- Utah ranks 11th in nationally for the rate of job growth of 3.0%. 1999 marks the 12th consecutive year Utah has employment growth of 3.0% or higher.

- Utah added 29,400 new jobs, and the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.8 percent.

- Net in-migration occurred for the eighth straight year.

- The Salt Lake City/Provo area was named the number two largest metropolitan area for starting and growing a company by Cognetics, Inc., a Cambridge, Massachusetts research concern. Wall Street Journal, December 7, 1999.

- Utah received ALL A's in a national economic report card. The report is from the nonprofit Corporation for Enterprise Development's annual 'Development Report Card for the States'. The state earned A's in all three categories, which include economic performance, business vitality, and development capacity. Salt Lake Tribune, December 1, 1999.