Utah ( YOO -taw , < i title = "English respelling pronunciation"> - tah listen ) is a state in the western United States. It became the 45th country it received in the US on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th largest by 31st, the most-populated, and the least populous of the 50th of the United States 50. Utah has a population of more than 3 million (Census estimate for July 1, 2016). Urban development is largely concentrated in two areas: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the country, which contains about 2.5 million people; and Washington County in southern Utah, with over 160,000 inhabitants. Utah borders Colorado in the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, Arizona to the south, and Nevada to the west. It also touches the corner of New Mexico in the southeast.
About 62% of Utahs are reported to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or LDS (Mormons), which greatly affect Utahn's culture and daily life. The world headquarters of the LDS Church is located in Salt Lake City. Utah is the only state with a majority of the population who are members of one church.
The state is a center of transportation, education, information and research technology, government services, mining, and major tourist destinations for outdoor recreation. In 2013, the US Census Bureau estimates that Utah has the second fastest growing population in any state. St. George is the fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States from 2000 to 2005. Utah also has the 14th highest average income average and the smallest income inequality in any US state. A 2012 Gallup national survey found Utah overall as the "best country for life" based on 13 forward measurements including various economic, lifestyle, and health-related prospects.
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Etimologi
A common people's etymology is that the name "Utah" comes from the name of the Ute tribe, supposedly meaning "mountain people" in Ute. This is actually a false etymology. The term is not original and its etymology is unclear. In fact the word for the people at Ute is 'nÃÆ'ºuchiu' while the word for mountain is 'kÃÆ'¡av (i)', offering no linguistic relationship with the words 'Ute' or 'Utah'. According to another source "Utah" is derived from the Apache name "yuttahih" which means "Higher One" or "They are taller". In Spanish, the word is referred to as "Yuta", then English-speaking people adapt the word "Utah".
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History
Pre-Columbian
Thousands of years before the arrival of European explorers, the Puebloan Ancestor and the Fremont people live in what is now known as Utah, some of which speak in the Uto-Aztecan group language. The Pueblo ancestors built their homes through excavations on the mountain, and the Fremont people built a straw house before disappearing from the area around the 15th century.
Another group of Native Americans, Navajo, settled in the region around the 18th century. In the mid-18th century, other Uto-Aztecan tribes, including Goshute, Paiute, Shoshone, and Ute tribes, also settled in the area. These five groups were present when the first European explorer arrived.
Spanish exploration (1540)
The southern Utah region was explored by Spain in 1540, led by Francisco VÃÆ'¡squez de Coronado, while searching for the CÃÆ'bola legend. A group led by two Catholic priests - sometimes called the Dominguez-Escalante Expedition - left Santa Fe in 1776, hoping to find a route to the coast of California. The expedition traveled as far north as Lake Utah and encountered the natives. The Spaniards made further explorations in the area, but were not interested in colonizing the area because of its wilderness nature. In 1821, the year Mexico reached its independence from Spain, the area was known as part of its territory in Alta California.
European Trappers and feather merchants roamed some Utah territories in the early 19th century from Canada and the United States. The town of Provo, Utah is named after one, ÃÆ'â € ° tienne Provost, who visited the area in 1825. Ogden City, Utah is named after Peter Skene Ogden, a Canadian explorer who trades feathers in the Weber Valley.
At the end of 1824, Jim Bridger became the first English-speaking person known to see the Great Salt Lake. Because of the high salinity of his waters, he thought he had found the Pacific Ocean; he later learned that this water body is a giant salt lake. After the discovery of the lake, hundreds of American and Canadian traders and trappers set up trading posts in the area. In the 1830s, thousands of migrants traveling from the Eastern United States to West America began to stop in the Great Salt Lake region, which became known as Youta Lake.
completion of LDS (1847)
After Joseph Smith's death in 1844, Brigham Young, as president of the Quorum of the Twelve, became the effective leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Nauvoo, Illinois. To resolve the growing conflicts between his people and their neighbors, Young agreed with Illinois Governor Thomas Ford in October 1845 that Mormon would go the following year.
Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers reached the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. Over the next 22 years, more than 70,000 pioneers crossed the plains and settled in Utah. For the first few years, Brigham Young and thousands of early Salt Lake City settlers struggled to survive. The arid desert land is considered by the Mormons as a desirable place where they can practice their religion without harassment.
Mormon settlements provide pioneers for other settlements in the West. Salt Lake City became the center of a distant "commonwealth" in the Mormon settlement. With new congregations coming from the East and around the world, Church leaders often assign church members as missionaries to build other settlements throughout the West. They developed irrigation to support a sizable pioneering population along the front of Wasatch Utah (Salt Lake City, Bountiful Valley and Weber, and Provo and the Utah Valley). Throughout the rest of the 19th century, Mormon pioneers set up hundreds of other settlements in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona, Wyoming, California, Canada and Mexico - including Las Vegas, Nevada; Franklin, Idaho (the first European settlement in Idaho); San Bernardino, California; Mesa, Arizona; Star Valley, Wyoming; and Carson Valley, Nevada.
Prominent settlements in Utah include St. George, Logan, and Manti (where the settlers completed the first three temples in Utah, each starting after but completed years before the larger and more famous temples built in Salt Lake City were completed in 1893), as well as Parowan, Cedar City, Bluff, Moab, Vernal, Fillmore (which serves as the territorial capital between 1850 and 1856), Nephi, Levan, Spanish Fork, Springville, Provo Bench (now Orem), Pleasant Grove, American Fork, Lehi, Sandy, Murray, Jordan, Centerville, Farmington, Huntsville, Kaysville, Grantsville, Tooele, Roy, Brigham City, and many other small towns and settlements. Young has an expansionist view of the region that he and the Mormon pioneers are living, calling it Deseret - which according to the Book of Mormon is the ancient word for "honey bees". It is symbolized by a honeycomb on the Utah flag, and the state motto, "Industry."
