percent of the U.S. average); and Utah’s relatively large population compared to its total employment. A more favorable indicator is median household income: Utah, in 1997-99, ranked eighth-highest and was 14 percent higher than the U.S. average.

County Personal and Per Capita Income
Five of Utah's 29 counties posted double-digit 1999 to 2000 growth in total personal income, about the same as the 1998 and 1999 achievements. This rapid TPI county growth is generally tied to rapid increases in nonagricultural wages, which is the largest component of total personal income. On the other end of the scale, 12 counties managed TPI expansion of less than one-half of the state rate. This typically occurs because of the slow growth of nonfarm jobs.

Only four counties, Summit, Salt Lake, Kane, and Davis, have 2000 PCI estimates higher than the state average. Summit County's $43,200 is the highest in Utah; it exceeds the state average by 81 percent and the U.S. average by 46 percent. San Juan County's $12,300 is lowest; it is only 51percent of the Utah average. The 2000 per capita income of the United States, at $29,676, is higher than that of all of Utah's counties except Summit.

As noted above, PCI estimates for 1991 through 1999 are not available because of the lack of population estimates comparable to the 2000 Census population data. Thus, 1990 is the most recent year to which the 2000 PCI estimates may be compared. Nevertheless, this long-term comparison is instructive because it furnishes an indication of the economic growth experienced by the counties over that period.

As a reference point, Utah’s PCI increased by 59 percent, slightly faster than the United States’ 52 percent. Kane, Summit, and Wayne counties lead the state with growth of about 90 percent. On the other end of the scale, Daggett and Tooele counties grew the least–less than 20 percent. Daggett County’s extremely low figure requires an explanation. In 1998, the County expanded its jail and began housing prisoners from other jurisdictions. This resulted in a population increase; the 2000 Census recorded an institutionalized population of 77, which is over 8 percent of the County’s population. Without this inflation in the population (the denominator in the calculation of per capita , Daggett County’s per capita income would have been roughly $16,000, and the ten-year growth in this statistic would have been a still-low 21 percent.

Conclusion
Utah’s total and per capita personal income estimates for recent years comprise widely-used indicators of the growth of Utah’s economy. Both of these parameters have been increasing at more rapid rates than comparable national figures. Similarly, county economic activity is also reflected by their respective TPI and PCI indicators. }

Ken Jensen
Senior Economist

1. Total personal income is defined as all income received by all residents of an area.

PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME IN UTAH BY DISTRICT AND COUNTY
1990 and 2000

	1990	2000(f)	Change	1990	2000
State Total	$14,996	$23,907	59	100	100
Bear River	13,904	20,000	44	93	84
Box Elder	15,218	22,400	47	101	94
Cache	13,259	18,900	43	88	79
Rich	12,369	17,300	40	82	72
Wasatch Front	16,260	26,300	62	108	110
North	15,493	23,500	52	103	98
Davis	14,994	24,400	63	100	102
Morgan	13,676	21,800	59	91	91
Weber	16,151	22,400	39	108	94
South	16,618	27,600	66	111	115
Salt Lake	16,681	28,100	68	111	118
Tooele	14,889	17,600	18	99	74
Mountainland	12,699	21,400	69	85	90
Summit	23,297	43,200	85	155	181
Utah	12,043	19,600	63	80	82
Wasatch	13,340	22,100	66	89	92
Central	13,340	16,500	24	89	69
Juab	11,674	16,000	37	78	67
Millard	13,493	17,500	30	90	73
Piute	10,796	16,600	54	72	69
Sanpete	11,389	14,800	30	76	62
Sevier	12,446	17,400	40	83	73
Wayne	10,789	19,900	84	72	83
Southwestern	13,340	19,000	42	89	79
Beaver	12,488	19,000	52	83	79
Garfield	12,436	17,500	41 83	83	73
Iron	11,951	16,400	37	80	69
Kane	13,288	25,600	93	89	107
Washington	12,584	19,600	56	84	82
Uintah Basin	13,340	17,900	34	89	75
Daggett	13,253	14,700	11	88	61
Duchesne	12,201	18,200	49	81	76
Uintah	11,213	17,900	60	75	75
Southeastern	13,340	17,800	33	89	74
Carbon	14,518	21,300	47	97	89
Emery	12,311	17,300	41	82	72
Grand	12,556	19,400	55	84	81
San Juan	8,761	12,300	40	58	51
Salt Lake - Ogden MSA	16,307	26,600	63	109	111
United States	19,584	29,676	52	131	124

Sources: 1990, State total, U.S. 2000: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, BEA, May 2001.
2000: Utah Department of Workforce Services, Workforce Information, May 2001.

