Strong manufacturing growth helped Utah accelerate quickly in 2013, but the state managed solid economic performance in a number of other sectors as well.

Gains in financial services, for instance, confirmed Utah's reputation as a home away from New York for many companies, with the Salt Lake City office of Goldman Sachs being the firm's fastest-growing and its second-largest in the Americas.

Receipts from retail trade also increased, and the state's parks and ski resorts stoked job growth in industries related to tourism.