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{{US state |
Name = Utah |
Fullname = State of Utah |
Flag = Flag of Utah.svg |
Flaglink = [[Flag of Utah]] |
Seal = Seal of Utah.svg |
Map = Map_of_USA_highlighting_Utah.png |
Nickname = Beehive State |
Motto = Industry |
Capital = [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]] |
LargestCity = Salt Lake City |
Governor = [[Gary R. Herbert]] (R)|
Senators = [[Orrin Hatch]] (R)<br />[[Mike Lee]] (R) |
PostalAbbreviation = UT |
OfficialLang = [[English language|English]]|
AreaRank = 13<sup>th</sup> |
TotalAreaUS = 84,876 |
TotalArea = 219,887 |
LandAreaUS = 82,122 |
LandArea = 212,751 |
WaterAreaUA = 2,754 |
WaterArea = 7,136 |
PCWater = 3.25 |
PopRank = 35<sup>th</sup> |
2010Pop = 2,763,885<ref>{{cite web |url= http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-dens-text.php |title=Resident Population Data - 2010 Census |work=2010.census.gov |year=2011 [last update] |accessdate=February 20, 2011}}</ref> |
DensityRank = 43<sup>rd</sup> |
2010DensityUS = 33.6 |
2010Density = 12.6 |
MedianHouseholdIncome = $50,614 |
IncomeRank = 11<sup>th</sup> |
AdmittanceOrder = 45<sup>th</sup> |
AdmittanceDate = January 4, 1896 |
TimeZone = [[Mountain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] |
Longitude = 109°W to 114°W |
Latitude = 37°N to 42°N |
WidthUS = 270 |
Width = 435 |
LengthUS = 350 |
Length = 565 |
HighestPoint = [[Kings Peak]]<ref name=usgs>{{cite web| year =29 April 2005 | url =http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html#Highest| title =Elevations and Distances in the United States| publisher =U.S Geological Survey| accessdate = 2006-11-8}}</ref>
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HighestElevUS = 13,528 |
HighestElev = 4,126 |
MeanElevUS = 6,100 |
MeanElev = 1,860 |
LowestPoint = [[Beaverdam Wash]]<ref name=usgs/> |
LowestElevUS = 2,000 |
LowestElev = 610 |
ISOCode = US-UT |
Website = www.utah.gov
}}
'''Utah''' is a state in the west [[United States]]. The [[capital (city)|capital]] and largest [[city]] is [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]].
==Geography==
Utah is bordered by [[Idaho]] and [[Wyoming]] in the north and [[Colorado]] in the east. It touches a single point of [[New Mexico]] to the southeast at [[Four Corners]]. Utah is bordered by [[Arizona]] in the south, and by [[Nevada]] in the west. It covers an area of 84,899 [[square mile]]s (219,887 [[square kilometre|km²]]).
[[File:Delicatearch1.jpg|180px|left|thumb|An arche Arches National Park, Utah]]
Utah is mostly rocky with three distinct geological regions: the [[Rocky Mountains]], the [[Great Basin]], and the [[Colorado Plateau]]. Utah is a great geographical tourism place. Utah is known for its natural [[wikt:diversity|diversity]] and is home to [[wikt:features|features]] ranging from arid deserts with sand dunes to thriving pine forests in mountain valleys.
===Climate===
Utah has a dry, semi-arid to {{broken wikt link|arid|arid}} climate, although its many [[mountains]] has large, wide, differences of climates, with the highest points in the [[Uinta Mountains]] being above the {{broken wikt link|timberline|timberline}}. The dry weather {{broken wikt link|results|results}} from the state lying mostly in the rain shadow of the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]] in [[California]]. The eastern half of the state is in the rain shadow of the [[Wasatch Mountains]]. The [[wikt:primary|primary]] [[wikt:source|source]] of rain for the state is the [[Pacific Ocean]], with the state normally lying in the path of large Pacific storms from mid-[[October]] through [[April]], although northern Utah often sees these large storms earlier and later. In summer, the state, normally southern and eastern Utah, is in the path of [[monsoon]] {{broken wikt link|moisture|moisture}} from the Gulf of California. Most of the lowland areas get less than 12 [[inches]] (300 mm) of rain a year. The [[Great Salt Lake Desert]] is the driest area of the state, with less than 5 inches (125 mm). Snowfall is common in all but the far southern valleys. Although St. George only gets about 3 inches (7.5 cm) per year, [[Salt Lake City]] sees about 60 inches (150 cm), [[wikt:enhanced|enhanced]] by the lake-effect snow from the Great Salt Lake, which [[wikt:increases|increases]] snowfall totals to the south, southeast, and east of the lake. Some areas of the Wasatch Range in the path of the lake-effect get up to 700 inches (1,770 cm) per year. The {{broken wikt link|consistently|consistently}} dry, fluffy, snow led Utah's ski [[wikt:industry|industry]] to get the slogan "the Greatest Snow on Earth" in the 1980s. In the winter, temperature {{broken wikt link|inversions|inversions}} are a [[wikt:phenomenon|phenomenon]] across Utah's low basins and valleys, leading to thick [[humidity]] and fog that can sometimes last for weeks at a time, normally in the [[Uintah Basin]].
