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Capital: Salt Lake City

State Abbreviation/Postal Code: Utah/UT

Governor: Gary Herbert, R (to Jan. 2011)

Senators: Robert F. Bennett, R (to Jan. 2011) Orrin G. Hatch, R (to Jan. 2013)

U.S. Representatives: 3

Treasurer: Richard Ellis, R (to Jan. 2013)

Atty. General: Mark Shurtleff, R (to Jan. 2013)

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 (2003 est.): Salt Lake City, 179,894; West Valley City, 111,687; Provo, 105,410; Sandy, 89,319; Orem, 87,599; West Jordan, 84,701; Ogden, 78,293; Layton, 60,769; Taylorsville, 58,701; St. George, 56,382

Land Area: 82,144 sq. mi. (212,735 sq km)

Geographic center: In San Pete Co., 3 mi. N. of Manti

Number of counties: 29

Largest county by population and area: Salt Lake, 935,295 (2004); San Juan, 7,821 sq mi.

National Parks: 5

National Monuments: 6

State parks/forests: 45 (64,097 ac.)

Residents: Utahan, Utahn

2004 resident population est.: 2,389,039

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.