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KS update 1.2
| LargestCounty = [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake County]]
| LargestCounty = [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake County]]
| LargestMetro = [[Salt Lake City metropolitan area|Salt Lake City]]
| LargestMetro = [[Salt Lake City metropolitan area|Salt Lake City]]
| Governor = {{nowrap|[[Gary Herbert]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])}}
| Governor = {{nowrap|[[Spencer Cox (politician)|Spencer Cox]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]])}}
| Lieutenant Governor = {{nowrap|[[Spencer Cox (politician)|Spencer Cox]] (R)}}
| Lieutenant Governor = {{nowrap|[[Deidre Henderson]] (R)}}
| President of the Senate= [[Wayne Niederhauser]]
| President of the Senate= [[Wayne Niederhauser]]
| Speaker of the House = [[Greg Hughes]]
| Speaker of the House = [[Greg Hughes]]
| Lowerhouse = [[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| Lowerhouse = [[Utah House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| Senators = {{nowrap|[[Mike Lee (American politician)|Mike Lee]] (R)}}<br />{{nowrap|[[Mitt Romney]] (R)}}
| Senators = {{nowrap|[[Mike Lee (American politician)|Mike Lee]] (R)}}<br />{{nowrap|[[Mitt Romney]] (R)}}
| Representative = {{nowrap|[[Utah's 1st congressional district|1]]: [[Rob Bishop]] (R)}}<br>{{nowrap|[[Utah's 2nd congressional district|2]]: [[Chris Stewart (politician)|Chris Stewart]] (R)}}<br>{{nowrap|[[Utah's 3rd congressional district|3]]: [[John Curtis (Utah politician)|John Curtis]] (R)}}<br>{{nowrap|[[Utah's 4th congressional district|4]]: [[Ben McAdams]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]])}}
| Representative = {{nowrap|[[Utah's 1st congressional district|1]]: [[Rob Bishop]] (R)}}<br>{{nowrap|[[Utah's 2nd congressional district|2]]: [[Chris Stewart (politician)|Chris Stewart]] (R)}}<br>{{nowrap|[[Utah's 3rd congressional district|3]]: [[John Curtis (Utah politician)|John Curtis]] (R)}}<br>{{nowrap|[[Utah's 4th congressional district|4]]: [[Burgess Owens]] (R)}}
| postal_code = UT
| postal_code = UT
| TradAbbreviation = Ut.
| TradAbbreviation = Ut.
| 2000DensityUS = 36.53
| 2000DensityUS = 36.53
| 2000Density = 14.12
| 2000Density = 14.12
| MedianHouseholdIncome = $68,374<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/UT,US/PST045218|website=The US Census Bureau n|title=Median Annual Household Income|accessdate=January 28, 2020|date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220091007/http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/median-annual-income/?currentTimeframe=0|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
| MedianHouseholdIncome = $68,374<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/UT,US/PST045218|website=The US Census Bureau n|title=Median Annual Household Income|access-date=January 28, 2020|date=January 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220091007/http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/median-annual-income/?currentTimeframe=0|archive-date=December 20, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
| IncomeRank = 14th
| IncomeRank = 14th
| AdmittanceOrder = 45th
| AdmittanceOrder = 45th
| length_mi = 350
| length_mi = 350
| length_km = 560
| length_km = 560
| elevation_max_point = [[Kings Peak (Utah)|Kings Peak]]<ref>{{cite ngs |id= LO1058 |designation= Kings Peak Target |accessdate= October 24, 2011 }}</ref><ref name= USGS>{{cite web |url= http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html |title= Elevations and Distances in the United States |publisher= [[United States Geological Survey]] |year= 2001 |accessdate = October 24, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131109183109/http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb//pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html |archive-date= November 9, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=NAVD88>Elevation adjusted to [[North American Vertical Datum of 1988]].</ref>
| elevation_max_point = [[Kings Peak (Utah)|Kings Peak]]<ref>{{cite ngs |id= LO1058 |designation= Kings Peak Target |accessdate= October 24, 2011 }}</ref><ref name= USGS>{{cite web |url= http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb/pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html |title= Elevations and Distances in the United States |publisher= [[United States Geological Survey]] |year= 2001 |access-date = October 24, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131109183109/http://egsc.usgs.gov/isb//pubs/booklets/elvadist/elvadist.html |archive-date= November 9, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=NAVD88>Elevation adjusted to [[North American Vertical Datum of 1988]].</ref>
| elevation_max_ft = 13,534
| elevation_max_ft = 13,534
| elevation_max_m = 4,120.3
| elevation_max_m = 4,120.3
| elevation_ft = 6,100
| elevation_ft = 6,100
| elevation_m = 1,860
| elevation_m = 1,860
