The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Utah:

Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to it ...

– state in the Western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the

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on January 4, 1896. Utah is the 13th-largest, the 34th-most populous, and the 10th-least-densely populated of the 50 United States. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,817,222 people live along the

Wasatch Front The Wasatch Front is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Utah. It consists of a chain of contiguous cities and towns stretched along the Wasatch Range from approximately Provo in the south to Logan in the nort ...

, centering on

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...

, leaving vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited and making the population the sixth most urbanized in the U.S. Utah is the most religiously homogeneous state in the Union. Approximately 63% of Utahns are reported to be members of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian Christian church that considers itself to be the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus Christ. The ch ...

or LDS ( Mormons), which greatly influences Utah culture and daily life. The world headquarters of

(LDS Church) is located in Utah's state capital.

General reference

* Names ** Common name:

*** or ** Official name:

State of Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its we ...

** Abbreviations and name codes *** Postal symbol: UT *** ISO 3166-2 code: US-UT ***

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: .ut.us ** Nicknames *** Beehive State ***

Mormon Mormons are a religious and cultural group related to Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint movement started by Joseph Smith in upstate New York during the 1820s. After Smith's death in 1844, the movement split into severa ...

State *** Friendly State (in disuse) (formerly used on

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) *** Greatest Snow on Earth (formerly used on all license plates; now an alternate slogan on license plates alongside the state's current tourism slogan, "Life Elevated") * Adjectival:

* Demonyms **

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Geography of Utah

Geography of Utah * Utah is: a

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of the United States of America * Location ** Northern hemisphere **

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******* Contiguous United States ********

Western United States The Western United States (also called the American West, the Far West, and the West) is the region comprising the westernmost states of the United States. As American settlement in the U.S. expanded westward, the meaning of the term ''the We ...

********* Mountain West United States ********* Southwestern United States * Population of Utah: 2,763,885 (2010 U.S. Census) * Area of Utah: * Atlas of Utah

Places in Utah

* Historic places in Utah ** Abandoned communities in Utah ***

Ghost towns in Utah A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...

** National Historic Landmarks in Utah ** National Register of Historic Places listings in Utah *** Bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Utah * National Natural Landmarks in Utah * National parks in Utah * State parks in Utah

Environment of Utah

* Climate of Utah * Superfund sites in Utah * Wildlife of Utah ** Fauna of Utah *** Birds of Utah

Natural geographic features of Utah

Mountain ranges of Utah A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...

* Plateaus of Utah * Rivers of Utah *

Valleys of Utah A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains, which will typically contain a river or stream running from one end to the other. Most valleys are formed by erosion of the land surface by rivers or streams over ...

Regions of Utah

Northern Utah The Wasatch Front is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Utah. It consists of a chain of contiguous cities and towns stretched along the Wasatch Range from approximately Provo in the south to Logan in the north, ...

* Southern Utah

Administrative divisions of Utah

* The 29 counties of the state of Utah ** Municipalities in Utah *** Cities in Utah ****

State capital Below is an index of pages containing lists of capital cities. National capitals *List of national capitals * List of national capitals by latitude *List of national capitals by population * List of national capitals by area * List of capital c ...

of Utah:

**** Largest city of Utah:

**** City nicknames in Utah

Demography of Utah

Demographics of Utah

Government and politics of Utah

Politics of Utah * Form of government: U.S. state government *

United States congressional delegations from Utah Since Utah became a U.S. state in 1896, it has sent United States Congress, congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years. Before the Seven ...

* Utah State Capitol * Elections in Utah * Political party strength in Utah *

Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act The State of Utah passed legislation in 2012—the Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act—to require the Federal government to grant the majority of federal land in the state to the state of Utah after 2014. According to Donald J. Kochan, the federal ...

, passed 2012, becomes effective 31 December 2014

Branches of the government of Utah

Government of Utah

Executive branch of the government of Utah

Governor of Utah A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

Lieutenant Governor of Utah The office of the lieutenant governor of Utah was created in 1975. Nine people have held the position since then. Prior to the creation of the lieutenant governor's office, the succession to the governorship of Utah was held by the Utah Secretary ...

* State departments **

Utah Department of Transportation The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is an agency of the state government of Utah, United States; it is usually referred to by its initials UDOT (pronounced "you-dot"). UDOT is charged with maintaining the more than of roadway that co ...