==Population==
The center of population of Utah is in Utah County in the city of "Lehi."<ref>{{cite web | title = Population and Population Centers by State: 2000 | publisher = United States Census Bureau | accessdate = 2008-12-06 | url = http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt}}</ref> As of July 1, 2008 the Census Bureau believes Utah has a population of 2,736,424.<ref name=08CenEst>{{cite web | title = Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 | publisher = United States Census Bureau | accessdate = 2009-02-05 | url = http://www.census.gov/popest/states/tables/NST-EST2008-01.csv}}</ref> In 2008, the [[United States|US]] Census Bureau [[wikt:determined|determined]] Utah to be the fastest growing state in the country in terms of population growth.<ref>http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/013049.html Utah is Fastest Growing State. Press Release by [[US Census Bureau]]. Dated 12/22/2008. Accessed 12/23/2008.</ref>
Much of the population lives in [[City|cities]] and [[town]]s along the [[Wasatch Front]], a {{broken wikt link|metropolitan|metropolitan}} [[wikt:region|region]] that runs north-south with the [[Wasatch Mountains]] rising on the eastern side. Growth outside the Wasatch Front is also [[wikt:increasing|increasing]]. The [[St. George]] metropolitan area is right now the second-fastest growing in the country after the [[Las Vegas]] metropolitan area, while the [[Heber]] metropolitan area is also the second-fastest growing in the country (right in front of Palm Coast, Florida).
==Economy==
[[File:Bingham Canyon April 2005.jpg|180px|right|thumb|[[Bingham Canyon Mine]] southwest of [[Salt Lake City]].]]
The University of Utah says that the gross state product of Utah in 2005 was $92 billion, or 0.74% of the total United States GDP of $12.4 trillion for the same year. The per capital personal [[income]] was $24,977 in 2005. Major companies of Utah are: [[mining]], [[cattle ranching]], [[salt production]], and [[government services]].
In eastern Utah [[petroleum]] making is a big [[wikt:industry|industry]]. Near Salt Lake City, petroleum [[wikt:refining|refining]] is done by a number of [[oil]] companies. In central Utah, [[coal]] making accounts for much of the mining [[wikt:activity|activity]].
===Age and Gender===
Utah has a high total birth rate, and the youngest population of any [[U.S. state]]. It is also one of the few non-Southern states that has more males than females.
In 2000, the [[wikt:gender|gender]] percents of Utah were estimated as:
* 49.9 percent female
* 50.1 percent male
===Religion===
{{complex|date=February 2012}}
Most of the state's people are members of "[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]", commonly [[wikt:referred|referred]] to as the Mormons or the LDS [[Church]]. As of 2007, members of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" are 60.7 percent of everyone in the state..<ref name="SLT-Morm">[http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7496034 Utah less Mormon than ever]. Matt Canham, ''[[Salt Lake Tribune]]''.</ref> Mormons are now not as common in Salt Lake City, while rural areas are normally almost all Mormon. Though the LDS Church {{broken wikt link|officially|officially}} has a [[wikt:policy|policy]] of {{broken wikt link|neutrality|neutrality}} in regards to political parties,<ref name=neutrality>{{cite web| url = http://www.lds.org/newsroom/issues/answer/0,19491,6056-1-462-44-462,00.html|title=Political Neutrality|accessdate=2006-10-19|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints}}</ref> the church's [[doctrine]] has a strong connection with [[politics]]. In the past, many of Utah's lawmakers have been church members; the effect has [[wikt:contributed|contributed]] to the state's {{broken wikt link|restrictiveness|restrictiveness}} towards [[alcohol]] (sales and content) and [[Gamble|gambling]]. Another effect can be seen in Utah's high birth rate (25 percent higher than the [[wikt:national|national]] normal; the highest for a state in the U.S.). The Mormons in Utah normally have [[wikt:conservative|conservative]] views when it comes to most political {{broken wikt link|issues|issues}} and most voter-age Utahns do not belong to a political party (60%) but vote almost all [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. [[John McCain]] got 62.5% of the vote in the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 Presidential Election]] while 70.9% of people of Utah chose George W. Bush in 2004.
