The Workforce Research and Analysis division has updated information in the county Annual Profiles.
The information available in these Annual Profiles are separated by county and state and include:
quick facts
nonfarm employment
unemployment
major employers
population
demographics
income and wages
construction
gross taxable sales
county rankings
This data is updated on an annual basis, and dates can be found at the
bottom of each tab. To print any of the visualizations, see the
instructions here. For more information about this data, contact your regional economist.
As the growth of Duchesne County is studied by various groups including the energy industry and the Utah Department of Transportation, they all look to the Duchesne County School District for looking into the crystal ball of population change.
In recent announcements from the school district looking ahead to the coming years, the population growth may be staggering. A recent Census Bureau study placed Uintah County and Duchesne County as the first and fourth fastest growing counties in the state of Utah. Uintah Basin Standard
The Census Bureau has recently released county-level population estimates for 2011. Of course, the operative word here is "estimates." Actual counting only occurs once every ten years.
As you can see from the visualization below, tiny Daggett County displayed the largest 2011growth rate (using the July 1 estimates), but added less than 100 individuals. The second fastest growing counties were neighbors--Summit and Wasatch counties. Despite its late entry to the economic recovery, Washington County managed the fourth-fastest population growth rate.
Six counties registered population declines--Emery. Carbon, Garfield, Piute, and Beaver. Interestingly, these counties form a little cluster of contracting population near the center of Utah.
You can access the Census Bureau's 2011 estimates by clicking here. The Utah Population Estimates Committee should also release their 2011 population figures in the near future.