Ben Winslow is a reporter with FOX 13 covering a variety of topics including politics, polygamy, vice and courts.
SALT LAKE CITY — A major new demographic and economic report released on Monday shows significant changes in Utah.
In fact, 23.3% of Utah's population now is made up of racial and ethnic minorities. It's a significant jump from 9.5% in 1990. The largest minority population is now Hispanic/Latino with just over 15%."The demographic is changing and that landscape in terms of diverse communities is growing," the Murray City Council member said in an interview with FOX 13 News.
The report, titled"The New Utah," finds that the state's birth rate has declined for the past 14 years. From 2000-2020, 66% of Utah's population was linked to births. In 2021-2022, that number dropped to 39%. Now the majority of Utah's population growth comes from migration. The data collected by the Gardner Policy Institute finds Utah's migration is coming from California , Texas and Idaho .
While Utah continues to have what the institute termed an"elite" economy with a low unemployment rate and high job growth , we do have some major problems that need to be addressed. The report specifically called out Utah's lack of affordable housing and said it presents a"major economic risk." "That really creates opportunity for those mixed incomes to be in development and that also includes elders. We are a multi-generational family community within Murray City," she said.
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