Utah - Facts and Figures. GENERAL INFORMATION Capital Statehood Salt Lake City January 4, 1896 the 45th state State nickname Name for residents State motto Abbreviation The Beehive State Utahns Industry UT LAND Total area 219,887 sq km 84,899 sq mi Rank among states in total area Land area 13th 212,812 sq km 82,167 sq mi Highest point Kings Peak 4,123 m/13,526 ft Forested land as a share of total area 29.8 percent (2002) Federally owned land as a share of land area 66.5 percent (2002) PEOPLE Population Rank among states in population Ten-year population growth Population density 2,645,330 (2007 estimate) 34th 29.6 percent (1990-2000) 12 persons per sq km (2006 estimate) 31 persons per sq mi (2006 estimate) Urban population 88.2 percent (2000) Largest cities (by population) Salt Lake City 178,097 (2005 estimate) West Valley City 113,300 (2005 estimate) P rovo 113,984 (2006) Sandy 94,203 (2006) O rem 90,857 (2006) Ethnic groups Whites 89.2 percent (2000) Asians 1.7 percent (2000) Native Americans 1.3 percent (2000) Blacks 0.8 percent (2000) Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.7 percent (2000) Mixed heritage or not reporting 6.3 percent (2000) Hispanics (of any race) 9 percent (2000) HEALTH AND EDUCATION Life expectancy Infant mortality rate 77.7 years (1989-1991) 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2004) Residents per physician 477 people (2005) Residents per hospital bed 541 people (2005) Share of population not covered by health insurance Number of students per teacher (K-12) Government spending per student (K-12) Share of students attending private school Share of people over age 25 with high school diploma 17.4 percent (2006) 22.4 (2003) $5,969 (2002-2003) 2.6 percent (1999) 90.2 percent (2006) GOVERNMENT State government Governor Jon Huntsman (term ends January, 2009) Legislature Senate, 29 members House of Representatives, 75 members National representation Members of the U.S. Senate 2 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives 3 Electoral votes 5 ECONOMY Gross state product (GSP) Income per capita $98 billion (2006) $26,946 (2004) GSP by economic sector Agriculture, forestry, and fishing 0.6 percent (2004) Industry Construction 5.8 percent (2004) Manufacturing 10.4 percent (2004) Mining 1.3 percent (2004) Transportation and utilities 5.2 percent (2004) Services Finance, insurance, and real estate 21.5 percent (2004) G overnment 14.3 percent (2004) Information technology 4 percent (2004) Retail trade 7.9 percent (2004) Wholesale trade 5.2 percent (2004) Other services 24 percent (2004) Employment Number of workers 1,311,000 (2006 estimate) Unemployment rate 2.9 percent (2006 estimate) Share of workers in unions 4.9 percent (2005) ENERGY, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION Electricity production Share from geothermal, solar, and wind 0.5 percent (2005 estimate) Share from hydroelectric 2.1 percent (2005 estimate) Share from nuclear 0 percent (2004) Share from thermal 97.4 percent (2005 estimate) Daily newspaper circulation per 1,000 people 130 newspapers per 1,000 people (2006 estimate) Share of households with Internet access 62.6 percent (2003 estimate) Number of library books circulated per resident Length of highways 11.7 books per person (2002) 70,124 km (2005) 43,573 mi (2005) Length of interstate highways 1,513 km (2005) 940 mi (2005) Length of railroad tracks 2,337 km (2004) 1,452 mi (2004) Airports 7 (2007) SOURCES The Association of American Railroads (www.aar.org), Bureau of Economic Analysis (www.bea.doc.gov), Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), Census Bureau (www.census.gov), Energy Information Administration (www.eia.doe.gov), Federal Aviation Administration (www.faa.gov), Federal Highway Administration (www.fhwa.dot.gov), Forest Service (www.fs.fed.us), General Services Administration (www.gsa.gov), National Agricultural Statistics Service (www.usda.gov/nass), National Center for Education Statistics (nces.ed.gov), National Center for Health Statistics (www.cdc.gov/nchs), National Telecommunications and Information Administration (www.ntia.doc.gov). Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
