Utah

Utah
Utah
	State
Kintra	Unitit States
Afore stateheid	Utah Territory
Admittit tae the Union	Januar 4, 1896 (45t)
Lairgest ceety	caipital
Lairgest metro	Salt Lake City
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Gary Herbert (R)
• Lieutenant Governor	Spencer J. Cox (R)
Legislatur	State Legislatur
• Upper hoose	State Senate
• Lawer hoose	Hoose o Representatives
U.S. senators	Mitt Romney (R); Mike Lee (R)
U.S. Hoose delegation	1: Rob Bishop (R); 2: Chris Stewart (R); 3: Jason Chaffetz (R); 4: Mia Love (R) (leet);
Population
• Total	3,051,217 (2,016 est)
• Density	14.34/km2 (37.15/sq mi)
• Median hooseaud income	$66258
• Income rank	11t
Leid
• Offeecial leid	Inglis
Trad. abbreviation	Ut.
Latitude	37° N tae 42° N
Longitude	109° 3′ W tae 114° 3′ W

Utah (/ˈjuːtɔː/ or ⁱ/ˈjuːtɑː/) is a state in the Wastren Unitit States. It wis the 45t state admit tae the Union, on 4 Januar 1896. Aboot 80% o Utah's 2,763,885 fowk live alang the Wasatch Front, centerin on Salt Lake Ceety. This leaves vast expanses o the state near uninhabitit, makkin the population the saxt maist urbanized in the U.S. The name "Utah" is derived frae the name o the Ute tribe an means "fowk o the muntains" in the Ute leid. Utah haes mairches wi Arizona soothlins, Colorado eastlins, Wyoming northeastlins, Idaho northlins an Nevada wastlins. It touches a corner o New Mexico an aa.

Utah is the maist releegiously homogeneous state in the Union. Aboot 60% o Utahns is reportit tae be members o The Kirk o Jesus Christ o Latter-day Saunts (LDS Kirk), that greatly influences Utah cultur an daily life.

The state is a centre o transportation, information technology an research, govrenment services, minin, an a major tourist destination for ootdoor recreation. Accordin tae the U.S. Census Bureau's population estimates, Utah wis the festest growin state in the Unitit States as o 2008. St. George, Utah, wis the festest growin metropolitan aurie in the Unitit States frae 2000–2005.