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Show Population Growth The population in Utah has shown an overall rate of increase well above that of the United States in the past decade. The change in the population presents many opportunities and challenges for the public health community. Utah's fertility rate is still above the national average and plays an important role in the increasing population. Migration affects the growth rate as well, but not as significantly in Utah as in other states of the Mountain West. For the year shown in Table 3, when domestic migration accounted for over 50% of the growth in Mountain West states, it accounted for only 23% of Utah's growth. As Table 2 shows, Utah's net migration fell to near zero by 1998. Table 3. Components of Population Change: July 1,1995-July 1,1996 (1,OOP's) Region Net Change Births Deaths Net Net domestic Movement migration from abroad Number % Number % Utah 42.2 2.2 39.8 11.0 3.5 9.9 Mountain West 368.0 2.3 254.6 117.5 40.3 188.8 United States 2,394.1 0.9 3,879.8 2,330.9 855.6 - Montana 9.0 1.0 11.2 7.8 0.3 5.2 Idaho 23.1 2.0 18.1 8.6 2.4 11.0 Wyoming 2.2 0.5 6.3 3.8 0.3 -0.6 Colorado 75.1 2.0 54.5 25.2 9.4 36.0 New Mexico 23.6 1.4 26.9 12.7 4.7 4.7 Arizona 123.1 2.9 72.6 35.9 13.2 72.5 Nevada 69.7 4.5 25.1 12.6 6.4 50.1 In thousands except for percent. Covers period July 1,1995 to July 1,1996 Sources: Statistical Abstract of the United States 1998. P 30. U.S. Bureau of the Census, "ST-96-3 Estimates of the Population of States: Annual Time Series, July 1,1990 to July 1,1996, and Demographic Components of Population Change, Annual Time Series, July 1,1990 to July 1,1996"; release date: December 30,1996; 51 |