| elevation_min_point = [[Beaver Dam Wash]] at {{nobreak|[[Arizona]] border}}<ref name=USGS/><ref name=NAVD88/><ref>{{cite news|last=Arave |first=Lynn |title=Utah's basement—Beaver Dam Wash is state's lowest elevation |newspaper=Deseret Morning News |date=August 31, 2006 |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/645197370/Utahs-basement--Beaver-Dam-Wash-is-states-lowest-elevation.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122192400/http://www.deseretnews.com/ |archivedate=January 22, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| elevation_min_point = [[Beaver Dam Wash]] at {{nobreak|[[Arizona]] border}}<ref name=USGS/><ref name=NAVD88/><ref>{{cite news|last=Arave |first=Lynn |title=Utah's basement—Beaver Dam Wash is state's lowest elevation |newspaper=Deseret Morning News |date=August 31, 2006 |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/645197370/Utahs-basement--Beaver-Dam-Wash-is-states-lowest-elevation.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122192400/http://www.deseretnews.com/ |archive-date=January 22, 2015 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
| elevation_min_ft = 2,180
| elevation_min_ft = 2,180
| elevation_min_m = 664.4
| elevation_min_m = 664.4
===Climate===
===Climate===
Utah has a dry, semi-arid to {{broken wikt link|arid|arid}} climate,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-dry-climates/|title=Easy Science for Kids|last=|first=|date=|website=Dry Climate|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=17 June 2016}}</ref> although its many [[mountains]] have 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]].
Utah has a dry, semi-arid to {{broken wikt link|arid|arid}} climate,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-dry-climates/|title=Easy Science for Kids|website=Dry Climate|access-date=17 June 2016}}</ref> although its many [[mountains]] have 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==
==Population==
The center of population of Utah is in Salt Lake County in the city of "Salt Lake City".<ref>{{cite web | title = Population and Population Centers by State: 2000 | publisher = United States Census Bureau | accessdate = 2008-12-06 | url = https://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 = https://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>https://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>
The center of population of Utah is in Salt Lake County in the city of "Salt Lake City".<ref>{{cite web | title = Population and Population Centers by State: 2000 | publisher = United States Census Bureau | access-date = 2008-12-06 | url = https://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 | access-date = 2009-02-05 | url = https://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>https://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).
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).
===Religion===
===Religion===
{{complex|date=February 2012}}
{{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, 60.7 percent of everyone in the state are members of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints".<ref name="SLT-Morm">[http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7496034 Utah less Mormon than ever]. Matt Canham, ''[[Salt Lake Tribune]]''.</ref> Mormons are not as common as they used to be in Salt Lake City. Usually, rural areas are almost all Mormon. Though the LDS Church does not support or oppose any 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 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061225013441/http://www.lds.org/newsroom/issues/answer/0,19491,6056-1-462-44-462,00.html |archivedate=25 December 2006}}</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}}. Most voter-age Utahns do not belong to a political party (60%), but vote mostly for [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]]. [[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.
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, 60.7 percent of everyone in the state are members of "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints".<ref name="SLT-Morm">[http://www.sltrib.com/ci_7496034 Utah less Mormon than ever]. Matt Canham, ''[[Salt Lake Tribune]]''.</ref> Mormons are not as common as they used to be in Salt Lake City. Usually, rural areas are almost all Mormon. Though the LDS Church does not support or oppose any 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|access-date=2006-10-19|publisher=The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061225013441/http://www.lds.org/newsroom/issues/answer/0,19491,6056-1-462-44-462,00.html |archive-date=25 December 2006}}</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}}. Most voter-age Utahns do not belong to a political party (60%), but vote mostly for [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]]. [[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==
==Popular towns and cities==