==Popular towns and cities==
[[File:Salt Lake City panorama.jpg|180px|right|thumb|Salt Lake City]]
Utah's population is [[wikt:concentrated|concentrated]] in two areas, the [[Wasatch Front]] in the North-Central part of the state, with a population of over 2 million; and southwestern Utah, locally known as "Dixie", with nearly 150,000 people who live there.
[[wikt:According|According]] to the 2000 Census, Utah was the fourth fastest growing state (at 29.6 percent) in the [[United States]] between 1990 and 2000. [[St. George]], in the southwest, is the second-fastest growing {{broken wikt link|metropolitan|metropolitan}} area in the United States, right behind [[Greeley, Colorado]].
The state's two fastest growing counties are: "Summit" (at 91.6 percent; ranking it 8th in the country) and "Washington" (at 86.1 percent; ranking it 12th). The cities ([[wikt:defined|defined]] as having at least 9,000 people living there in 2000) that saw the greatest increases between 1990 and 2000 were: "Draper" (248 percent), "South Jordan" (141 percent), "Lehi" (125 percent), "Riverton" (122 percent), and "Syracuse" (102 percent). Between 1990 and 2000 the five fastest-growing cities of any size were "Cedar Hills" (302 percent), "Draper" (248 percent), "Woodland Hills" (213 percent), "Ivins" (173 percent), and "South Jordan" (141 percent). The U.S. Census Bureau [[wikt:estimates|estimates]], the five fastest-growing cities of any size between 2000 and 2008 were "Saratoga Springs" (1,501%), "Herriman" (1,061%), "Eagle Mountain" (934%), "Cedar Hills" (209%), and "Lehi" (146%).
==Other pages==
* [[Colleges and universities in Utah]]
* [[List of counties in Utah]]
==References==
{{commonscat|Utah}}
{{reflist}}
{{Utah}}
{{United States}}
{{Colorado River system}}
{{US-geo-stub}}
[[Category:Utah| ]]
{{Link FA|ast}}
{{Link GA|es}}
Name = Utah |
Fullname = State of Utah |
Flag = Flag of Utah.svg |
Flaglink = [[Flag of Utah]] |
Seal = Seal of Utah.svg |
Map = Map_of_USA_highlighting_Utah.png |
Nickname = Beehive State |
Motto = Industry |
Capital = [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]] |
LargestCity = Salt Lake City |
Governor = [[Gary R. Herbert]] (R)|
Senators = [[Orrin Hatch]] (R)<br />[[Mike Lee]] (R) |
PostalAbbreviation = UT |
OfficialLang = [[English language|English]]|
AreaRank = 13<sup>th</sup> |
TotalAreaUS = 84,876 |
TotalArea = 219,887 |
LandAreaUS = 82,122 |
LandArea = 212,751 |
WaterAreaUA = 2,754 |
WaterArea = 7,136 |
PCWater = 3.25 |
PopRank = 35<sup>th</sup> |
2010Pop = 2,763,885<ref>{{cite web |url= http://2010.census.gov/2010census/data/apportionment-dens-text.php |title=Resident Population Data - 2010 Census |work=2010.census.gov |year=2011 [last update] |accessdate=February 20, 2011}}</ref> |
DensityRank = 43<sup>rd</sup> |
2010DensityUS = 33.6 |
2010Density = 12.6 |
MedianHouseholdIncome = $50,614 |
IncomeRank = 11<sup>th</sup> |
AdmittanceOrder = 45<sup>th</sup> |
AdmittanceDate = January 4, 1896 |
TimeZone = [[Mountain Standard Time Zone|Mountain]]: [[UTC]]-7/[[Daylight saving time|-6]] |
Longitude = 109°W to 114°W |
Latitude = 37°N to 42°N |
WidthUS = 270 |
Width = 435 |
LengthUS = 350 |
Length = 565 |
HighestPoint = [[Kings Peak]]<ref name=usgs>{{cite web| year =29 April 2005 | url =http://erg.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html#Highest| title =Elevations and Distances in the United States| publisher =U.S Geological Survey| accessdate = 2006-11-8}}</ref>
|
HighestElevUS = 13,528 |
HighestElev = 4,126 |
MeanElevUS = 6,100 |
MeanElev = 1,860 |
LowestPoint = [[Beaverdam Wash]]<ref name=usgs/> |
LowestElevUS = 2,000 |
LowestElev = 610 |
ISOCode = US-UT |
Website = www.utah.gov
}}
'''Utah''' is a state in the west [[United States]]. The [[capital (city)|capital]] and largest [[city]] is [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]].