Legislative branch of the government of Utah

Utah State Legislature The Utah State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. It is a bicameral body, comprising the Utah House of Representatives, with 75 state representatives, and the Utah Senate, with 29 state senators. There are no term li ...

( bicameral) **

Upper house An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restric ...

: Utah Senate ** Lower house:

Utah House of Representatives The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district conta ...

Judicial branch of the government of Utah

Courts of Utah * Supreme Court of Utah

Law and order in Utah

Law of Utah * Cannabis in Utah *

Capital punishment in Utah Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Utah. Utah was the first state to resume executions after the 1972–1976 national moratorium on capital punishment ended with ''Gregg v. Georgia'', when Gary Gilmore was executed by firi ...

** Individuals executed in Utah * Constitution of Utah *

Crime in Utah This article refers to crime in the U.S. state of Utah. Statistics In 2008 there were 98,457 crimes reported in Utah, including 40 murders. In 2014 there were 91,057 crimes reported, including 67 murders. Capital punishment laws Capital punishm ...

* Gun laws in Utah * Law enforcement in Utah ** Law enforcement agencies in Utah *

Same-sex marriage in Utah Same-sex marriage in Utah has been legal since October 6, 2014. On December 20, 2013, the state began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as a result of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah's ruling in the case of '' Kitchen ...

Military in Utah

Utah Air National Guard The Utah Air National Guard (UT ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of Utah, USA. Along with the Utah Army National Guard it is an element of the Utah National Guard. As state militia units, the units in the Utah Air National Guard are not in ...

Utah Army National Guard The Utah National Guard comprises both Army and Air National Guard components. The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions. The National Guard is the only United States milita ...

History of Utah

History of Utah The History of Utah is an examination of the human history and social activity within the state of Utah located in the western United States. Prehistory Archaeological evidence dates the earliest habitation of Native Americans in Utah to about ...

History of Utah, by period

Indigenous peoples Indigenous peoples are culturally distinct ethnic groups whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular geographic region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those original people ...

* Domínguez–Escalante expedition, 1776 * Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819 *

Mexican War of Independence The Mexican War of Independence ( es, Guerra de Independencia de México, links=no, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico's independence from Spain. It was not a single, co ...

, September 16, 1810 – August 24, 1821 **

Treaty of Córdoba The Treaty of Córdoba established Mexican independence from Spain at the conclusion of the Mexican War of Independence. It was signed on August 24, 1821 in Córdoba, Veracruz, Mexico. The signatories were the head of the Army of the Three Guara ...

, August 24, 1821 *

Mexican–American War The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the (''United States intervention in Mexico''), was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1 ...

, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848 **

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ( es, Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo), officially the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits, and Settlement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States, is the peace treaty that was signed on 2 ...

, February 2, 1848 * Mormon settlement, 1847–1861 ** Mormon Trail, 1847–1869 **

Mormon handcart pioneers The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) to Salt Lake City, Utah, who used handcarts to transport their belongings. The Mormon handcart movement b ...

, 1856–1860 * Unorganized territory of the United States, 1848–1850 **

State of Deseret The State of Deseret (modern pronunciation , contemporaneously ) was a proposed state of the United States, proposed in 1849 by settlers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Salt Lake City. The provisional stat ...

(extralegal), 1849–1850 *

Territory of Utah The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah, the 45th state ...

, 1850–1896 **

Compromise of 1850 The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired in the Mexican–Am ...

Walker War Walker or The Walker may refer to: People *Walker (given name) *Walker (surname) * Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer Places In the United States *Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County *Walker, Mono County, California ...

, 1853–1854 **

Tintic War The Tintic War was a short series of skirmishes occurring in February 1856 in the Tintic and Cedar Valleys of Utah, occurring after the conclusion of the Walker War. It was named after a subchief of the Ute and involved several clashes between s ...

, 1856 **

Mountain Meadows Massacre The Mountain Meadows Massacre (September 7–11, 1857) was a series of attacks during the Utah War that resulted in the mass murder of at least 120 members of the Baker–Fancher emigrant wagon train. The massacre occurred in the southern U ...

, 1857 **

Jefferson Territory The Territory of Jefferson was an extralegal and unrecognized United States territory that existed from October 24, 1859 until the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861. The Jefferson Territory, named for Founding Father and ...

