Emery County, Utah (UT)

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County population in July 2007: 10,399 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 2,845
Renter-occupied apartments: 623

% of renters here:	18%
State:	28%

Land area: 4452 sq. mi.
Water area: 9.7 sq. mi.

Population density: 2 people per square mile

(very low).

2008 cost of living index in Emery County: 79.7 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (18.4%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (17.5%), Retail trade (12.4%), Transportation and warehousing,and utilities (10.8%).

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 72%
Government: 20%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 7%
Unpaid family work: 1%

Emery County, Utah business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Emery County, Utah:

White Non-Hispanic (92.5%)
Hispanic (5.2%)
Other race (1.9%)
American Indian (1.3%)
Two or more races (1.2%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	30.1 years
Utah median age:	27.1 years

Males: 5,452	(50.2%)
Females: 5,408	(49.8%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $33,444
County population in 2003: 10,756
Jobs in 2003: 3,835

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Total labor force in 2004: 5,005
Unemployment rate in 2004: 7.4%

Average household size:

Emery County:	3.1 people
Utah:	3.1 people

Estimated median household income in 2007: $48,027 ($39,850 in 1999)

This county:	$48,027
Utah:	$55,109

2007 median house/condo value: $121,465 ($84,200 in 2000)

Emery County:	$121,465
Utah:	$218,700

Median contract rent in 2007 for apartments: $376 (lower quartile is $305, upper quartile is $461)

This county:	$376
State:	$636

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,112
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $230

Institutionalized population: 93

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 1
Assaults: 7
Burglaries: 23
Thefts: 83
Auto thefts: 5

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

Murders: 0
Rapes: 0
Robberies: 0
Assaults: 5
Burglaries: 39
Thefts: 105
Auto thefts: 2

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2004 Presidential Election results in Emery County Utah:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 80.8%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 17.8%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $583 (0.7%)

Emery County household income distribution in 2007

Emery County contract rent distribution in 2007

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	11.5%
Whole state:	9.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This county:	3.8%
Whole state:	3.9%

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Emery County is $483 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $536 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $695 a month.

Cities in this county include: Huntington, Castle Dale, Ferron, Orangeville, Green River, Cleveland, Elmo, Emery, Clawson.

Neighboring counties: Carbon County , Grand County , San Juan County , Sanpete County , Sevier County , Uintah County , Wayne County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Emery County: Peterson Ranch (A), Huntington Campground (B), Mounds (C), Upper Joes Valley Guard Station (D), Swasey Cabin (E), Wedge Overlook (F), Blackburns Ranch (G), Joes Valley Campground (H), Joes Valley Marina (I), Joes Valley Overlook (J), Black Dragon Pictograph (K), Chaffin Ranch (L), Cowboy Camp (M), Nelson Ranch (N), Bear Creek Campground (O), Verde (P), San Rafael Bridge Campground (Q), Old Folks Flat Campground (R), Coal Mining Monument Point of Ineterst (S), Paradise Ranch (T). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Lawrence Cemetery (1), Woodside Cemetery (2), Ferron City Cemetery (3), Emery Cemetery (4), Molen Cemetery (5), Elmo Cemetery (6), Old Victor Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Dinner Pond (A), Dog Ponds (B), Aldys Hole (C), Little Blue Pond (D), Guymon Pond (E), Hadden Pit (F), Sand Pond (G), Swazy Hole (H). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Littles Creek (A), Paradise Creek (B), Antelope Valley Wash (C), Ivie Creek (D), Price River (E), Indian Creek (F), Icelander Creek (G), Barrier Creek (H), Huntington Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Emery County include: Millsite State Park (1), Wilberg Memorial (2), Huntington State Park (3), Goblin Valley State Park (4), Desert Lake Waterfowl Management Area (5), Cedar Mountain Recreation Area (6), Green River State Park (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	3.2%
Utah:	2.5%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 283
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 84.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 272 (36% naturalized citizens)

Emery County:	2.5%
Whole state:	7.1%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 76 1990 to 1994: 102 1985 to 1989: 13 1980 to 1984: 22 1975 to 1979: 4 1970 to 1974: 5 1970 to 1974: 7 1965 to 1969: 43