==Geography==
Utah is bordered by [[Idaho]] and [[Wyoming]] in the north and [[Colorado]] in the east. It touches a single point of [[New Mexico]] to the southeast at [[Four Corners]]. Utah is bordered by [[Arizona]] in the south, and by [[Nevada]] in the west. It covers an area of 84,899 [[square mile]]s (219,887 [[square kilometre|km²]]).
[[File:Delicatearch1.jpg|180px|left|thumb|An arche Arches National Park, Utah]]
Utah is mostly rocky with three distinct geological regions: the [[Rocky Mountains]], the [[Great Basin]], and the [[Colorado Plateau]]. Utah is a great geographical tourism place. Utah is known for its natural [[wikt:diversity|diversity]] and is home to [[wikt:features|features]] ranging from arid deserts with sand dunes to thriving pine forests in mountain valleys.
===Climate===
Utah has a dry, semi-arid to {{broken wikt link|arid|arid}} climate, although its many [[mountains]] has large, wide, differences of climates, with the highest points in the [[Uinta Mountains]] being above the {{broken wikt link|timberline|timberline}}. The dry weather {{broken wikt link|results|results}} from the state lying mostly in the rain shadow of the [[Sierra Nevada (US)|Sierra Nevada]] in [[California]]. The eastern half of the state is in the rain shadow of the [[Wasatch Mountains]]. The [[wikt:primary|primary]] [[wikt:source|source]] of rain for the state is the [[Pacific Ocean]], with the state normally lying in the path of large Pacific storms from mid-[[October]] through [[April]], although northern Utah often sees these large storms earlier and later. In summer, the state, normally southern and eastern Utah, is in the path of [[monsoon]] {{broken wikt link|moisture|moisture}} from the Gulf of California. Most of the lowland areas get less than 12 [[inches]] (300 mm) of rain a year. The [[Great Salt Lake Desert]] is the driest area of the state, with less than 5 inches (125 mm). Snowfall is common in all but the far southern valleys. Although St. George only gets about 3 inches (7.5 cm) per year, [[Salt Lake City]] sees about 60 inches (150 cm), [[wikt:enhanced|enhanced]] by the lake-effect snow from the Great Salt Lake, which [[wikt:increases|increases]] snowfall totals to the south, southeast, and east of the lake. Some areas of the Wasatch Range in the path of the lake-effect get up to 700 inches (1,770 cm) per year. The {{broken wikt link|consistently|consistently}} dry, fluffy, snow led Utah's ski [[wikt:industry|industry]] to get the slogan "the Greatest Snow on Earth" in the 1980s. In the winter, temperature {{broken wikt link|inversions|inversions}} are a [[wikt:phenomenon|phenomenon]] across Utah's low basins and valleys, leading to thick [[humidity]] and fog that can sometimes last for weeks at a time, normally in the [[Uintah Basin]].
==Population==
The center of population of Utah is in Utah County in the city of "Lehi."<ref>{{cite web | title = Population and Population Centers by State: 2000 | publisher = United States Census Bureau | accessdate = 2008-12-06 | url = http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cenpop/statecenters.txt}}</ref> As of July 1, 2008 the Census Bureau believes Utah has a population of 2,736,424.<ref name=08CenEst>{{cite web | title = Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 | publisher = United States Census Bureau | accessdate = 2009-02-05 | url = http://www.census.gov/popest/states/tables/NST-EST2008-01.csv}}</ref> In 2008, the [[United States|US]] Census Bureau [[wikt:determined|determined]] Utah to be the fastest growing state in the country in terms of population growth.<ref>http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/013049.html Utah is Fastest Growing State. Press Release by [[US Census Bureau]]. Dated 12/22/2008. Accessed 12/23/2008.</ref>
Much of the population lives in [[City|cities]] and [[town]]s along the [[Wasatch Front]], a {{broken wikt link|metropolitan|metropolitan}} [[wikt:region|region]] that runs north-south with the [[Wasatch Mountains]] rising on the eastern side. Growth outside the Wasatch Front is also [[wikt:increasing|increasing]]. The [[St. George]] metropolitan area is right now the second-fastest growing in the country after the [[Las Vegas]] metropolitan area, while the [[Heber]] metropolitan area is also the second-fastest growing in the country (right in front of Palm Coast, Florida).
==Economy==
[[File:Bingham Canyon April 2005.jpg|180px|right|thumb|[[Bingham Canyon Mine]] southwest of [[Salt Lake City]].]]
