Salt Lake County Has Fallen Off in Terms of Housing Units Occupied by Owners by 1.7%, From 2000 to 2010, According to the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: Utah

Category: Salt Lake County, UT

According to data from the 2010 Census, Salt Lake County, Utah decreased in number of total housing units by 53,043, or 17%, since the 2000 Census-- the State of Utah increased in housing units by 211,115, or 22%.

Compared against the United States, Salt Lake County has a very low amount of unoccupied residential properties. 21,409, or 5.9%, are currently vacant in Salt Lake County, Utah. Among the 21,409 vacant properties, 22.0% are the market to be sold, while 38.6% are reported as being listed for rented.

                                     

From 2000 to 2010, housing units occupied by owners in Salt Lake County have decreased by 1.7%. According to the 2010 Census, there were 230,419 (67.3%) owner-occupied residential properties, while there were 112,203 (32.7%) housing units were leased. Salt Lake County has a greater amount of rentals than the State of Utah, which reportedly saw 29.6% of residential units occupied by renters.

When compared to other counties across the US, Salt Lake County has a high level of housing units that are minority-owned. 14.1% of housing units are owned by minorities in Salt Lake County; while in the U.S. 21.7% and in the State of Utah 10.7% of homes are owned by minorities.

Black is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Salt Lake County. 70.2% the Black Census group occupies a rented housing unit.

 

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

 

 

In Salt Lake County, Utah, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 17,121 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Utah

Category: Salt Lake County, UT

In Salt Lake County, Utah, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 17,121 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Out of the 255 4-digit NAICS industries, 139 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 112 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

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In Salt Lake County, Utah, the entire sum of jobs in all industries overall has increased by 17,121 total jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Out of the 255 4-digit NAICS industries, 139 accounted an for increase in employment during the period and 112 industry sectors reported declines during the time period.

The electronic instrument manufacturing industry has grown the most with 3,590 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in electronic instrument manufacturing makes up 6.3% percent of the total number of new jobs in Salt Lake County, Utah between the years of 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Electronic instrument manufacturing (+3590)
2. Other hospitals (+3506)
3. Offices of physicians (+2524)
4. Residential mental health facilities (+2257)
5. Other general merchandise stores (+1784)

The building foundation and exterior contractors industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 2,191 jobs during the period. The employment lost in building foundation and exterior contractors make up 6.0% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Salt Lake County, Utah between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Building foundation and exterior contractors (-2,191)
2. Communications equipment manufacturing (-2,145)
3. Telecommunications resellers (-1,991)
4. Employment services (-1,827)
5. Residential building construction (-1,754)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).