City and State Information for Utah

Cities and Towns

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Utah Facts and Statistics

Capital	Salt Lake City
Date entered the Union	Jan. 4, 1896 (45th)
Land Area	82,144 sq mi. (212,753 sq km)
Population Density	27.2 people per square mile
Record High Temperature (F)	117 (July 05, 1895)
Record High Temperature (C)	47
Record Low Temperature (F)	–69 (February 01, 1985)
Record Low Temperature (C)	–56
Average Elevation	6,100 feet
High Elevation	13,528 feet
Low Elevation	2,000 feet

Origin of the name Utah: From the Ute tribe, meaning “people of the mountains”

State Symbols

A state's official symbols represent the composition and culture of the land and people who live and have lived here. Below are the symbols of Utah along with the year they became official.

Flower	Sego Lily (1911)
Tree	Blue Spruce (1933)
Bird	California Gull (1955)
Emblem	Beehive (1959)
Song	“Utah, We Love Thee” (1953)
Gem	Topaz
Animal	Rocky Mountain Elk (1971)
Insect	Honeybee (1983)
Grass	Indian Rice Grass (1990)
Fossil	Allosaurus (1988)
Cooking Pot	Dutch Oven (1997)
Fish	Bonneville Cutthroat Trout (1997)
Fruit	Cherry (1997)
Mineral	Copper
Rock	Coal (1991)