Demographics

Initial numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention find a small bump of 22,250 births over 2023's tally. Vermont had the lowest birth rate that year while Utah had the highest.

Net migration, Utah’s biggest driver of growth for the last few years, dipped in 2024. At the same time, the number of births and deaths has stabilized.

More than a quarter of Utah’s new residents last decade were Hispanic, according to recent U.S. Census data. That’s more than the rest of the country and most other western states.

The largest Asian grocery store chain in the country, H Mart, is set to open its first Utah location later this year. Grocery stores have served as an important community meeting place for not just minority communities, but for Utahns as a whole.

More and more Utahns are having fewer and fewer babies.

Utah doesn’t look the same as it did 20 years ago, becoming more diverse, older and less religious.

Six key factors, identified in a new report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, have influenced how the state has grown in recent years.

A new analysis from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute shows a sizable increase in parents between the ages of 25 and 29 between 2020-2021.

New laws targeting LGBTQ+ people are proliferating in GOP-led states, but the conversations often lack a clear understanding of how many people will be directly affected. Data collection on the number of LGBTQ+ people living in the U.S. has been relatively scant.

Between 2020 and 2060, the percentage of Utahns over 65 years old is projected to double, and communities across the state have to prepare to meet their needs.

Utah’s higher ed schools have seen record freshman classes recently and the wave of college-age Utahns is only part of the story.

The latest Utah news from Thursday morning, Oct. 14, 2021