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Show Income of Households Utah's population is unique in that it is characterized by large, young families. Larger household size and a younger population results in lower per capita income because children, who do not contribute to income, are included in the calculations. For this reason, money income of households (the total number of all incomes of all family members) may be a better comparative measure of income status in Utah than per capita income. Money income of households has grown in the state as well as nationally, though not as fast in Utah as in the nation. Table 13. Money Income of Households* Year Utah Mountain U .S. Utah as % States Of U.S. 1985 35,746 32,589 33,452 106.9 1988 33,898 31,939 35,073 96.6 1989 37,752 33,166 35,526 106.3 1990 35,146 32,838 34,914 100.7 1991 31,348 32,131 33,709 93 1992 37,205 32,356 33,278 111.8 1993 37,742 32,995 32,949 114.5 1994 36,728 33,411 33,178 110.7 1995 36,480 32,761 34,076 107.1 1996 37,038 N/A 35,492 104.3 Table 13 Source: 1984-1995: 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. U.S. Census Bureau (1999). Statistical Abstract of the United States 1998. Availible: [online] Http://www.census.gov *Median income by state is in constant (1995) dollars. Figures for the mountain region were calculated by averaging the median income figures of those states. Figure 6 Dollars Income of households ? Utah MMnt States ? U.S. 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 61 |