Northeastern Utah plays an outsized role in Utah’s economy, drawing growing investment to its communities and strengthening the state’s supply chain along the way.
This region includes the following counties: Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah.
Northeastern Region
Small Communities, Major Impact
Northern Utah by the Numbers
58,024
Population
25,061
Employment
3.9%
Unemployment Rate
$75,338
Median Household Income
92.5
Cost of Living
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Key Regional Industries
Educational Institutions
Where Talent Takes Shape
Utah State University Extension
USU’s first regional campus, located in Roosevelt with an additional site in Vernal, offers more than 60 degree and certificate programs ranging from associate’s to doctoral level.
UBTech
As the first technical college in the state, Uintah Basin Technical College has offered practical, hands-on education since 1968. It serves roughly 3,649 students across programs in business, energy services, medical fields, and skilled trades.
Other Institutions
Utah State University Extension serves Daggett, Duchesne, and Uintah Counties through local offices, playing a key role in the region’s education and workforce training network.
Natural Resources
What This Region Pulls from the Ground
Northeastern Utah’s natural resource base gives energy and chemical companies a built-in supply chain advantage. Energy, petroleum, road paving, oil and gas, nuclear power, agriculture, fertilizer, and chemical industries all draw on raw materials sourced right here in the region. The region is also home to one of the world’s only sources of gilsonite, found almost nowhere else on Earth. Used in asphalt, paint, ink and more, it’s been mined here since the late 1800s.
Local Raw Materials: Gilsonite, Oil Sands, Oil Shale, Phosphate, Uranium
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