Jobs in rural Utah.

• Position: Around Utah: Facts - Brief article

In Gov. Gary R. Herbert's 2017 State of the State Address, he charged the private and public sector with creating 25,000 jobs in the 25 Counties off the Wasatch Front over the next four years.

COUNTIES WITH HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES:

8.0% Wayne 7.7% Garfield

7.6% San Juan

6.5% Uintah

6.0% Duchesne

9th HIGHEST

Utah has the 9th highest urban population in the nation at 90.6 percent

+75%

More than 75 percent of Utah's population is concentrated in the four counties along the Wasatch Front: Salt Lake, Utah, Davis and Weber

Sources: Utah Department of Workforce Services; Kern C. Gardner...