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Utah
Motto: "Industry"
Nicknames: "The Beehive State" - "The Mormon State" - "The Deseret State"
Capital: Salt Lake City
Population: 2,351,467 (Estimate by the US Census Bureau 7/01/03); Ranks 34th in US State Population
Size: 350 miles long and 270 miles wide; covers 84,904 square miles - 13th largest of the 50 states
State Bird: Seagull
State Flower: Sego Lily
The Navajo Indians were referred to by the Apache as "Yuttahih," which means "one that is higher up." Europeans misunderstood this term, and referred to the territory as the land of the Utes because the Ute tribe lived higher in the mountains. Thus it was called Utah.
Utah became a state on January 4, 1896. It was the 45th state to be admitted to the Union.
People who live in or come from Utah are called "Utahans."
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