Utah | |
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Nicknames: "Beehive State" (official), "The Mormon State", "Deseret" | |
Motto: Industry | |
Anthem: "Utah...This Is the Place" | |
Country | United States |
Before statehood | Utah Territory |
Admitted to the Union | January 4, 1896 (45th) |
Capital (and largest city) | Salt Lake City |
Largest county or equivalent | Salt Lake |
Largest metro and urban areas | Salt Lake City |
Government | |
• Governor | Spencer Cox (R) |
• Lieutenant Governor | Deidre Henderson (R) |
Legislature | State Legislature |
• Upper house | State Senate |
• Lower house | House of Representatives |
Judiciary | Utah Supreme Court |
U.S. senators | Mike Lee (R) Mitt Romney (R) |
U.S. House delegation | 1: Blake Moore (R) 2: Celeste Maloy (R) 3: John Curtis (R) 4: Burgess Owens (R) (list) |
Area | |
• Total | 84,899 sq mi (219,887 km2) |
• Land | 82,144 sq mi (212,761 km2) |
• Water | 2,755 sq mi (7,136 km2) 3.25% |
• Rank | 13th |
Dimensions | |
• Length | 350 mi (560 km) |
• Width | 270 mi (435 km) |
Elevation | 6,100 ft (1,860 m) |
Highest elevation | 13,534 ft (4,120.3 m) |
Lowest elevation | 2,180 ft (664.4 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 3,271,616[4] |
• Rank | 30th |
• Density | 36.53/sq mi (14.12/km2) |
• Rank | 41st |
• Median household income | $60,365[5] |
• Income rank | 11th |
Demonym | Utahn or Utahan[6] |
Language | |
• Official language | English |
Time zone | UTC−07:00 (Mountain) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−06:00 (MDT) |
USPS abbreviation | UT |
ISO 3166 code | US-UT |
Traditional abbreviation | Ut. |
Latitude | 37° N to 42° N |
Longitude | 109°3′ W to 114°3′ W |
Website | utah |
Utah state symbols | |
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Living insignia | |
Bird | California gull |
Fish | Bonneville cutthroat trout |
Flower | Sego lily |
Grass | Indian ricegrass |
Mammal | Rocky Mountain Elk |
Reptile | Gila monster |
Tree | Quaking aspen |
Inanimate insignia | |
Dance | Square dance |
Dinosaur | Utahraptor |
Firearm | Browning M1911 |
Fossil | Allosaurus |
Gemstone | Topaz |
Mineral | Copper |
Tartan | Utah State Centennial Tartan |
State route marker | |
State quarter | |
Released in 2007 | |
Lists of United States state symbols |
Utah is a state in the west United States. The capital and largest city is Salt Lake City. Utah became a state in the U.S. on January 4, 1896. About 3.3 million people lived there in 2020.
In 2018, The top countries of origin for Utah’s immigrants were Mexico (35 percent of immigrants), India (4 percent), Venezuela (4 percent), Peru (4 percent), and Canada (3 percent).[7]
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