Utah was the territory of Mexico when the first pioneers arrived in 1847. At the beginning of the Mexican-American War in late 1846, the United States had ruled New Mexico and California. The entire Southwest became US territory after the signing of the Guadalupe Hidalgo Agreement, February 2, 1848. The treaty was ratified by the United States Senate on 11 March. Studying that California and New Mexico apply for statehood, settlers from the Utah area (originally planned to apply for territorial status) are applied to state status with ambitious plans for the Deseret State.
Utah Territory (1850-1896)
The Utah region is much smaller than the proposed Deseret state, but the region still contains all of the current state of Nevada and Utah as well as modern Wyoming and Colorado chips. It was made with Compromise 1850, and Fillmore, named after President Millard Fillmore, appointed the capital. The area was named Utah after the Native American Ute tribe. Salt Lake City replaced Fillmore as its territorial capital in 1856.
Disputes between Mormons and the US government are increasing due to the practice of plural marriage, or polygamy, among members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The Mormons still encourage the formation of the Deseret State with the new boundaries of the Utah Territory. Most, if not all, members of the US government oppose the practice of polygamy from Mormon.
Members of the LDS Church are seen as non-American and rebelled when news of their polygamous practice spread. In 1857, particularly the heinous accusations of government releases and general immorality were leveled by former agency judge William W. Drummond, among others. A detailed report of life in Utah led to James Buchanan's administration to send a secret "military expedition" to Utah. When the revolt should be extinguished, Alfred Cumming will replace Brigham Young as the territorial governor. The resulting conflict was known as the Utah War, dubbed "Buchanan Error" by the Mormon leaders.
In September 1857, about 120 American settlers of the Baker-Fancher wagon train, en route to California from Arkansas, were killed by Utah District Militia and some Native American Paiute in the Mountain Meadows massacre.
Before the troops led by Albert Sidney Johnston entered the area, Brigham Young ordered all residents of Salt Lake City to flee south to the Utah Valley and send troops, known as the Nauvoo Legion, to delay the government's progress. Although the carts and supplies were set on fire, the troops finally arrived in 1858, and Young handed over the official control to Cumming, although most of the subsequent commentators claimed that Young maintained true power in the region. The flow of governors appointed by the president stops from position, often citing the traditions of their territorial government. In agreement with Young, Johnston founded Camp Floyd, 40 miles (60 km) from Salt Lake City, to the southwest.
Salt Lake City was the last link of the First Transcontinental Telegraph, which was completed in October 1861. Brigham Young was among the first to send a message, along with Abraham Lincoln and other officials.
Because of the American Civil War, federal troops were pulled out of the Utah Territory in 1861. It was a boon to the local economy when soldiers sold everything in camps with pennies to the dollar before marching back east to join the war. The area was later abandoned in the hands of the LDS until Patrick E. Connor arrived with a California volunteer regiment in 1862. Connor founded Fort Douglas just 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Salt Lake City and encouraged his subjects to find mineral deposits to bring more non- -Mormon to that area. Minerals are found in Tooele County and miners start flocking to the region.
Beginning in 1865, the Black Hawk Utah War developed into the deadliest conflict in the region's history. Antonga Black Hawk's head died in 1870, but the fight continued to break until additional federal troops were sent to suppress the Ghost Dance of 1872. The war was unique among the Indian Wars because it was a three-way conflict, with Timpanogos Utes led. by Antonga Black Hawk against federal and LDS authorities.
On May 10, 1869, the First Transcontinental Railway was completed at the Promontory Summit, north of Great Salt Lake. The railway line brings more people to the region and some influential entrepreneurs make wealth there.
During the 1870s and 1880s the law was passed to punish polygamy because, in part, for the story that appeared about Utah. In particular, Ann Eliza Young - the tenth wife to divorce Brigham Young, a female lawyer, a national lecturer and author of Wife. 19 or My Life of Bondage and Mr. and Mrs. Fanny Stenhouse, author of The Rocky Mountain Saints (TBH Stenhouse, 1873) and Tell It All: My Life in Mormonism (Fanny Stenhouse, 1875). Both of these women, Ann Eliza and Fanny, testified about the joy of a very early Church member before polygamy began to be practiced. They independently published their books in 1875. Ann Eliza Young's books and lectures have been credited with anti-polygamy laws in the United States by newspapers throughout the United States as recorded in "The Ann Eliza Young Vindicator" , a pamphlet detailing Ms. Young's trip and a warm welcome throughout her talk tour.
T. B. H. Stenhouse, former Utah Mormon polygamist, Mormon missionary for thirteen years and an owner of the Salt Lake City newspaper, finally left Utah and wrote The Rocky Mountain Saints. His book gives a true story of his life in Utah, both good and bad. He eventually abandoned Utah and Mormonism after financial ruin occurred when Brigham Young sent Stenhouse to Ogden, Utah, according to Stenhouse, to take over his pro-Mormon newspaper Salt Lake Telegraph. In addition to this testimony, The Confessions of John D. Lee , written by John D. Lee - suspected "Scape goat" for the Mountain Meadow Massacre - also came out in 1877. Strengthening testimony from Utah from Mormon and former Mormons influenced Congress and the people of the United States.
In the 1890 Manifesto, the LDS Church prohibits polygamy. When Utah filed for statehood again, it was accepted. One of the conditions for giving the state of Utah is that the ban on polygamy is written into the state constitution. This is a necessary condition of other western countries being accepted into the Union later on. The state was officially given on January 4, 1896.
20th century
Beginning in the early 20th century, with the establishment of national parks such as Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National Park, Utah became famous for its natural beauty. Southern Utah became a popular filming ground for rough and grainy scenes featured in the popular medieval western movie genre. From such films, most Americans recognize natural landmarks such as Delicate Arch and "the Mittens" in Monument Valley. During the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, with the construction of the Interstate highway system, accessibility to the southern regions became easier.
Since the establishment of the Alta Ski Area in 1939 and the development of several ski resorts in the mountains of this state, Utah skiing has become famous in the world. Dry, snow powder from the Wasatch Range is considered some of the best skiing in the world (the state plate claims "Biggest Snow on Earth"). Salt Lake City won the bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics, and this has been a big boost for the economy. The ski resorts have increased in popularity, and many Olympic venues built along the Wasatch Front continue to be used for sporting events. Preparations for the Olympics spur the development of a light rail system in the Salt Lake Valley, known as TRAX, and the redevelopment of a highway system around the city.