The University of Utah says that the gross state product of Utah in 2005 was $92 billion, or 0.74% of the total United States GDP of $12.4 trillion for the same year. The per capital personal [[income]] was $24,977 in 2005. Major companies of Utah are: [[mining]], [[cattle ranching]], [[salt production]], and [[government services]].
In eastern Utah [[petroleum]] making is a big [[wikt:industry|industry]]. Near Salt Lake City, petroleum [[wikt:refining|refining]] is done by a number of [[oil]] companies. In central Utah, [[coal]] making accounts for much of the mining [[wikt:activity|activity]].
===Age and Gender===
Utah has a high total birth rate, and the youngest population of any [[U.S. state]]. It is also one of the few non-Southern states that has more males than females.
In 2000, the [[wikt:gender|gender]] percents of Utah were estimated as:
* 49.9 percent female
* 50.1 percent male
===Religion===
{{complex|date=February 2012}}
Most of the state's people are members of "[[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]", commonly [[wikt:referred|referred]] to as the Mormons or the LDS [[Church]]. As of 2007, members of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" are 60.7 percent of everyone in the state..<ref name="SLT-Morm">[http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7496034 Utah less Mormon than ever]. Matt Canham, ''[[Salt Lake Tribune]]''.</ref> Mormons are now not as common in Salt Lake City, while rural areas are normally almost all Mormon. Though the LDS Church {{broken wikt link|officially|officially}} has a [[wikt:policy|policy]] of {{broken wikt link|neutrality|neutrality}} in regards to political parties,<ref name=neutrality>{{cite web| url = http://www.lds.org/newsroom/issues/answer/0,19491,6056-1-462-44-462,00.html|title=Political Neutrality|accessdate=2006-10-19|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints}}</ref> the church's [[doctrine]] has a strong connection with [[politics]]. In the past, many of Utah's lawmakers have been church members; the effect has [[wikt:contributed|contributed]] to the state's {{broken wikt link|restrictiveness|restrictiveness}} towards [[alcohol]] (sales and content) and [[Gamble|gambling]]. Another effect can be seen in Utah's high birth rate (25 percent higher than the [[wikt:national|national]] normal; the highest for a state in the U.S.). The Mormons in Utah normally have [[wikt:conservative|conservative]] views when it comes to most political {{broken wikt link|issues|issues}} and most voter-age Utahns do not belong to a political party (60%) but vote almost all [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. [[John McCain]] got 62.5% of the vote in the [[United States presidential election, 2008|2008 Presidential Election]] while 70.9% of people of Utah chose George W. Bush in 2004.
==Popular towns and cities==
[[File:Salt Lake City panorama.jpg|180px|right|thumb|Salt Lake City]]
Utah's population is [[wikt:concentrated|concentrated]] in two areas, the [[Wasatch Front]] in the North-Central part of the state, with a population of over 2 million; and southwestern Utah, locally known as "Dixie", with nearly 150,000 people who live there.
[[wikt:According|According]] to the 2000 Census, Utah was the fourth fastest growing state (at 29.6 percent) in the [[United States]] between 1990 and 2000. [[St. George]], in the southwest, is the second-fastest growing {{broken wikt link|metropolitan|metropolitan}} area in the United States, right behind [[Greeley, Colorado]].
The state's two fastest growing counties are: "Summit" (at 91.6 percent; ranking it 8th in the country) and "Washington" (at 86.1 percent; ranking it 12th). The cities ([[wikt:defined|defined]] as having at least 9,000 people living there in 2000) that saw the greatest increases between 1990 and 2000 were: "Draper" (248 percent), "South Jordan" (141 percent), "Lehi" (125 percent), "Riverton" (122 percent), and "Syracuse" (102 percent). Between 1990 and 2000 the five fastest-growing cities of any size were "Cedar Hills" (302 percent), "Draper" (248 percent), "Woodland Hills" (213 percent), "Ivins" (173 percent), and "South Jordan" (141 percent). The U.S. Census Bureau [[wikt:estimates|estimates]], the five fastest-growing cities of any size between 2000 and 2008 were "Saratoga Springs" (1,501%), "Herriman" (1,061%), "Eagle Mountain" (934%), "Cedar Hills" (209%), and "Lehi" (146%).
==Other pages==
* [[Colleges and universities in Utah]]
* [[List of counties in Utah]]
==References==
{{commonscat|Utah}}
{{reflist}}
{{Utah}}
{{United States}}
{{Colorado River system}}
{{US-geo-stub}}
[[Category:Utah| ]]
{{Link FA|ast}}
{{Link GA|es}}