Utah

Utah
State
State of Utah
Flag Seal
Nickname(s):  "Beehive State" (official), "The Mormon State", "Deseret"
Motto:  Industry
Anthem: "Utah…This Is The Place"
Map of the United States with Utah highlighted
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 County
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
U.S. senators	Mike Lee (R) Mitt Romney (R)
U.S. House delegation	1: Rob Bishop (R) 2: Chris Stewart (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 (Kings Peak[1][2][3])	13,534 ft (4,120.3 m)
Lowest elevation (Beaver Dam Wash at Arizona border[2][3][4])	2,180 ft (664.4 m)
Population  (2019)
• Total	3,205,958
• Rank	30th
• Density	36.53/sq mi (14.12/km2)
• Rank	41st
• Median household income	$68,374[5]
• Income rank	14th
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.gov

Utah state symbols
Flag of Utah
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]

1. ↑ "Kings Peak Target". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Elevations and Distances in the United States". United States Geological Survey. 2001. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Elevation adjusted to North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
4. ↑ Arave, Lynn (August 31, 2006). "Utah's basement—Beaver Dam Wash is state's lowest elevation". Deseret Morning News. Archived from the original on January 22, 2015.
5. ↑ "Median Annual Household Income". The US Census Bureau n. January 28, 2020. Archived from the original on December 20, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
6. ↑ "Utah", Merriam-Webster.com (Online Dictionary ed.), Merriam-Webster, archived from the original on November 4, 2014
7. ↑ https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/immigrants_in_utah.pdf