In 1957, Utah created the Utah State Parks Commission with four parks. Today, Utah State Park manages 43 parks and some undeveloped areas totaling over 95,000 acres (380Ã, km 2 ) of land and over 1,000,000 acres (4,000 km 2 ) water. Utah state parks are scattered throughout Utah; from Bear Lake State Park on the Utah/Idaho border to the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum deep in the Four Corners region, and everywhere in between. Utah State Parks is also home to off state highway vehicles, state boating offices and lane programs.
During the late 20th century, the country grew rapidly. In 1970 its growth was phenomenal on the outskirts of Wasatch Front. Sandy was one of the fastest growing cities in the country at that time. Today, many areas in Utah continue to experience booming time growth. North Davis, South and West Salt Lake, Summit, East Tooele, Utah, Wasatch, and County Washington are all growing very fast. Transportation and urbanization management are major issues in politics, as development consumes agricultural land and wilderness areas, with the density of use creating air pollution.
Geography
Utah is known for its natural diversity and is home to many features ranging from dry deserts to dunes to pine forests that thrive in mountain valleys. It is a rugged and geographically diverse country that is in the convergence of three distinct geological regions: the Rocky Mountains, the Great Valley, and the Colorado Plateau.
Utah is one of the Four Corners states, and is bordered by Idaho to the north, Wyoming to the north and east; by Colorado in the east; at one point by New Mexico to the southeast; by Arizona in the south; and by Nevada in the west. It covers an area of ​​84,899 sq mi (219,890 km 2 ). The state is one of only three US states (with Colorado and Wyoming) that only have latitude and longitude for the boundary.
One of the defining characteristics of Utah is the various fields. Running in the central part of the north of the third state is the Wasatch Range, which rises to a height of nearly 12,000 feet (3,700 m) above sea level. Utah is home to the world-famous ski resort, popular with light, soft snow, and winter storms that regularly spend 1 to 3 feet of snow accumulation overnight. In the northeastern part of the state, running from east to west, is the Uinta Mountains, which rise to an altitude of over 13,000 feet (4,000 m). The highest point in the state, Kings Peak, at 13,528 feet (4,123 m), is located in the Uinta Mountains.
At the western base of the Wasatch Range is the Wasatch Front, a series of valleys and basins that are home to the most populous states. It runs roughly from Brigham City in the far north to Nephi on the southern edge. About 75 percent of the country's population lives in this corridor, and population growth is fast.
Utah West is largely a dry desert with basins and topography. Small mountain ranges and rough terrain signify the landscape. The Bonneville Salt Flats are an exception, which is relatively flat as a result of once forming an ancient Lake Bonneville bed. Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake, Sevier Lake, and Rush Lake are remnants of this ancient fresh water lake, which once covered most of the Eastern Basin. To the west of the Great Salt Lake, stretching to the Nevada border, lies the barren Great Salt Lake Desert. One exception to this aridity is the Snake Valley, which is (relatively) fertile due to large springs and wetlands fed from groundwater derived from melting snow in Snake Range, Deep Creek Range, and other high mountains to the west of Snake Valley. Great Basin National Park is above the Nevada country line in the southern Snake Range. One of the most impressive attractions in Utah West, but the least visited is Notch Peak, the highest limestone cliff in North America, located west of the Delta.
Most of the beautiful southern and southeastern scenery (especially the Colorado Highlands) are sandstone, especially the Kayenta sandstone and Navajo sandstone. The Colorado River and its tributaries pass along sandstone, creating some of the most striking and wild terrains in the world (the area around Colorado and Green Rivers encounters is the last mapped in 48 lower United States regions). Wind and rain have also sculpted soft sandstone for millions of years. Ravines, ditches, arches, peaks, buttes, cliffs and mesas are common sights throughout southern and central Utah.
This field is the main feature of protected state and federal parks such as Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion National Park, Cedar Breaks, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Hovenweep and National Bridge Nature Bridge, Glen Canyon National Recreation Area popular tourist destination sites, Lake Powell), Dead Horse Point and Goblin Valley state parks, and Monument Valley. Navajo Nation also extends to southeastern Utah. Southeastern Utah is also punctuated by the remote mountains, but the sublime La Sal, Abajo, and Henry.
Eastern (northern) Utah is a plateau region mostly covered by plateau and valleys, especially the Tavaputs Highlands and San Rafael Swell, which are largely inaccessible, and the Uinta Basin, where the majority of the eastern Utah residents live. The economy is dominated by mining, oil shale, oil, and natural gas drilling, livestock, and recreation. Most of eastern Utah is part of Indian Ouray's Uintah and Reservation. The most popular destination in northeastern Utah is Dinosaur National Monument near Vernal.
Utah Southwest is the hottest and hottest place in Utah. It is known as Dixie Utah because the early settlers were able to grow cotton there. Washing Beaverdam in southwestern Utah is by far the lowest point in the state, at 2,000 feet (610 m). The northernmost part of the Mojave Desert is also located in this area. Dixie is quickly becoming a popular recreation and retirement destination, and its population is growing rapidly. Although the Wasatch Mountains end up at Mount Nebo near Nephi, a series of intricate mountains extends south from the southern tip of the mountains to the backs of Utah. In the north of Dixie and east of Cedar City is the state's highest ski resort, Brian Head.
Like most western and southwestern states, the federal government has a lot of land in Utah. Over 70 percent of the land is BLM land, Utah State Trustland, or US National Forest, US National Park, US National Monument, National Recreation Area, or U.S. Forests. Utah is the only country where each region has several national forests.
Climate
Utah displays a dry, semi-arid climate to the desert, although many mountains have a variety of climates, with the highest point in the Uinta Mountains being above the wooden line. Dry weather is a result of the country's location in Sierra Nevada's rain shadow in California. The eastern part of the state is located in the rain shadow of the Wasatch Mountains. The main source of rainfall for the country is the Pacific Ocean, with a country usually located on the path of a great Pacific storm from October to May. In the summer, the states, especially south and east of Utah, lie on the monsoon rains of the Gulf of California.
