The State of Utah
was the 45th state admitted to the
Union on January 4, 1896.
Approximately 80 percent of Utah's
2,736,424 people live around Salt
Lake City. In contrast, vast
expanses of the state are nearly
uninhabited, making the population
the sixth most urbanized in the
U.S. The name "Utah" is derived
from the Ute Indian language,
meaning "people of the mountains."