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Capital: Salt Lake City
State
abbreviation/Postal code: Utah/UT
Governor: Jon Huntsman,
Jr., R (to Jan. 2009)
Lieut. Governor: Gary
Herbert, R (to Jan. 2009)
Senators: Robert F.
Bennett, R (to Jan. 2011); Orrin G. Hatch, R (to
Jan. 2013)
U.S. Representatives: 3
Historical biographies of Congressional members
Treasurer: Edward T.
Alter, R (Jan. 2009)
Atty. General: Mark
Shurtleff, R (to Jan. 2009)
Organized as territory:
Sept. 9, 1850
Entered Union (rank):
Jan. 4, 1896 (45)
Present constitution
adopted: 1896
Motto: Industry
State symbols:
|
flower |
sego lily
(1911) |
|
tree |
blue spruce
(1933) |
|
bird |
California
gull (1955) |
|
emblem |
beehive (1959) |
|
song |
�Utah, We Love
Thee� (1953) |
|
gem |
topaz |
|
animal |
Rocky Mountain
elk (1971) |
|
insect |
honeybee
(1983) |
|
grass |
Indian rice
grass (1990) |
|
fossil |
allosaurus
(1988) |
|
cooking pot |
dutch oven
(1997) |
|
fish |
Bonneville
cutthroat trout (1997) |
|
fruit |
cherry (1997) |
|
mineral |
copper |
|
rock |
coal (1991) |
Nickname: Beehive State
Origin of name: From the
Ute tribe, meaning �people of the mountains�
10 largest cities (2005
est.): Salt Lake City, 178,097; Provo, 113,459;
West Valley City, 113,300; West Jordan, 91,444;
Orem, 89,713; Sandy, 89,664; Ogden, 78,309; St.
George, 64,201; Layton, 61,782; Taylorsville, 58,009
Land area: 82,144 sq mi.
(212,753 sq km)
Geographic center: In
Sanpete Co., 3 mi. N. of Manti
Number of counties: 29
Largest county by population
and area: Salt Lake, 948,172 (2005); San Juan,
7,821 sq mi.
National
parks: 5
National
monuments: 6
State parks/forests: 40
Residents: Utahan, Utahn
2005 resident population est.: 2,469,585
2000 resident census
population (rank): 2,233,169 (34). Male:
1,119,031 (50.1%); Female: 1,114,138 (49.9%).
White: 1,992,975 (89.2%); Black:
17,657 (0.8%); American Indian: 29,684
(1.3%); Asian: 37,108 (1.7%); Other race:
93,405 (4.2%); Two or more races: 47,195
(2.1%); Hispanic/Latino: 201,559 (9.0%).
2000 percent population 18 and over: 67.8; 65
and over: 8.5; median age: 27.1.
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