(extralegal), 1859–1861 **

Pony Express The Pony Express was an American express mail service that used relays of horse-mounted riders. It operated from April 3, 1860, to October 26, 1861, between Missouri and California. It was operated by the Central Overland California and Pi ...

, 1860–1861 **

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states ...

, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 ***

Utah in the American Civil War The Utah Territory (September 9, 1850 - January 4, 1896) during the American Civil War was far from the main operational theaters of war, but still played a role in the disposition of the United States Army, drawing manpower away from the volunte ...

First Transcontinental Telegraph The first transcontinental telegraph (completed October 24, 1861) was a line that connected the existing telegraph network in the eastern United States to a small network in California, by means of a link between Omaha, Nebraska and Carson City, ...

completed 1861 **

Morrisite War The Morrisite War was a skirmish between a Latter Day Saint sect known as the " Morrisites" and the Utah territorial government. Morrisites In 1857 Joseph Morris, an English convert to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah, r ...

, 1862 **

Black Hawk War The Black Hawk War was a conflict between the United States and Native Americans led by Black Hawk, a Sauk leader. The war erupted after Black Hawk and a group of Sauks, Meskwakis (Fox), and Kickapoos, known as the " British Band", cros ...

, 1865–1872 ** History of women's suffrage in Utah ** First transcontinental railroad completed on May 10, 1869 **

Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869 The Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869, led by American naturalist John Wesley Powell, was the first thorough cartographic and scientific investigation of long segments of the Green and Colorado rivers in the southwestern United States, includi ...

becomes 45th State admitted to the United States of America on January 4, 1896 **

Zion National Park Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale. Located at the junction of the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Mojave Desert regions, the park has a unique geography and a variety of ...

established on November 19, 1919 ** Utah National Park established on June 7, 1924 ** Utah National Park renamed

Bryce Canyon National Park Bryce Canyon National Park () is an American national park located in southwestern Utah. The major feature of the park is Bryce Canyon, which despite its name, is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern ...

on February 25, 1928 ** Canyonlands National Park established on September 12, 1964 **

Arches National Park Arches National Park is a national park in eastern Utah, United States. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, north of Moab, Utah. More than 2,000 natural sandstone arches are located in the park, including the well-known Delicate Arch, ...

established on November 12, 1971 **

Capitol Reef National Park Capitol Reef National Park is an American national park in south-central Utah. The park is approximately long on its northsouth axis and just wide on average. The park was established in 1971 to preserve of desert landscape and is open all ye ...

established on December 18, 1971 ** XIX Olympic Winter Games, 2002

Culture of Utah

Culture of Utah * Museums in Utah *

Religion in Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its we ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah refers to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and its members in Utah. Utah has more church members than any other U.S. state or country. The LDS Church is also the ...

** Episcopal Diocese of Utah *

Scouting in Utah Scouting in Utah has a long history, from the 1910s to the present day, serving thousands of youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live. History The first known Boy Scout Troop was the Episcopalian Troop One led by Reverend R ...

* State symbols of Utah ** Flag of the State of Utah ** Great Seal of the State of Utah Seal of Utah

The arts in Utah

Music of Utah Music of Utah has long been influenced culturally by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The local music scene thrives. The musical history of Utah, and much of its current distinctiveness, is owed to artists from a var ...

Sports in Utah

Sports in Utah Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...

* Professional sports teams in Utah

Economy and infrastructure of Utah

Economy of Utah * Communications in Utah ** Newspapers in Utah **

Radio stations in Utah The following is a list of FCC-licensed radio stations in the U.S. state of Utah, which can be sorted by their call signs, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats. List of radio stations Defunct * KCVD-LP * KE ...

** Television stations in Utah * Energy in Utah **

List of power stations in Utah This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in the U.S. state of Utah, sorted by type and name. In 2020, Utah had a total summer capacity of 9,263 MW through all of its power plants, and a net generation of 37,087 GWh. The correspondi ...

** Solar power in Utah ** Uranium mining in Utah ** Wind power in Utah * Health care in Utah ** Hospitals in Utah * Transportation in Utah **

Airports in Utah An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfac ...

** Roads in Utah *** State highways in Utah

Education in Utah

Education in Utah * Schools in Utah ** School districts in Utah *** High schools in Utah ** Colleges and universities in Utah ***

Utah System of Higher Education The Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) is the public university system of the state of Utah. It includes each of the state's sixteen public institutions of higher education, including its eight technical colleges. History On March 21, 1969, ...

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