Posted on 04/21/2005 9:32:00 AM PDT by kiriath_jearim
Utah May Be One of Fastest-Growing States
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press Writer
April 21, 2005, 7:42 AM EDT
SALT LAKE CITY -- With a big influx of retirees and lots of fertile, family-minded Mormons, Utah is projected to be one of the five fastest-growing states over the next three decades.
The Census Bureau said Thursday that Utah's population is expected to increase 56 percent, or by more than 1.2 million people, between 2000 and 2030. Nevada and Arizona are expected to double in population, and a gain of nearly 80 percent is projected in Florida and almost 60 percent in Texas.
One reason for the boom in Utah is the Mormon church. It is estimated at least 70 percent of the state's 2.2 million residents are members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Because of the church's emphasis on big families, Utah's fertility rate is 2.56 children per woman of childbearing age, the highest in the nation. (The national rate was 2.03 in 2001.) The state also has the nation's highest average of people per household, 3.13, and the lowest median age, 27.5.
It also has one of the nation's fastest-growing older populations. Its 65-and-older population has climbed 27 percent in the past 10 years, and will rise an additional 28 percent in the next decade, according to the Utah Division of Aging and Adult Services.
Retiring baby boomers -- many of them from California -- are moving to Utah, often drawn by the red-rock beauty of the southern part of the state.
Judy and Steve Merrill moved to St. George, billed unofficially as Utah's retirement capital, last fall from their home in northern Virginia. They previously owned a second home in Arizona.
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MAn I dont want any more people to move to AZ, Phoenix is getting too big as it stands now.
It'll be a suburb of LA soon...(G)
And it is solidly RED...
Liberals move to conservative areas when they tire of the consequences of years of liberal policies. Unfortunately, they bring with them their same liberal mentality.
The growing states are all red. This is good news for the future of the Republican Party.
Boy ain't that the truth....even in Nashville.
Very true in South Florida as well, which is why you have Wexler and Wasserman-Rubin, both of whom were born in New York (Wasserman-Rubin attended Forest Hills High with a friend of mine).
Like a lot of people leaving Boston to move to New Hampshire. I don't know if these people realize they are getting away from problems caused by their stupid policies.
Wasserman?
The chick that looks sorta like Fatal Attraction?
Polygamy rights. Who's to say homosexuals have rights and these folks don't? At least they're not declaring war on nature and killing people off through disease like homosexuals.
I don't understand why these folks aren't demanding their "private" lives be acknowledged as well.
I'm not Mormon, but if I were I'd definitely speak up! If Utah is growing this fast, they may be the first state to legalize Polygamy. After all, the ball has already started rolling, and there's no stopping it without a federal Marriage amendment.
they're like a spreading cancer. whenever they infect a new area with their depravity, they move on to some other nice little crime-free community.
The liberals are aborting themselves. The pro-lifers are being fruitful and multiplying.
Let's add a couple more electoral votes to Utah for 2012.
The chick that looks sorta like Fatal Attraction?
I'm not going to be IGNORED, Jeb!
And they head right for the kids in the public schools.
Where are they going to put another 5 million people in Arizona? Can Phoenix keep going in every direction?
Not if the ones moving in are liberals.
Yep...Las Vegas already is, and it is creeping northward.
I, however, am 'Mormon', and I strongly disagree. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (aka the Mormon church) is a church based on revelation. It does not involve itself in politics. Just because the homosexual lobby (which we strongly disagree with, on moral principle) is pushing for acceptance of gay marriage, doesn't mean we will jump on the bandwagon. There will be no push for polygamy by any LDS anywhere, I guarantee it. And what does being one of the fastest growning states have to do with legalizing polygamy?
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