Table 1.
Census Level Demographics for Metro vs Nonmetropolitan Counties in Utah
| Metropolitan Counties (N=10)a | Nonmetropolitan Counties (N=19)a | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Median (IQR)% | Min/Max% | Median (IQR)% | Min/Max% | |
| Education | ||||
| <High school | 11.0 (7.6, 14.4) | 7.4/17.1 | 14.3 (12.2, 17.5) | 8.5/30.4 |
| Age | ||||
| <18 | 32.7 (31.0, 35.1) | 29.8/38.6 | 33.5 (30.7, 35.4) | 23.2/39.3 |
| 65+ | 7.72 (7.2, 9.8) | 4.9/17.0 | 12.5 (9.9, 14.1) | 8.4/17.1 |
| Income | ||||
| Median Household income ($) | 45,800 (39,730, 50,270) | 37,210/64,960 | 34,250 (32,000, 36,180) | 28,140/49,610 |
| % families below poverty | 6.3 (4.0, 7.7) | 3.1/8.0 | 9.4 (6.1, 12.0) | 4.2/26.9 |
| Employment | ||||
| Unemployed | 4.7 (3.9, 5.5) | 2.8/6.0 | 6.4 (5.3, 7.8) | 2.2/15.1 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-white | 3.4 (1.8, 4.5) | 0.4/6.7 | 2.3 (1.6, 4.1) | 0.5/56.5 |
| Black | 0.5 (0.4, 1.4) | 0.2/1.7 | 0.2 (0.2, 0.4) | 0.1/1.2 |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.9 (0.6, 1.3) | 0.1/2.0 | 1.3 (0.8, 2.5) | 0.0/56.1 |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1.4 (0.9, 2.3) | 0.1/4.3 | 0.4 (0.2, 0.7) | 0.0/1.2 |
| Hispanic | 6.7 (5.3, 10.4) | 1.4/12.8 | 4.5 (2.8, 5.4) | 1.8/10.3 |
| Other minority | 9.7 (8.0, 14.2) | 1.7/18.1 | 7.3 (5.3, 9.4) | 2.3/59.5 |
a
Metropolitan counties represent 88.3% of the total state population; Nonmetropolitan counties represent 22.7% of the total state population