Utahns identifying as minorities made up most of the state’s growth in 2023, and offset some of the population losses in several counties, federal data shows.
The Beehive State grew by more than 36,000 people between July 1, 2022, and July 1, 2023, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Nearly 73% of that growth was because of people identifying as something other than non-Hispanic white, based on a Salt Lake Tribune analysis of the data, backed up by a fact sheet from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.
But the minority population dropped in three counties — including the most diverse of Utah’s 29 counties.
Each year the Census Bureau estimates population at varying levels of geography.
That includes county and city-level estimates, and estimates showing age, sex, race and Hispanic origin at the national, state and county levels.
The latest estimates show diversity increasing across the United States, and that Utah as a whole continues to become more …