TOTAL PERSONAL INCOME IN UTAH BY DISTRICT AND COUNTY
1997 to 2000
(Millions of Dollars)

	1997	1998	1999(p)	2000(f)	97-98	98-99	99-00
State Total	$43,695.9	$46,823.5	$49,573.0	$53,388.0	7.2	5.9	7.7
Bear River	2,328.1	2,485.5	2,629.2	2,719.8	6.8	5.8	3.4
Box Elder	823.6	868.4	922.0	957.3	5.4	6.2	3.8
Cache	1,476.2	1,587.5	1,674.7	1,728.5	7.5	5.5	3.2
Rich	28.3	29.6	32.5	34.0	4.5	10.0	4.4
Wasatch Front	29,998.0	31,993.5	33,806.1	36,352.7	6.7	5.7	7.5
North	8,683.4	9,275.9	9,860.0	10,386.4	6.8	6.3	5.3
Davis	4,712.7	5,057.5	5,417.1	5,820.4	7.3	7.1	7.4
Morgan	127.4	138.5	147.5	155.1	8.7	6.5	5.2
Weber	3,843.3	4,079.9	4,295.4	4,410.9	6.2	5.3	2.7
South	21,314.5	22,717.7	23,946.0	25,966.4	6.6	5.4	8.4
Salt Lake	20,762.1	22,097.4	23,254.1	25,249.8	6.4	5.2	8.6
Tooele	552.5	620.3	691.9	716.5	12.3	11.5	3.6
Mountainland	6,815.6	7,449.2	7,986.1	8,860.1	9.3	7.2	10.9
Summit	960.1	1,066.6	1,153.2	1,283.9	11.1	8.1	11.3
Utah	5,600.0	6,098.3	6,521.2	7,239.5	8.9	6.9	11.0
Wasatch	255.6	284.3	311.7	336.7	11.3	9.6	8.0
Central	921.5	983.4	1,030.5	1,089.2	6.7	4.8	5.7
Juab	107.0	117.7	122.0	132.2	9.9	3.7	8.3
Millard	185.9	200.4	208.1	217.5	7.8	3.8	4.5
Piute	19.2	21.5	23.0	23.8	11.8	6.8	3.6
Sanpete	280.9	300.5	318.1	338.0	7.0	5.8	6.3
Sevier	290.7	300.4	314.6	327.8	3.3	4.7	4.2
Wayne	37.7	42.9	44.8	50.0	13.9	4.3	11.6
Southwestern	2,137.7	2,341.6	2,490.4	2,676.0	9.5	6.4	7.5
Beaver	92.7	101.7	112.6	114.1	9.8	10.6	1.4
Garfield	72.6	75.5	80.9	82.8	4.1	7.1	2.4
Iron	465.2	508.2	533.7	552.5	9.3	5.0	3.5
Kane	120.0	128.8	134.4	154.8	7.4	4.3	15.2
Washington	1,387.3	1,527.3	1,628.9	1,771.8	10.1	6.7	8.8
Uintah Basin	602.3	634.8	656.2	726.3	5.4	3.4	10.7
Daggett	12.5	13.0	13.4	13.6	3.6	3.4	1.1
Duchesne	225.6	237.3	241.6	261.1	5.2	1.8	8.1
Uintah	364.2	384.4	401.2	451.6	5.6	4.3	12.6
Southeastern	892.8	935.6	974.6	963.9	4.8	4.2	-1.1
Carbon	406.6	420.4	432.3	434.6	3.4	2.8	0.5
Emery	174.8	178.3	183.8	187.3	2.0	3.1	1.9
Grand	146.8	160.1	172.9	164.7	9.0	8.0	-4.8
San Juan	164.6	176.9	185.5	177.3	7.5	4.9	-4.5
Salt Lake - Ogden MSA	29,318.1	31,234.7	32,966.7	35,481.2	6.5	5.5	7.6
U.S. percentage change	--	--	--	--	6.6	5.4	7.3

Sources: 1997-1999, State total 2000: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, BEA, May 2001.
2000: Utah Department of Workforce Services, Workforce Information, May 2001.