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Show TABLE 3 POPULATION AND LABOR FORCE DATA: WASATCH FRONT FIVE- COUNTY AREA 1. 2. Year Total Population Total Employment Occupied levelling Units Total Labor Force Wasatch U. S. Ratio: Population/ Labor Force Population/ Labor Force Wasatch/ U. S. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1960 1970 579,244 709,441 2.449 2.385 1975 780.911 323,636 231.770 320,178 2.439 2.2800 1.070 1980 907.635 390,627 281,301 386,454 2.349 2.201 1.067 fcf 1985 997,612 436,165 322,329 431,505 2.312 2.188 1.056 o 1990 1,062,640 475,269 354,976 470.191 2.260 2.176 1.038 1995 1,108,000 1 i 504,400 502,000 2.208 2.165 1.020 The 1995 labor force was projected on the basis of a 1.3 percent annual growth rate from 1990 The labor force annual growth rates for the five year intervals after 1975 were respectively: 3.74 percent, 2.14 percent, and 1.77 percent, ( see page for derivation of 1975 employment figures from the labor force. The 1995 population was derived on the basis of the projected ratio of population to labor force and the 1995 labor force estimate. j? / ^ 3 £• |