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Utah Fun Facts

Capital: Salt Lake City

State abbreviation/Postal code: Utah/UT

Governor: Gary Herbert, R (to Jan. 2013)

Lieut. Governor: Greg Bell, R (to Jan. 2013)

Senators: Mike Lee, R (to Jan. 2017); Orrin G. Hatch, R (to Jan. 2013)

U.S. Representatives: 3

Historical biographies of Congressional members

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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