Most lowland areas receive less than 12 inches (305 mm) of rainfall each year, although the I-15 corridor, including the crowded Wasatch Front, receives about 15 inches (381 mm). The Great Salt Lake desert is the driest region in the state, with less than 5 inches (127 mm). Snowfall is common in all the valleys except in the south. Although St. George only receives about 3 inches (8 cm) per year, Salt Lake City sees about 60 inches (152 cm), enhanced by snow-effect snow from the Great Salt Lake, which increases the amount of snow to the south, southeast, and to the east of the lake.
Some areas of the Wasatch Range on the lake-effect path receive up to 500 inches (1,270 cm) per year. This enhanced snowmobile climate from Great Salt Lake reaches the entire proximity of the lake. The cotton valleys adjacent to Salt Lake City are situated in the right position to receive more rain from the lake. Deep snow powder has consistently caused the Utah ski industry to adopt the "Biggest Snow on Earth" slogan of the 1980s. In the winter, temperature inversion is a common phenomenon throughout the Utah low valleys and valleys, leading to a thick fog and fog that can sometimes last for weeks at a time, especially in the Uintah Basin. Although at other times the air quality is good, winter inversion gives Salt Lake City some of the worst winter pollution in the country.
Previous studies have shown a broad decline in snowpacks in Utah accompanied by a decrease in the ratio of snowfall while anecdotal evidence claims have been suggested that changes measured in Utah snowpack are false and do not reflect actual changes. A 2012 study found that the proportion of winter rainfall (January-March) that fell due to snow had decreased by 9% over the past half century, combined results from significant increases in rainfall and a small decrease in snowfall. Meanwhile, the snow depth observed in Utah has decreased and is accompanied by a consistent reduction in snow cover and albedo surface. The weather system with the potential to produce rainfall in Utah has declined in number with those who produce falling snowfall to a much greater degree.
Temperatures in Utah are extreme, with cold temperatures in winter because of their altitude, and very hot summers throughout the state (except mountainous areas and high mountain valleys). Utah is usually protected from large explosions of cold air by mountains located in the north and east of the country, although major arctic blasts can sometimes reach the country. Average January high temperatures range from about 30 ° F (-1 ° C) in some northern valleys to nearly 55 ° F (13 ° C) at St. George.
Temperatures falling below 0 Â ° F (-18 Â ° C) should be expected on occasions in most regions of the country most of the year, although some areas see them frequently (eg, the city of Randolph averages about 50 days per year with dropping temperatures The low one). In July, the average height ranges from about 85 to 100 ° F (29 to 38 ° C). However, low humidity and high elevation usually cause a great temperature variation, which causes the coldest nights of the summer. The record high temperatures in Utah were 118 Â ° F (48 Â ° C), recorded south of St. George on July 4, 2007, and the record low was -69 Â ° F (-56 Â ° C), recorded on Peter Sinks at Bear River Mountains in northern Utah on February 1, 1985. However, the lowest record for the occupied location was -49 Â ° F (-45 Â ° C) at Woodruff on December 12, 1932.
Utah, like most of the western United States, has several days of thunderstorms. On average there are less than 40 days of thunderstorm activity throughout the year, although this storm can be short-lived when it occurs. They are most likely to occur during the rainy season from around mid July to mid September, especially in southern and eastern Utah. Dry lightning strikes and dry weather in general often trigger forest fires in the summer, while severe lightning storms can cause flash floods, especially in difficult terrain in southern Utah. Although spring is the wettest season in northern Utah, late summer is the wettest period for most of the southern and eastern states. Tornadoes are rare in Utah, with an average of twice assaulting the country each year, rarely higher than the intensity of EF1.
One notable exception to the record, however, was the unprecedented Salt Lake City Tornado F2 that moved directly across downtown Salt Lake City on August 11, 1999, killing 1 person, wounding 60 others, and causing an estimated $ 170 million in damage. The only other report on the death of a tornado in Utah history was a 7-year-old girl who was killed while camped in Summit County on July 6, 1884. The final tornado of intensity E (F0) above occurred on September 8, 2002, when a Tornado F2 crashed Manti. On August 11, 1993, an F3 tornado hit the Uinta Mountains north of Duchesne at an altitude of 10,500 feet (3,200 m), causing some damage to the Scout camp. This is the strongest tornado ever recorded in Utah.
Wildlife
Utah is home to over 600 vertebrate animals as well as many invertebrates and insects.
Mammals
Mammals are found in every area of ​​Utah. Larger non-predatory mammals include bison wood, deer, deer, mountain goat, mule deer, pronghorn, and several types of bighorn sheep. Non-predatory small mammals include muskrat, and nutria. Mammalian predators include brown and black bears, joyful cougar, Canadian lynx, forest cat, fox (gray, red, and kit), coyote, badger, gray wolf, black-legged mongoose, mink, mink, long-tailed civet, raccoons, and beavers.
Bird
Insects
There are many different insects found in Utah. One of the rarest coral reefs is Coral Pink Sand Dunes, found only in Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, near Kanab. It is proposed in 2012 to be listed as a threatened species, but the proposal is not accepted.
In February 2009, African honey bees were found in southern Utah. Bees have spread to eight districts in Utah, as far north as the Grand and Emery areas in May 2017.
White lined sphinx moths are common to most of the United States, but it has been reported the outbreak of large groups of their larvae damaging tomatoes, grapes and garden crops in Utah.
Vegetation
Several thousand plants come from Utah.
Demographics
The US Census Bureau estimates that the Utah population is 2,995,919 on July 1, 2015, an 8.40% increase since the 2010 US Census. Utah population centers are located in Utah County in the city of Lehi. Most of the population lives in towns and cities along the Wasatch Front, a metropolitan area that runs north-south with the Wasatch Mountains rising on the east. Growth beyond the Wasatch Front also increased. St. metropolitan area George is currently the second fastest in the country after the Las Vegas metropolitan area, while the Heber micropolitan area is also the second fastest in the country (behind Palm Coast, Florida).
