Economic Development
As one of the fastest growing states in the nation, Utah is experiencing a changing economic development landscape. Our team works with state and local governments, business leaders, and community partners to better understand the state’s urban and rural economies, and conduct research, industry analysis, strategic planning, and public asset development.
Recent Publications
2022
- Economic Challenges and Opportunities in Utah’s Coal Country
- Point of the Mountain Buildout Scenarios: Economic and Fiscal Contributions
- A Blueprint for Growing Salt Lake City’s Health Care Innovation Economy
2021
- Public Asset Development
- Coal Country Strike Team
- Diversity in Utah Data Book: Race, Ethnicity, and Sex
- 2021 Economic Report to the Governor
- COVID-19’s Impacts on Utah’s Oil & Gas Industry
2020
- Estimates for Utah’s Middle Class in 2019
- Utah’s Economic Exceptionalism
- Utah’s Industry Cluster Supply Chains: A Regional Analysis
- Utah’s Economic Regions
- An Economic Analysis of Utah’s Industrial Banks (Snapshot)
- An Economic Analysis of Utah’s Industrial Banks
- The Economy Impacts of Utah’s Manufacturing Industry, 2018
- Measuring Economic Diversity: The Hachman Index, 2018
- 2020 Utah Economic Report to the Governor
2019
- Fact Sheet: An Analysis of Labor Supply and Demand in Utah
- Utah’s Tech Economy Volume One: Economic Impacts, Industry Trends, Occupations, and Workers
- Industry Snapshot: Utah’s Tech Industry
- Summary Economic Impacts of Utah’s Tech Industry
- Measuring Economic Diversity: The Hachman Index, 2017
- 2019 Economic Report to the Governor