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Show 198 Agriculture is a declining industry employmentwise illCreased mechanization and in Utah, Such (0. a8 employment 7 per cent), The cent. bas been whole, has declined in recent years. as a in Utah decreas-ed from to com.pared a decrease 28, 548 primarily responsible for this in 1940 to 28, 337 In 1950 the national level of on of the West Coast market for growth result of Agricultural employment rising produ.ctivity. is true for the nation, as a 13.4 per agricultural products relatively Slllall decrease in Utah. Popula.tion-Sustaining Employment New taining job opportunities industries employment. A as a have been created in Utah's direct result of accelerated demand for many means an the tnaintenance of a Employment higher standard tural. services, rose (90.2 per 140 to , per capita income types of services necessary for living. industries, which pTofessional, educational in total numbers greatest change group in "the state between 1940 and 1950. from cent). largest change in showed the industry ment of increasing in the so-called service various kinds of business, pe rsonal of any expansion in population-growth and growing population 33,625 in 1940 to 46,699 64,114 in 1950, RetaU and wholesale tra.de in numbers in 1950, employed. an population-sus Such an increase of employment increase of 17, 744 (61. employ 30,459 showed the second rose 3 per and cul employed Such employment pr ovide from 28,955 cent). Transporta tion, communication, and the state's other public utilities also showed significant growth from 1940 1940 to 21,920 in 1950, an to 1950. increase of Such 6, 388 employment (41.1 per rose cent), from 15, 53Z in of which |