Utah contains five metropolitan areas (Logan, Ogden-Clearfield, Salt Lake City, Provo-Orem, and St. George), and 6 micropolitan areas (Brigham City, Heber, Vernal, Price, Richfield, and Cedar City).
Health and fertility
Utah ranks 47th in teenage pregnancies, the lowest percentage of births out of wedlock, the lowest in the number of abortions per capita, and the lowest in the percentage of teenage pregnancies ending in abortion. However, statistics relating to pregnancy and abortion may also be low from teenagers who leave the country due to abortion due to parental notice requirements. Utah has the lowest child poverty rate in the country, regardless of its young demography. According to the Gallup-Healthways Global Welfare Index in 2012, Utahns ranks fourth in overall wellbeing in the United States. The 2002 national drug prescription study determined that antidepressant drugs "are prescribed in Utah more frequently than in other states, at a rate almost twice the national average." Data show that depression rates in Utah are not higher than the national average.
Ancestors and races
At the 2010 Census, 86.1% of the population was non-Hispanic White, down from 93.8% in 1990, 1% non-Hispanic Black or African American, 1.2% Indian American non-Hispanic and Alaska Native, 2% non-Hispanic Asian, 0.9% non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 0.1% of some other races (non-Hispanic) and 1.8% of two or more races (non-Hispanic). 13.0% of Utah residents are from Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish (of any race).
The largest ancestral groups in the state are:
- 26.0% English
- 11.9% German
- 11.8% Scandinavia (5.4% Denmark, 4.0% Sweden, 2.4% Norway)
- 9.0% Mexico
- 6.6% America
- 6.2% Ireland
- 4.6% Scotland
- 2.7% Italy
- 2.4% Dutch
- 2.2% French
- 2.2% Welsh
- 1.4% Scotch Irish
- 1.3% Switzerland
Most Utahns are descended from Northern Europe. In 2011 a third of the Utah workforce was reported to be bilingual, developed through a second language acquisition program started in elementary school, and linked to missionary goals of Mormonism for young people.
In 2011, 28.6% of Utah's population younger than age one were ethnic minorities, meaning that they had at least one parent who came from a race other than a non-Hispanic whites.
Religion
The majority of the inhabitants of the state are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). In 2012, 62.2% of Utah's population is counted as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mormons currently make up between 34% -41% of the population in Salt Lake City. However, many of the other major population centers such as Provo, Logan, Tooele, and St. George tended to be dominated by Mormons as well as many suburban and rural areas. The religious body with the largest number of trials is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (with 4,815 congregations).
Although the LDS Church officially maintains a policy of neutrality in terms of political parties, church doctrine has a strong regional influence on politics. Other doctrinal effects can be seen at the high utah birth rate (25 percent higher than the national average, highest for US states). The Mormons in Utah tend to have a conservative view when it comes to most political issues and the majority of Utahns voters of ages are unaffiliated voters (60%) who voted highly Republican. Mitt Romney received 72.8% of Utahn votes in 2012, while John McCain surveyed 62.5% in the 2008 United States presidential election and 70.9% for George W. Bush in 2004. In 2010, the Association of Religious Data Archives (ARDA) reports that the three largest denominational groups in Utah are The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with 1,910,504 adherents; The Catholic Church with 160,125 adherents, and the Southern Baptist Convention with 12,593 adherents. There is a small but growing Jewish presence in the state.
According to the results of the 2010 US Census combined with official LDS Church membership statistics, Mormon (a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) represents 62.1% of Utah's total population. The Utah region with the lowest Mormon percentage is Grand County, at 26.5%, while the county with the highest percentage is Morgan County, at 86.1%. In addition, the yield for the most populous area, Salt Lake County, was 51.4%.
According to a Gallup poll, Utah has the third highest number of people reporting as "Very Religious" by 2015, by 55% (just behind Mississippi and Alabama). However, it is close to the national average of people who report as "nonreligious" (31%), and displays the smallest percentage of people reporting as "Moderately Religious" (15%) of any country, being 8 points lower than the second lowest country Vermont. In addition, the church has the highest average weekly church attendance in any state, 51%.
Language
The official language in the state of Utah is English. Utah English is primarily a combination of North and Central American dialects brought to the west by Mormons, whose native New York dialect then incorporates features from southern Ohio and central Illinois. The striking speech in Mormon in the central valley, though now less frequent in Salt Lake City, is a vocal reversal, so 'farm' and 'granary' sounds like 'form' and 'birth' and, conversely, 'form' and 'born' 'sounds like' farm 'and' warehouse '.
In 2000, 87.5% of all state residents five years or older spoke only English at home, a decrease of 92.2% in 1990.
Age and gender
Utah has the highest total birth rate and therefore, the youngest population in any U.S. state. In 2010, the country's population was 50.2% male and 49.8% female.
Economy
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Utah's gross country product in 2012 is US $ 130.5 billion , or 0.87% of total US GDP US $ 14.991 trillion for the year the same one. Personal income per capita is $ 45,700 in 2012. Utah's main industries include: mining, animal husbandry, salt production, and government services.
According to the 2007 New State Economic Index, Utah was ranked the country's top state for Economic Dynamism, determined by "the extent to which the country's economy is knowledge-based, global, entrepreneurial, information-based and innovation-based". In 2014, Utah was ranked number one on the Forbes list of "The Best Country For Business". A November 2010 article in Newsweek magazine highlighted Utah and in particular the regional economic outlook of Salt Lake City, calling it "New economic Zion", and examining how the area has been able to bring high-paying jobs. and attracted high-tech companies to the region during the recession. As of September 2014, the country's unemployment rate was 3.5%. In terms of "small business friendliness", by 2014 Utah emerged as number one, based on a study that took data from more than 12,000 small business owners.
In eastern Utah, petroleum production is a major industry. Near Salt Lake City, petroleum refining is done by a number of oil companies. In central Utah, coal production accounts for much of the mining activity.
