Outline of Utah explained

See also: Timeline of Utah history and Index of Utah-related articles.

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

Utah  - state in the Western United States. It became the 45th state admitted to the Union 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^[1] people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City, leaving vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited and making the population the sixth most urbanized in the U.S.^[2] 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 or LDS (Mormons), which greatly influences Utah culture and daily life. The world headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is located in Utah's state capital.

General reference

• Names
  • Common name: Utah
    • or
  • Official name: State of Utah
  • Abbreviations and name codes
    • Postal symbol: UT
    • ISO 3166-2 code: US-UT
    • Internet second-level domain: .ut.us
  • Nicknames
    • Beehive State
    • Mormon State^[3]
    • Friendly State (in disuse) (formerly used on license plates)^[4]
    • 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: Utah
• Demonyms
  • Utahn
  • Utahan

Geography of Utah

Geography of Utah

• Utah is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America
• Location
  • Northern hemisphere
  • Western hemisphere
    • Americas
      • North America
        • Anglo America
        • Northern America
          • United States of America
            • Contiguous United States
              • Western United States
                • Mountain West United States
                • Southwestern United States
• Population of Utah: 2,763,885 (2010 U.S. Census^[5])
• Area of Utah:
• Atlas of Utah

Places in Utah

• Historic places in Utah
  • Abandoned communities in Utah
    • Ghost towns in Utah
  • 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
• Plateaus of Utah
• Rivers of Utah
• Valleys of Utah

Regions of Utah

• Northern Utah
• Southern Utah

Administrative divisions of Utah

• The 29 counties of the state of Utah
  • Municipalities in Utah
    • Cities in Utah
      • State capital of Utah: Salt Lake City
      • Largest city of Utah: Salt Lake City
      • 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
• Utah State Capitol
• Elections in Utah
• Political party strength in Utah
• Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act, 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
  • Lieutenant Governor of Utah
• State departments
  • Utah Department of Transportation

Legislative branch of the government of Utah

• Utah State Legislature (bicameral)
  • Upper house: Utah Senate
  • Lower house: Utah House of Representatives

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
  • Individuals executed in Utah
• Constitution of Utah
• Crime in Utah
• Gun laws in Utah
• Law enforcement in Utah
  • Law enforcement agencies in Utah
• Same-sex marriage in Utah

Military in Utah

• Utah Air National Guard
• Utah Army National Guard

History of Utah

History of Utah

History of Utah, by period

• Indigenous peoples
• Domínguez–Escalante expedition, 1776
• Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819
• Mexican War of Independence, September 16, 1810 – August 24, 1821
  • Treaty of Córdoba, August 24, 1821
• Mexican–American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848
• Mormon settlement, 1847–1861
  • Mormon Trail, 1847–1869
  • Mormon handcart pioneers, 1856–1860
• Unorganized territory of the United States, 1848–1850
  • State of Deseret (extralegal), 1849–1850
• Territory of Utah, 1850–1896
  • Compromise of 1850
  • Walker War, 1853–1854
  • Tintic War, 1856
  • Mountain Meadows Massacre, 1857
  • Jefferson Territory (extralegal), 1859–1861
  • Pony Express, 1860–1861
  • American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
    • Utah in the American Civil War
  • First Transcontinental Telegraph completed 1861
  • Morrisite War, 1862
  • Black Hawk War, 1865–1872
  • History of women's suffrage in Utah
  • First transcontinental railroad completed on May 10, 1869
  • Powell Geographic Expedition of 1869
• State of Utah becomes 45th State admitted to the United States of America on January 4, 1896
  • Zion National Park established on November 19, 1919
  • Utah National Park established on June 7, 1924
  • Utah National Park renamed Bryce Canyon National Park on February 25, 1928
  • Canyonlands National Park established on September 12, 1964
  • Arches National Park established on November 12, 1971
  • Capitol Reef National Park established on December 18, 1971
  • XIX Olympic Winter Games, 2002

Culture of Utah

Culture of Utah

• Museums in Utah
• Religion in Utah
  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah
  • Episcopal Diocese of Utah
• Scouting in Utah
• State symbols of Utah

The arts in Utah

• Music of Utah

Sports in Utah

Sports in Utah

• Professional sports teams in Utah

Economy and infrastructure of Utah

Economy of Utah

• Communications in Utah
  • Newspapers in Utah
  • Radio stations in Utah
  • Television stations in Utah
• Energy in Utah
  • List of power stations in Utah
  • 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
  • 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

See also

• Topic overview:
  • Utah

• • Index of Utah-related articles

External links

Notes and References

1. Web site: Annual Estimates of the Population for the United States, Regions, States, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012. CSV. 2012 Population Estimates. United States Census Bureau, Population Division. December 2012. December 24, 2012.
2. Web site: Introduction . QGET Databook . August 27, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141104164218/http://governor.utah.gov/DEA/QGET/DataBook/4.htm . November 4, 2014 . dead .
3. Web site: NetState: Utah . 2008-03-24.
4. Web site: State it on a plate — Over the years, slogans, designs have taken some poetic license . . 2011-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090822222036/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,660210998,00.html?pg=1 . 2009-08-22 . dead .
5. Web site: U.S. Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts Utah . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151104074948/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/49000.html . 2015-11-04.