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Show IN T R O D U C T IO N XI SALT LAK E SPECTRU M Salt Lake City is located in a 4,200 foot high mou ntain basin, rim m ed east and w est b y th e W asatch and O quirrh R anges o f the Rockies T h e_sparklin g G reat Salt Lake reflects snow y 11,000 foot peaks. Betw een peaks and shorelin e, m an ’s endeavors have patterned the valley w ith broad sw atches o f irrigated farmlands, crisscrossed it w ith th e geom etry o f city streets, sw eeping highw ays and glistening rails. / ■ ^ J HUH H ■ Lak e . County a num ber o f in corpora ted cities w ith th e M ayor— C ou ncil form o f governm ent. Th e in corpora ted cities m Salt Lake County me ude Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake, M urray, M idvale, W est Jordan, Sou th Jordan, Riverton , Sandy, D raper and W est V a lley City, plus towns o f A lta and Bluffdale. • F H square m ile m etropolitan area o f Salt Lake County, contain s scores o f suburban and satelite com munities, linked to Salt L a k e s dow ntow n streets by m odern freeways, lim ited— access highw ays and good co u n ty roads. Th e area is serviced by 46 shopping center and mall facilities. Th e Salt Lake standard m etropolitan statistical area (SMSA), w hich has recen tly been redefined to include Salt Lake, W eber Davis and Tooele Counties, is U tah ’s prim ary com m ercia l and industrial center, featurin g a favora ble labor supply situation. Th e 1984 ’ population o f the Salt L ake/O gd en SM SA is now estim ated at 1,006,700. By adding a 30— minute freew ay com m uting trip to include P rovo on th e south, th e labor pool available to a Salt Lake— based firm is boosted to over 1,000,000. T hroughout this five count# area, a high percentage o f th e labor force has attended the State’s colleges, universities or technical schools. In Utah, 15% o f non— agricultural w ork ers are union affiliated; the state is one o f 19 having a "R ig h t to W ork ’’ law. O ct. 1984— C IV IL IA N L A B O R F O R C E A N D C O M P O N E N T S Labor Force E m ployed U nem ployed Rate Source—^-Utah Dept, o f Emp. Security O ctober 1984 figures. Salt L ake-O gden 472,900 448,500 24,400 5.2 ST ATE OF U TA H 723,200 682,400 40,700 5.6 |