According to Internal Revenue Service tax returns, Utahns ranks first among all US states in the proportion of revenues granted for charity by the rich. This is because the standard of 10% of all income that Mormons give to the LDS Church. According to the Corporation for National Services and Communities, Utah has an average of 884,000 volunteers between 2008 and 2010, contributing 89.2 hours per volunteer each. This figure is equivalent to $ 3.8 billion of service contribution, Utah's number one ranking for volunteerism in the country.
Taxation
Utah collects personal income taxes; since 2008 the tax has become 5 percent for all taxpayers. The state sales tax has a base rate of 6.45 percent, with cities and districts imposing additional local sales taxes that vary between municipalities. Property taxes are valued and collected locally. Utah does not impose an intangible property tax and does not impose inheritance tax.
Tourism
Tourism is the main industry in Utah. With five national parks (Arches, Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Capitol Reef, and Zion), Utah has the third most national park of any country after Alaska and California. In addition, Utah features eight national monuments (Cedar Breaks, Dinosaurs, Grand Staircase-Escalante, Hovenweep, Natural Bridge, Ear Bears, Rainbow Bridge and Taveogos Cave), two national recreation areas (Flaming Gorge and Glen Canyon), seven national forests (Ashley, Caribou-Targhee, Dixie, Fishlake, Manti-La Sal, Sawtooth, and Uinta-Wasatch-Cache), and many state parks and monuments.
The Moab area, in the southeastern part of the state, is renowned for its challenging mountain biking trails, including Slickrock. Moab also hosts the famous half-yearly Moab Jeep Safari.
Utah has seen an increase in tourism since the 2002 Winter Olympics. Park City is home to the United States Ski Team. The Utah ski resort is mainly located in northern Utah near Salt Lake City, Park City, Ogden, and Provo. Between 2007 and 2011 Deer Valley in Park City, has been ranked the top ski resort in North America in a survey organized by Ski Magazine.
Besides having excellent snow conditions and world-class facilities, Northern Utah's ski resort is well-liked by tourists for its convenience and proximity to major cities and international airports, as well as close to other ski resorts, allowing skiers the ability to ski at multiple locations within one day. The 2009 Ski Magazine reader survey concluded that six of the top ten resorts were considered the most accessible and six of the top ten with the best snow conditions in Utah. In Southern Utah, Brian Head Ski Resort is located in the mountains near Cedar City. Former Olympic venues including Utah Olympic Park and Utah Olympic Oval still operate for training and competition and allow the public to participate in various activities including ski jumps, bobsleigh, and speed skating.
Utah features many cultural attractions like Temple Square, Sundance Film Festival, Red Rock Film Festival, DOCUTAH Film Festival, Utah Data Center, and Shakespeare Utah Festival. Temple Square is ranked 16th as the most visited tourist attraction in the United States by Forbes magazine, with over five million visitors annually.
Other attractions include the Monument Valley, the Great Salt Lake, the Bonneville Salt Flats, and Lake Powell.
Branding
The state of Utah relies heavily on revenues from tourists and tourists visiting state parks and ski resorts, and thus the need for a Utah "brand" and creating the impression of countries around the world has led to some of the country's best-known slogans of "Largest Snow on Earth ", which has been used in Utah officially since 1975 (though the slogan was not officially used in early 1962) and now adorns nearly 50 percent of the country's license plate. In 2001, Utah Governor Mike Leavitt approved a new state slogan, "Utah! Where Ideas Connect", which lasted until March 10, 2006, when Utah Travel Council and Governor Jon Huntsman's office announced that "Life Elevated" would be the new state slogan.
Mine
Beginning at the end of the 19th century with the country's mining boom (including the Bingham Canyon Mine, among the world's largest open mines), the company attracted a large number of immigrants with employment opportunities. Since the mining days of the Utah Territory have played a major role in Utah's economy. The historic mining towns include Mercur in Tooele County, Silver Reef in Washington County, Eureka in Juab County, Park City in Summit County and numerous coal mining camps throughout the Carbon Area such as Castle Gate, Spring Canyon and Hiawatha.
These settlements are characteristic of the boom and bust cycles that dominate the mining towns of the West America. Park City, Utah, and Alta, Utah were boom cities in the early twentieth century. The rich silver mines in the mountains adjacent to the cities caused many people to flock to the cities for wealth. During the early part of the Cold War era, uranium was mined in eastern Utah. Currently mining activities still play a major role in the country's economy. Minerals mined in Utah include copper, gold, silver, molybdenum, zinc, lead, and beryllium. Fossil fuels including coal, petroleum, and natural gas continue to play a major role in Utah's economy, especially in the eastern part of the country in counties like Carbon, Emery, Grand, and Uintah.
Incident
In 2007, nine people were killed in the Crandall Canyon Mine collapse.
On March 22, 2013, one miner was killed and one wounded after they were caught in a cave in part of the Castle Valley Mining Complex, about 10 miles west of the small mining town of Huntington in Emery County.
Energy
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Potential to use renewable energy sources
Utah has the potential to produce 31.6 TWh/yr of 13.1 GW of wind power, and 10,290 TWh/yr of solar power using 4,048 GW of photovoltaic (PV), including 5.6 GW of roof photovoltaic, and 1,638 GW of concentrated solar power.
Transportation
I-15 and I-80 are major interstate highways in the state, where they intersect and briefly join in downtown Salt Lake City. I-15 across the northern-to-southern state, entering from Arizona near St. George, aligning the Wasatch Front, and crossing over to Idaho near Portage. I-80 runs north of Utah from east to west, entering from Nevada in Wendover, across the Wasatch Mountains east of Salt Lake City, and into Wyoming near Evanston. I-84 West enters from Idaho near Snowville (from Boise) and joins I-15 from Tremonton to Ogden, then heads southeast through the Wasatch Mountains before ending at I-80 near Echo Junction.
I-70 split from I-15 at Cove Fort in central Utah and headed east through mountains and bumpy desert terrain, providing quick access to many national parks and southern Utah national monuments, and has been renowned for its beauty. The 103-mile (163 km) altitude from Salina to Green River is the longest stretch of the state without service and, when completed in 1970, is the longest stretch of a fully newly built highway in the US since the Alaska Highway was completed in 1943.
