Editing Utah (section)

===Ancestry and race===
{{US Census population
| 1850 = 11380
| 1860 = 40273
| 1870 = 86336
| 1880 = 143963
| 1890 = 210779
| 1900 = 276749
| 1910 = 373351
| 1920 = 449396
| 1930 = 507847
| 1940 = 550310
| 1950 = 688862
| 1960 = 890627
| 1970 = 1059273
| 1980 = 1461037
| 1990 = 1722850
| 2000 = 2233169
| 2010 = 2763885
| 2020 = 3271616
| estimate = 3503613
| estref = <ref>{{Cite web |title=QuickFacts: Utah |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/UT | website=Census.gov | publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 21, 2024}}</ref>
| estyear = 2024
| align-fn = center
| footnote = Source: 1910–2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |website=Census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-date=April 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429012609/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" ; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Ethnic composition as of the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]
|-
! Race and Ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/race-and-ethnicity-in-the-united-state-2010-and-2020-census.html |title=Race and Ethnicity in the United States: 2010 Census and 2020 Census
 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=August 12, 2021 |website=census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=2021-09-26}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number" |Alone
! colspan="2" data-sort-type="number" |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White (non-Hispanic)]]
|align=right| {{bartable|75.3|%|2||background:gray}}
|align=right| {{bartable|78.9|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Hispanics and Latinos in Utah|Hispanic or Latino]]{{efn|Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin are not distinguished between total and partial ancestry.}}
|align=right| {{bartable}}
|align=right| {{bartable|15.1|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2.4|%|2||background:purple}}
|align=right| {{bartable|3.6|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[African Americans in Utah|African American (non-Hispanic)]]
|align=right| {{bartable|1.1|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|align=right| {{bartable|1.8|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]]
|align=right| {{bartable|1.1|%|2||background:pink}}
|align=right| {{bartable|1.7|%|2||background:pink}}
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]
|align=right| {{bartable|0.9|%|2||background:gold}}
|align=right| {{bartable|1.8|%|2||background:gold}}
|-
| Other
|align=right| {{bartable|0.4|%|2||background:brown}}
|align=right| {{bartable|1.1|%|2||background:brown}}
|}
[[File:Utah counties by race.svg|thumb|227x227px|Map of counties in Utah by racial plurality, per the 2020 US Census{{Collapsible list
| title = Legend|{{col-begin}}{{col-3}}

Non-Hispanic White

{{legend|#a61c00|60–70%}}

{{legend|#85200c|70–80%}}

{{legend|#5b0f00|80–90%}}

{{legend|#410b00|90%+}}

{{col-3}}

Native American

{{legend|#93c47d|50–60%}}

{{col-end}}
}}]]
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible" style="font-size: 90%;"
|+ '''Historical racial demographics'''
|-
! Racial composition !! 1970<ref name="census"/> !! 1990<ref name="census">{{cite web |last1=Gibson |first1=Campbell |last2=Jung |first2=Kay |date=September 2002 |url=https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725044857/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0056/twps0056.html|archive-date=July 25, 2008 |title=Historical Census Statistics on Population Totals By Race, 1790 to 1990, and By Hispanic Origin, 1970 to 1990, For The United States, Regions, Divisions, and States |at=Section: "Utah—Race and Hispanic Origin: 1850 to 1990"|publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref>!! 2000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://censusviewer.com/state/UT|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323174952/http://censusviewer.com/state/UT|url-status=dead|title=Population of Utah: Census 2010 and 2000 Interactive Map, Demographics, Statistics, Quick Facts|archivedate=March 23, 2016}}</ref>!! 2010<ref name="2010-censusdata">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/decade.2010.html|title=2010 Census Data|publisher=United States Census Bureau. census.gov|access-date=November 7, 2015}} Search "Utah" in "2010 Census Demographic Profiles" (via [https://www.census.gov U.S. Census website]), or in "[https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/maps/thematic.html 2010 Census Population Profiles Maps—Population Profiles] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723110759/https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/maps/thematic.html |date=July 23, 2017 }}".</ref> !! 2020
|-
| [[White American|White]] (non-Hispanic) || 97.4% || 93.8% || 89.2% || 86.1% || 75.3%
|-
| [[Hispanics and Latinos in Utah|Hispanic]] (of any race) || 4.1% || 4.9% || 9.0% || 13.0% || 15.1%
|-
| [[Asian American|Asian]] || 0.6% || 1.9% || 1.7% || 2.0% || 2.4%
|-
| [[Native Americans in the United States|Native]] (non-Hispanic) || 1.1% || 1.4% || 1.3% || 1.2% || 0.9%
|-
| [[African Americans in Utah|Black]] (non-Hispanic) || 0.6% || 0.7% || 0.8% || 1.0% || 1.1%
|-
| [[Native Hawaiian]] and<br />[[Pacific Islander|other Pacific Islander]] || – || – || 0.7% || 0.9% || 1.1%
|-
| [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|Other race]] || 0.2% || 2.2% || 4.2% || 6.0% || 0.4%
|-
| [[Multiracial American|Two or more races]] || – || – || 2.1% || 2.7% || 3.7%
|}

The largest ancestry groups in the state are:
* 26.0% [[English Americans|English]]
* 11.9% [[German Americans|German]]
* 11.8% [[Nordic and Scandinavian Americans|Scandinavian]] (5.4% [[Danish Americans|Danish]], 4.0% [[Swedish Americans|Swedish]], 2.4% [[Norwegian Americans|Norwegian]])
* 9.0% [[Mexican Americans|Mexican]]
* 6.6% [[American ancestry|American]]
* 6.2% [[Irish Americans|Irish]]
* 4.6% [[Scottish Americans|Scottish]]
* 2.7% [[Utah Italians|Italian]]
* 2.4% [[Dutch Americans|Dutch]]
* 2.2% [[French Americans|French]]
* 2.2% [[Welsh Americans|Welsh]]
* 1.4% [[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scotch Irish]]
* 1.3% [[Swiss Americans|Swiss]]

In 2011, 28.6% of Utah's population younger than the age of one were ethnic minorities, meaning they had at least one parent who was of a race other than non-Hispanic white.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|title= Americans under age 1 now mostly minorities, but not in Ohio: Statistical Snapshot|last= Exner|first= Rich|date= June 3, 2012|website= [[The Plain Dealer]]|access-date= August 16, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160714084214/http://www.cleveland.com/datacentral/index.ssf/2012/06/americas_under_age_1_populatio.html|archive-date= July 14, 2016|url-status= live}}</ref>