Utah is the youngest state in the country by more than four years, but it’s getting older, according to U.S. Census data released last month.
also shows Utahns are more diverse than they were in 2010 and that households are getting smaller.
Minors are a shrinking portion of the state’s population — people age 5 or younger made up 9.5% of the population in 2010 and 7.3% of the population in 2020, and the proportion of people age 5 to 17 dropped from 22% to 21.6%. The largest population growth was in people identifying as at least two races, who made up 2.7% of the population in 2010. That jumped to 8.5% in 2020.Utah households are getting smaller as the state becomes older and more diverse.
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