Mean travel time to work: 21.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 75.0%

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 2,856
One, attached: 24
Two: 89
3 or 4: 172
5 to 9: 6
10 to 19: 4
Mobile homes: 929
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 13

Housing units in Emery County with a mortgage: 1,208 (138 second mortgage, 119 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 675

Here:	64.2% with mortgage
State:	75.8% with mortgage

Agriculture in Emery County
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $24950
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $86.89
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 86.94%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $22086
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 94.20%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $45261
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 90.20%
Average age of principal farm operators: 55 years
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 1.96%
Vegetables: 121 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 14 acres

Emery County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above Utah state average. It is 16.9 times below overall U.S. average.

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males:

Mining (21%)
Construction (13%)
Utilities (9%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
Public administration (6%)
Educational services (6%)
Truck transportation (5%)

Most common industries for females:

Educational services (17%)
Health care (12%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Food and beverage stores (9%)
Data processing and other information services (6%)
Public administration (5%)
Finance and insurance (4%)

Most common occupations for males

Extraction workers (9%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (9%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (7%)
Construction trades workers except carpenters, electricians, painters, plumbers, and construction laborers (4%)
Farmers and farm managers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3%)

Most common occupations for females

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (7%)
Cashiers (6%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Cooks and food preparation workers (4%)
Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (71%)
Germany (8%)
Canada (5%)
India (4%)
United Kingdom (3%)
Korea (2%)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia) (2%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Emery County:

English (28%)
Danish (11%)
United States or American (10%)
German (8%)
Irish (4%)
Norwegian (4%)
Scottish (3%)

Emery County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 3,161 (74%)
Carpooled: 771 (18%)
Bus or trolley bus: 4 (0%)
Motorcycle: 6 (0%)
Bicycle: 22 (1%)
Walked: 123 (3%)
Other means: 24 (1%)
Worked at home: 182 (4%)

74 people in nursing homes
19 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $46,959.

6.10% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($32,342 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.10%
Utah average:	8.03%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.04% relocated from other counties in Utah ($21,551 average AGI)
2.05% relocated from other states ($10,791 average AGI)
Emery County: 2.05%
Utah average: 3.99%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Carbon County, UT	1.00% ($35,094 average AGI)
from Salt Lake County, UT	0.78% ($39,160)
from Utah County, UT	0.62% ($30,250)

8.07% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,536 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.07%
Utah average:	7.46%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.97% relocated to other counties in Utah ($23,615 average AGI)
2.10% relocated to other states ($8,921 average AGI)
Emery County: 2.10%
Utah average: 3.49%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Carbon County, UT	2.04% ($33,254 average AGI)
to Utah County, UT	1.19% ($32,462)
to Salt Lake County, UT	0.91% ($31,067)
to Sweetwater County, WY	0.37% ($50,417)
to Cache County, UT	0.33% ($29,091)
to Washington County, UT	0.30% ($35,400)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 15.7

Births per 1000 population in Emery County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 6.8

Deaths per 1000 population in Emery County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 3.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Emery County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,353 (1,131 aged, 222 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 16%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1512.460
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 606.850

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 9.1
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 74.69

Household type by relationship

Households: 10,767

In family households: 10,003 (2,460 male householders, 337 female householders)
2,461 spouses, 4,301 children (3,951 natural, 125 adopted, 225 stepchildren), 151 grandchildren, 47 brothers or sisters, 21 parents, 100 other relatives, 125 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 764 (297 male householders (263 living alone)), 377 female householders (360 living alone)), 90 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 93 (all institutionalized)

Size of family households: 989 2-persons, 545 3-persons, 552 4-persons, 366 5-persons, 220 6-persons, 125 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 623 1-person, 38 2-persons, 6 3-persons, 3 5-persons, 2 6-persons, 2 7-or-more-persons.

