DEPARTMENT UNITED STATES OF OF COMMERCE AMERICA CURRENT POPULATION REPORTS FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM FOR Population Estimates U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Social and Economic Statistics Administration BUREAU OF THE CENSUS Series P-26, No. 55 ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION OF UTAH COUNTIES February 1974 This report presents population estimates for July 1, 1972 and provisional estimates for July 1, 1973, for counties and metropolitan areas prepared under the auspices of the Federal-State Cooperative Program for Local Population Estimates. The objective of this program is the development and publication of State-prepared estimates of the population of counties using uniform procedures largely standardized for data input and methodology. The methods used have been mutually agreed upon by the individual States and the Bureau of the Census on the basis of a test of methods against the 1970 census. For a more detailed description of the program and an analysis of the test results, see Current Population Reports, Series P-26, No. 21, "Federal-State Cooperative Program for Local Population Estimates: Test Results--April 1, 1970," April 1973. County estimates for July 1, 1971 and provisional estimates for July 1, 1972 were published earlier in Current Population Reports, Series P-26, No. 10. The provisional estimates in that report are superseded by the numbers published here. Because of changes in input data for some counties since that report, estimates shown here may not always be completely comparable with those for the earlier years. The estimates shown here for the 29 counties in the State were prepared by the Utah Department of Employment Security. This agency was designated by the Governor to work with the Bureau of the Census in implementing and carrying out the Federal-State Cooperative Program. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, 25 cents. Current Population Reports issued in Series P-20, P-23, P-25, P-26, P-27, P-28 (summaries only), P-60, and P-65 are sold as a single consolidated subscription at $30.50 per year, $7.75 additional for foreign mailing. population under 65. To this population is added an estimate of the resident military population based on station strength statistics and an estimate of the population 65 and over based on Medicare statistics.1 The provisional July 1, 1973 estimates for large metropolitan counties were developed by adding the average change between 1972 and 1973 estimates based on Component Method II and the Housing Unit method to the 1972 estimates. In the Housing Unit method the estimates of population are based on estimates of the housing inventory. Changes in the housing inventory are derived from data on building permits issued and demolition records, or on data on electric meter connections. The provisional July 1, 1973 estimates for the remaining counties were developed by adding the change between 1972 and 1973 Component Method II estimates to the 1972 1 See footnote on page 1. estimates. All counties were subsequently adjusted to agree with the provisional July 1, 1973 State estimate published in Current Population Reports, Series P-25, No. 508. Table 2 of this report presents estimates of the population of metropolitan areas and metropolitan counties in the State. The titles and definitions of the standard metropolitan statistical areas (SMSA's) are those currently defined by the Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President. Corresponding estimates for other States in the program will be published as they become available. The appendix table shows reports published to date for States in the 1972-73 series, together with those published earlier for 1971 and provisional 1972. The estimates presented in the table have been rounded to the nearest hundred without being adjusted to the State total, which was independently rounded to the nearest thousand. Percentages are based on unrounded numbers. Table 1. ESTIMATES OF THE POPULATION OF UTAH COUNTIES: (State estimates are shown to the nearest thousand, county estimates to the nearest hundred) 'Total does not agree with the sum of the counties due to corrections made to the county populations after release of the official State counts. 2Births and deaths are based on reported vital statistics from April 1, 1970, to December 31, 1972, with extrapolations to June 30, 1973. Net migration is the difference between net change and natural increase. |