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Show Cost of Living Table 11. SLC Cost of Living Index As a Percent of U.S. Index* All Items Health Care Year (100%)** (5%)** 1981 100.1 100.9 1982 100.9 100.6 1983 96.0 98.6 1984 98.0 106.8 1985 101.7 103.2 1986 101.4 105.3 1987 99.3 101.6 1988 98.3 106.1 1989 95.6 100.9 1990 92.0 93.7 1991 93.8 93.3 1992 96.9 101.1 1993 96.8 99.6 1994 97.5 108.6 1995 99.6 109.0 1996 96.7 108.1 1997 105.1 104.5 1998 104.2 105.9 The Cost of Living Index measures differences in costs of consumer goods and services in six categories: grocery items (16%), housing (28%), utilities (8%), transportation (10%), health care(5%), and miscellaneous goods and services (33%). Values above 100 indicate that costs are higher than the U.S. average, while values below 100 represent costs lower than the U.S. average. This Cost of Living Index is calculated only for participating communities. The Cost of Living in Salt Lake surpassed the rest of the nation in the first quarter of 1997. The health care component is still above that of the Nation, but has declined from a high during the first quarter of 1996. *Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area Averages (compared to100% average of U.S.) Data from the American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association (ACCRA). ** Percent of total index for the U.S. Table 11 . Sources: 1981-1994: Utah State Economic Coordinating Committee (1995). Economic Report to the Governor ,1995. Salt Lake City. p. 90. 1995: United States Bureau of the Census (1995). Statistical Abstracts of the United States 1995 (115th ed). Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, p.473. 1996-1997 Utah Department of Workforce Services (1999). Cost of Living.. 1999. Governor's Office of Planning and Budget (1999). Economic Report to the Governor. Available:[Online] Http://www/state.ut.us 59 |
