Utah County ranked No. 4 last year among the nation’s 350 largest counties for creating new jobs, according to federal statistics released Wednesday.
The home of Silicon Slopes enjoyed a job growth rate of 4.5% in 2018, triple the national rate of 1.5%, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Among other large counties in Utah, the job creation rate was 2.8% in Salt Lake County (ranking No. 32 nationally); 2.6% in Davis County (No. 41) and 2.2% in Weber County (No. 60).
Midland County, Texas, had the nation’s top job growth rate at 10%.