TRAX, a light rail system in the Salt Lake Valley, consists of three lanes. The Blue Line (formerly Salt Lake/Sandy Line) begins on the outskirts of Draper and ends at Downtown Salt Lake City. The Mid-Jordan/University Line begins at the South Jordan Daybreak Community, a suburb of the southwestern valley, and ends at the University of Utah. The Green Line begins in West Valley City, passes downtown Salt Lake City, and ends at Salt Lake City International Airport.
The Utah Transit Authority (UTA), which operates TRAX, also operates a bus system that runs across the Wasatch Front, west to Grantsville, and east to Park City. In addition, UTA provides winter service to ski resorts east of Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Provo. Some bus companies also provide access to winter ski resorts, and local bus companies also serve the cities of Cedar City, Logan, Park City, and St. Louis. George. The commuter train line known as FrontRunner is also operated by UTA, running between Pleasant View and Provo via Salt Lake City. Amtrak California Zephyr , with one train in every direction every day, crossing east-west through Utah with stops at Green River, Helper, Provo, and Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City International Airport is the only international airport in the state and serves as one of the hubs for Delta Air Lines. The airport is consistently ranked first in the on-time departure and has the fewest cancellations between US airports. The airport has a non-stop service to more than 100 destinations across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, as well as to Amsterdam, London and Paris. Canyonlands Field (near Moab), Cedar City Regional Airport, Ogden-Hinckley Airport, Provo Municipal Airport, St. George, and Vernal Regional Airport all provide limited commercial air services. A new regional airport in St. Petersburg George opened on 12 January 2011. SkyWest Airlines is also headquartered in St. Petersburg. George and has a center in Salt Lake City.
Law and government
The Utah government, like most US states, is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The current Utah governor is Gary Herbert, who was inaugurated on August 11, 2009. The governor was elected for a four-year term. The Utah State Legislature consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives. State senators serve a four-year term and a two-year vice period. The Utah Legislature meets annually in January for a forty-five day annual session.
The Supreme Court of Utah is the last court in Utah. It consists of five judges, appointed by the governor, and then subject to the selection of retention. The Utah Court of Appeal handles cases from the court. Trial level trials are district courts and courts. All judges and judges, like those in the Supreme Court of Utah, are subject to retention selections after appointment.
Counties
Utah is divided into political jurisdictions defined as districts . Since 1918 there have been 29 districts in the state, ranging from 298 to 7,819 square miles (772 to 20,300 km 2 ).
- Total Counties: 29
- Total population 2010: 2,763,885
- Total area of ​​the country: 82,154 sqÃ, mi (212,780 km 2 )
Women's rights
Utah gave full voting to women in 1870, 26 years before becoming a state. Among all U.S. states, only Wyoming was granted a vote for the previous woman. However, in 1887, the early Edmunds-Tucker Act was passed by Congress in an effort to reduce the influence of Mormon in territorial administration. One of the provisions of the Act is the deprivation of women's right to vote; Full voting rights were not returned until Utah was admitted to the Union in 1896.
Utah is one of 15 states that have not ratified the US Human Rights Amendment.
Constitution
The Constitution of Utah came into force in 1895. In particular, the constitution prohibits polygamy, as Congress requested when Utah had applied for the state, and reestablished the practice of the district of women's suffrage. The Utah Constitution has undergone several changes since its inception.
Alcohol, tobacco, and gambling laws
Utah laws related to alcohol, tobacco, and gambling are very strict. Utah is a country of alcoholic beverage control. Utah Alcoholic Drink Control Department regulates the sale of alcohol; liquor and liquor liquor can only be purchased at state liquor stores, and local laws may prohibit the sale of beer and other alcoholic beverages on Sundays. The state banned the sale of fruit alcoholic beverages at grocery stores and department stores. The law states that such drinks should now have a new label approved by the state on the front of a product that contains capital letters in bold type that tells consumers that the drink contains alcohol and what percentage. The Utah Indoor Clean Air Act is a statewide smoking ban, which prohibits smoking in many public places. Utah is one of the few states to establish a 19-year-old smoking age, compared to 18, as in most other states. Utah is also one of only two states in the United States that prohibits all forms of gambling; the other is Hawaii.
same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage becomes lawful in Utah on December 20, 2013 when judge Robert J. Shelby of the United States District Court for Utah District issued a verdict in Kitchen v. Herbert. At the close of the 26 December business, more than 1,225 marriage licenses were issued, with at least 74 percent, or 905 licenses, issued to gay and lesbian couples. The state attorney general's office was granted a postponement of the decision by the United States Supreme Court on January 6, 2014 while the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeal considered the case. On Monday, October 6, 2014, the United States Supreme Court rejected the Writ of Certiorari, and the Circuit Court 10 issued their mandate later, lifting them to stay. Same-sex marriage resumed in Utah that day. Politics
At the end of the 19th century, the federal government took issue with polygamy in the LDS Church. The LDS Church halted plural marriage in 1890, and in 1896 Utah gained recognition to the Union. Many new people settled in the area immediately after the Mormon pioneers. Relationships are often tense between LDS populations and non-LDS populations. This tension has played a major role in the history of Utah (Liberal Party vs. People's Party).
Utah's voice is dominated by Republicans. Latter-day Saints who are self-identified are more likely to choose Republican tickets than non-Mormons, and Utah is one of the most Republican countries in the country. Utah is the only Republic's most lean country in the country in every presidential election from 1976 to 2004, measured by the percentage of margin points between Republican and Democratic candidates. In 2008, Utah was only the third most Republican state (after Wyoming and Oklahoma), but in 2012, with Mormon Mitt Romney on Republican tickets, Utah returned to his position as the most Republican state. However, the results of the 2016 presidential election saw Donald Trump Republic bring the country (marking the thirteenth consecutive victory by Republican presidential candidates) with only plurality, the first time this has happened since 1992.
