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Show Per Capita Personal Income In Utah, the relationship between socioeconomic status and good health might be overstated because for decades per capita income experienced in Utah has been lower than that enjoyed by the nation. A lower per capita income would suggest that Utah would have a less healthy population when compared to the nation, but a number of health indicators show that Utah ranks favorably above the national average. Per capita income is calculated by dividing total personal income by total population. In 1990, only 56% of Utahns were in the working age population. Almost 37% of the Utah population was below the age of 17 years. The majority of the children within this classification did not earn an income but are included in the total population measurement. Approximately 9% of Utah's population is older than 65 years. Utah's non-agricultural wages are only 85% of the national average. Since 1978, the gap between Utah and national income levels has widened. This gap reached its peak in 1988 when Utah's per capita personal income was only 75% of the national average. Since that time the gap has narrowed slightly but has not risen to the 80% levels and above that were maintained in the 1970s. Table 9. Per Capita Personal Income Utah as %of Year Utah U.S. U.S. 1969 $3,024 $3,813 79.3 1970 3,291 4,047 81.3 1971 3,541 4,294 82.6 1972 3,851 4,659 82.7 1973 4,199 5,168 81.3 1974 4,595 5,628 81.6 1975 4,963 6,045 82.1 1976 5,488 6,629 82.8 1977 6,016 7,267 82.8 1978 6,702 8,117 82.6 1979 7,358 9,017 81.6 1980 7,942 9,940 79.9 1981 8,702 11,009 79.0 1982 9,128 11,583 78.8 1983 9,568 12,223 78.3 1984 10,343 13,332 77.6 1985 10,915 14,155 77.1 1986 11,318 14,906 75.9 1987 11,781 15,638 75.3 1988 12,376 16,610 74.5 1989 13,200 17,690 74.6 1990 14,066 18,667 75.4 1991 14,736 19,199 76.8 1992 15,504 20,131 77.0 1993 16,139 20,781 77.7 1994 17,101 21,822 78.4 Figure 8 0 Per Capita Personal Income ^-I-\-h -I-1-I- [-I-I 1969 1971 1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 50 Demographics |