Publications
Fact Sheet: Outdoor Recreation and Utah Business
Utah’s tech sector is the fastest growing industry in the state while offering well-paying jobs that often encourage a healthy [...]
Retail Sales and the Pandemic: A Most Remarkable Year
This research brief examines 2020 retail trade sales in the context of long-term historical trends in sales activity. A seemingly [...]
Ivory-Boyer Construction Report, First Quarter 2021
Construction activity continued its record-setting pace in an unconventional economic environment. Through the first three months of 2021 total permitted [...]
Moving Past Net Migration: Demographic Characteristics of Utah’s Recent Migrants
Migration is becoming a more reliable component of Utah’s population growth. Migrants are demographically different from the rest of Utah, [...]
Back to Baseline: Utah’s Tourism Economy Rebounds Post-Pandemic
One year since the arrival of COVID in the U.S. and Utah’s tourism economy is back on track. Leisure and [...]
Fact Sheet: Outdoor Recreation and Utah Business
Utah’s tech sector is the fastest growing industry in the state while offering well-paying jobs that often encourage a healthy [...]
Retail Sales and the Pandemic: A Most Remarkable Year
This research brief examines 2020 retail trade sales in the context of long-term historical trends in sales activity. A seemingly [...]
Ivory-Boyer Construction Report, First Quarter 2021
Construction activity continued its record-setting pace in an unconventional economic environment. Through the first three months of 2021 total permitted [...]
Moving Past Net Migration: Demographic Characteristics of Utah’s Recent Migrants
Migration is becoming a more reliable component of Utah’s population growth. Migrants are demographically different from the rest of Utah, [...]
Back to Baseline: Utah’s Tourism Economy Rebounds Post-Pandemic
One year since the arrival of COVID in the U.S. and Utah’s tourism economy is back on track. Leisure and [...]
Upcoming Events
Blog
Blog: Economic Development Needs to Address Wealth Generation
By: Max Backlund Note: The opinions expressed are those of the author alone and do not reflect an institutional position of the [...]
Blog: Summer 2021 in Utah: Tourism Up, Staffing Down
By: Jennifer Leaver Note: The opinions expressed are those of the author alone and do not reflect an institutional position of the [...]
Blog: The Ins and Outs of Utah’s Migrants
By: Emily Harris, Demographer I moved to Utah at the beginning of 2016 for many of the same reasons as others: I [...]
Blog: Economic Development Needs to Address Wealth Generation
By: Max Backlund Note: The opinions expressed are those of the author alone and do not reflect an institutional position of the [...]
Blog: Summer 2021 in Utah: Tourism Up, Staffing Down
By: Jennifer Leaver Note: The opinions expressed are those of the author alone and do not reflect an institutional position of the [...]
Blog: The Ins and Outs of Utah’s Migrants
By: Emily Harris, Demographer I moved to Utah at the beginning of 2016 for many of the same reasons as others: I [...]
Videos
Video: Utah Coal Country Strike Team
As a society, we face an economic, environmental, and moral imperative to combat global climate change. The benefits are widespread, but the [...]
Video: Tax Modernization in Utah: Sales and Use Tax
Utahns share a common interest in a state and local tax system that provides for our needs, keeps the economy strong, and [...]
Video: Census 2020: What You Need to Know
Utah is a place of dynamic growth and change, and in order for us to have an accurate understanding, we must know [...]
Video: Utah Coal Country Strike Team
As a society, we face an economic, environmental, and moral imperative to combat global climate change. The benefits are widespread, but the [...]
Video: Tax Modernization in Utah: Sales and Use Tax
Utahns share a common interest in a state and local tax system that provides for our needs, keeps the economy strong, and [...]
Video: Census 2020: What You Need to Know
Utah is a place of dynamic growth and change, and in order for us to have an accurate understanding, we must know [...]
Presentations
A Time to Build: Physical, Human, and Social Capital (Presentation)
Now is a time to build - both in our businesses and in our community. Growth means we must invest in physical [...]
Diversity in Utah: Race, Ethnicity, and Sex Data Book (Presentation Slides)
Utah ranks as the 34th most racially and ethnically diverse state in the nation, with 22% of the state identifying as other [...]
April Newsmaker Breakfast: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Data
A preview of of race, ethnicity, and gender indicators to help support greater equity, diversity, and inclusion in Utah.
A Time to Build: Physical, Human, and Social Capital (Presentation)
Now is a time to build - both in our businesses and in our community. Growth means we must invest in physical [...]
Diversity in Utah: Race, Ethnicity, and Sex Data Book (Presentation Slides)
Utah ranks as the 34th most racially and ethnically diverse state in the nation, with 22% of the state identifying as other [...]
April Newsmaker Breakfast: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Data
A preview of of race, ethnicity, and gender indicators to help support greater equity, diversity, and inclusion in Utah.