Both Utah US Senators, Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee, are Republicans. Four other Republicans, Rob Bishop, Chris Stewart, John Curtis and Mia Love, represent Utah in the United States House of Representatives. After Jon Huntsman Jr. resigned to serve as US ambassador to China, Gary Herbert was sworn in as governor on August 11, 2009. Herbert was elected to serve the remaining term in a special election in 2010, defeating Mayor Peter Corroon's Democratic Front Salt Democrat with 64% of the vote. He won the election for a full four year term in 2012, beating Democrats Peter Cooke with 68% of the vote.
The LDS Church maintains an official policy of neutrality with regard to political parties and candidates.
In the 1970s, then Apostle Ezra Taft Benson was quoted by the Associated Press that it would be difficult for a faithful Latter-day Saint to become a liberal Democrat. Although the LDS Church has officially rejected such statements on many occasions, Democratic candidates - including the LDS Democrats - believe that the Republicans are using the perception that Republicans are doctrinally superior. The political scientists and the Dan Jones poll explained this distinction by noting that the national Democratic Party was associated with a liberal position on gay marriage and abortion, both of the LDS Church opposed. The Republicans in Utah's highly Mormon District present themselves as a superior choice for the Latter-day Saints. Although the Democratic Utah candidate is dominated by the LDS, conservative social, and pro-life, no Democrats have prevailed in Utah County since 1994.
David Magleby, dean of Social Sciences and Behavior at Brigham Young University, a lifelong Democrat and a political analyst, insists that Republicans actually have a more conservative position than the LDS Church. Magleby argues that conservative local Democrats are more in line with the doctrine of LDS. For example, the Republican Party of Utah opposes almost all abortions while the Utah Democrats take a more liberal approach, though more conservative than their national counterparts. On the issue of the Second Amendment, the GOP of the state has been at odds with the position of the LDS Church which opposes hidden firearms in places of worship and in public spaces.
In 1998 the church expressed concern that Utahns regarded the Republic Party as an institution of LDS and ratified lifelong Democrats and Seventy Marlin Jensen to promote LDS bipartisanship.
Utah is much more conservative than the United States as a whole, especially on social issues. Compared to other Republican-dominated countries in the Western Highlands such as Wyoming, Utah's politics have a more moralistic and less libertarian character, according to David Magleby.
About 80% of the Utah Legislature are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, while they cover 61 percent of the population. Since becoming a country in 1896, Utah has only two non-Mormon governors.
In 2006, the legislature passed a law aimed at banning custody of a child's non-biological parent. The size of prisoners passes through the legislature and vetoed by the governor, the supporter of reciprocal benefits.
The Carbon County Democrats generally consist of members of large Greek, Italian, and southeastern European communities, whose ancestors migrated in the early 20th century to work in the vast mining industry. The general view among these groups is strongly influenced by labor politics, especially the New Testament Era.
The most statewide state of the Republic is Utah County, which is home to Brigham Young University in the city of Provo, and almost all rural counties. These areas generally have a conservative social view that is in line with national religious rights. The most democratic region in the state is currently in and around Salt Lake City.
The country has not voted for Democrats for president since 1964. Historically, the Republican presidential nominee scored one of their best margin wins here. Utah was the Republic's best country in the 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, and 2004 elections. In 1992, Utah was the only country in the country where Democratic candidate Bill Clinton ended up behind Republican George HW Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot. In 2004, Republican George W. Bush won every county in the state and Utah gave him the biggest margin of victory in any state. He won five electoral votes by 46 percentage points with 71.5 percent of the vote. In the 1996 presidential election, Republican candidates received 54% of the smaller votes while the Democrats earned 34%.
Big cities and big cities
The Utah population is concentrated in two areas, the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the country, with a population of over 2 million; and Washington County, in southwest Utah, locally known as "Dixie", with more than 150,000 residents in the metropolitan area.
According to the 2010 Census, Utah is the second fastest growing country (at 23.8 percent) in the United States between 2000 and 2010 (behind Nevada). George, in the southwest, is the second fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States, following Greeley, Colorado.
The three fastest growing districts from 2000 to 2010 were Wasatch County (54.7%), Washington County (52.9%), and Tooele County (42.9%). However, Utah County adds most people (148,028). Between 2000 and 2010, Saratoga Springs (1.673%), Herriman (1.330%), Eagle Mountain (893%), Cedar Hills (217%), South Willard (168%), Nibley (166%), Syracuse (159%) , West Haven (158%), Lehi (149%), Washington (129%), and Stansbury Park (116%) are all at least twice that of the population. West Jordan (35,376), Lehi (28,379), St. George (23,234), South Jordan (20,981), West Valley City (20,584), and Herriman (20,262) all add at least 20,000 people. |
- Until 2003, the Salt Lake City and Ogden-Clearfield metropolitan areas were considered one metropolitan area.
Colleges and universities
Culture
Sports
Utah is the second least densest US state to have a major professional league franchise, after the Las Vegas Golden Knights join the National Hockey League in 2017. The Utah Jazz from the National Basketball Association plays at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City. The team moved to town from New Orleans in 1979 and has become one of the most consistently successful teams in the league (although they have not won the championship yet). Salt Lake City previously hosted the Utah Star, who competed in the ABA from 1970-76 and won 1 championship, and to Utah Starzz from WNBA from 1997 to 2003.
Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer was founded in 2005 and played their home game at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy. RSL remains the only major sports league team in Utah that has won the national championship, having won the MLS Cup in 2009. RSL currently operates three adult teams other than the MLS team. The True Monarchy, which competes in the Second Level Football League, is the official reserve team for RSL. The team began playing in the 2015 season at Rio Tinto Stadium, remaining there until moving to Zions Bank Stadium, located at the RSL training center in Herriman, for the 2018 season. Utah Royals FC, who will also play at the Rio Tinto Stadium, will start playing in the National Women's Soccer League, top-level women's soccer in the 2018 season. Prior to the creation of the Royals, RSL's primary female team was Real Salt Lake Women, who began playing in the Women's Football League in 2008 and moved to Women's Soccer in 2016. Female RSL
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