94.5% of residents of Emery County speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (45% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 14% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (55% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 20% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $50,101,000 ($4672 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $481,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $22,137,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $8,911,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $424,000
Federal grants: $14,864,000
Federal procurement contracts: $927,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $2,839,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,417,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,158,000
Federal Government insurance: $2,145,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 866

Here:	81 per 1000 residents
State:	103 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 410

Here:	38 per 1000 residents
State:	28 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +51

Here:	+5 per 1000 residents
State:	+20 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -745

Here:	-70 per 1000 residents
State:	-14 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Emery County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.38 millions of gallons per day (43% from ground, 57% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.3
State:	7.0

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.7
State:	4.0

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 109
1995 to 1998: 255
1990 to 1994: 97
1980 to 1989: 685
1970 to 1979: 1,389
1960 to 1969: 330
1950 to 1959: 293
1940 to 1949: 199
1939 or earlier: 736

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Emery County, Utah:
	1 room: 2 2 rooms: 39 3 rooms: 43 4 rooms: 275 5 rooms: 591 6 rooms: 585 7 rooms: 407 8 rooms: 420 9+ rooms: 483

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Emery County, Utah:
	1 room: 3 2 rooms: 20 3 rooms: 51 4 rooms: 196 5 rooms: 174 6 rooms: 79 7 rooms: 49 8 rooms: 33 9+ rooms: 18

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Emery County:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 80 2 bedrooms: 534 3 bedrooms: 1,186 4 bedrooms: 686 5+ bedrooms: 357

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Emery County:
	no bedroom: 3 1 bedroom: 65 2 bedrooms: 269 3 bedrooms: 211 4 bedrooms: 52 5+ bedrooms: 23

Cars and other vehicles available in Emery County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 78 1 vehicle: 403 2 vehicles: 1,059 3 vehicles: 828 4 vehicles: 288 5+ vehicles: 189

Cars and other vehicles available in Emery County in renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 55 1 vehicle: 307 2 vehicles: 177 3 vehicles: 64 4 vehicles: 11 5+ vehicles: 9

66% of Emery County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 51% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 70% lived in Utah.

Emery County:	66.4%
State average:	51.0%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 8537
Northeast: 112
Midwest: 275
South: 255
West: 1368

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $60,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 2%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (67%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (12%) Coal or coke (11%) Electricity (8%) Wood (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Utility gas (62%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (16%) Electricity (14%) Coal or coke (4%) Wood (3%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 19

Here:	1.1%
Utah:	4.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8

Here:	0.7%
Utah:	3.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 18

Here:	6.9%
Utah:	27.4%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

Emery County government finances in 2004:

Charges - All Other: $2,298,000
Parks & Recreation: $65,000
Construction - Judicial & Legal: $376,000
Police Protection: $155,000
Current Operations - General - Other: $3,929,000
Police Protection: $2,458,000

Health Services - Other: $2,029,000

Financial Administration: $2,026,000

Regular Highways: $1,515,000

Judicial and Legal Services: $1,111,000

Corrections - Other: $656,000

Libraries: $615,000

Central Staff Services: $329,000

Parks & Recreation: $278,000

Fire Protection: $205,000

Solid Waste Management: $185,000

General Public Buildings: $102,000
Federal Intergovernmental - General Support: $677,000
All Other: $100,000
General - Interest on Debt: $19,437,000
Local Intergovernmental - All Other: $130,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Industrial Revenue: $266,270,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding, NEC: $13,299,000
Long Term Debt Issue, Unspecified - Other NEC: $3,262,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding - Full Faith & Credit - Other, NEC: $6,933,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $255,245,000
Other, NEC: $8,206,000
Long Term Debt Retired Nonguaranteed - Industrial Revenue: $11,025,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Other, NEC: $1,422,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $22,474,000
General Revenue, NEC: $861,000

Rents: $147,000
Other Capital Outlay - Police Protection: $211,000
Regular Highways: $205,000

General - Other: $140,000

Health - Other: $24,000

Financial Administration: $13,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $16,961,000
Sinking Fund - Cash & Deposits: $255,959,000
State Intergovernmental - Highways: $2,389,000
All Other: $1,190,000
Tax - Property: $6,465,000
Total General Sales: $147,000

Other Selective Sales: $134,000

NEC: $25,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $5,742,000

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