Quick Facts
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Photo Courtesy Utah Division of Travel Development/ Steve Greenwood, photographer
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Official symbols
Animal - Rocky Mountain Elk
Bird - California Seagull
Cooking Pot - Dutch Oven
Emblem - Beehive
Fish - Bonneville Cutthroat Trout
Flower - Sego Lily
Folk Dance - Square Dance
Fossil - Allosaurus
Fruit - Cherry
Gem - Topaz
Grass - Indian Rice Grass
Insect - Honey Bee
Mineral - Copper
Motto - "Industry"
Rock - Coal
Star and Astronomical symbol - Dubhe and Beehive Cluster.
Song - "Utah, We Love Thee" by Evan Stephen
Tree - Blue Spruce
Population (1996 est.)
Utah - 2,002,359
Salt Lake County - 818,860
Utah County - 317,879
Davis County - 219,644
Weber - 178,068
Median Age (1995) 27.1 years (Ranked youngest in US)
Birth Rate (1995) 20.3 births/1,000 population (Ranked 2nd Highest in
US)
Death Rate (1996) 5.4 deaths/1,000 population (Ranked 2nd Lowest in US)
Household Size (1995) 3.12 persons/household (Ranked largest in US)
Percent of Population Living in Salt Lake, Davis, Utah & Weber Counties
(1994) 77%
Utah is 84,900 square miles and ranked 11th largest state in the U.S.
Utah peaks, on average, are the tallest in the country. The average
elevation of the tallest
peaks in each of Utah's counties is 11,222 ft.-higher than the same
average in any other state.
-- compiled by Darryl Hawtin, for SLAM! Sports
