Demographic Research
Insight: Utah’s Recent Declining Fertility: Age Specific Explanations and Comparisons
By: Emily Harris Utah’s declining fertility rates have been a hot topic over the last few years, but in reality, Utah’s fertility has been in steady decline for decades. However, since the Great Recession in 2008, Utah’s fertility declined considerably, even knocking its national fertility ranking from 1st to 3rd. This has also resulted in an increasingly smaller gap between Utah’s total fertility rate and the nation’s. […]
Insight: Characteristics of Utah’s Teleworkers
By: Mallory Bateman Note: The opinions expressed are those of the author alone and do not reflect an institutional position of the Gardner Institute. We hope the opinions shared contribute to the marketplace of ideas and help people as they formulate their own INFORMED DECISIONS™. […]
Diversity in Utah: Race, Ethnicity, and Sex Data Book
This report provides data and information to help state and community leaders make progress in their equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts. Gov. Spencer Cox’s One Utah Roadmap, the Utah Legislature’s policies to extend opportunity to all, and business and community leaders’ Utah Compact on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion provide three significant examples in the past year of Utah’s commitment. The data and context provided in this report shed light on existing disparities; help people understand the complexities of these measures; and help provide a starting point for evaluating future progress.
Diversity in Utah: Race, Ethnicity, and Sex Data Book (Analysis in Brief)
Utah ranks as the 34th most racially and ethnically diverse state in the nation, with 22% of the state identifying as other than non-Hispanic White. This places Utah’s racial/ethnic diversity just below Pennsylvania and above several larger states like Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Utah’s minority share of the population is expected to increase to one in three Utahns by 2060.
Diversity in Utah: Race, Ethnicity, and Sex Data Book (Presentation Slides)
Utah ranks as the 34th most racially and ethnically diverse state in the nation, with 22% of the state identifying as other than non-Hispanic White. This places Utah’s racial/ethnic diversity just below Pennsylvania and above several larger states like Ohio, Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. Utah’s minority share of the population is expected to increase to one in three Utahns by 2060.
Insight: What’s Going to Happen to Fertility?
By: Emily Harris Why are people having less children? Are small families here to stay? Will declines in fertility continue or reverse? What does a lower fertility rate mean for our future? Can our economy handle a smaller workforce? Should we try to convince people to start having more children again? How has COVID-19 affected fertility? […]
Insight: New proposed criteria for Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas and Urban Areas
By: Mallory Bateman Note: The opinions expressed are those of the author alone and do not reflect an institutional position of the Gardner Institute. We hope the opinions shared contribute to the marketplace of ideas and help people as they formulate their own INFORMED DECISIONS™. The decennial census is not the only once-a-decade opportunity for the public to potentially impact data that shapes our communities. Although less well known, several programs revisit their criteria once every ten years. The public gets the chance to comment when the criteria are shared in the Federal Register. […]
Insight: A Contemporary History of Utah Households
By: Mallory Bateman Note: The opinions expressed are those of the author alone and do not reflect an institutional position of the Gardner Institute. We hope the opinions shared contribute to the marketplace of ideas and help people as they formulate their own INFORMED DECISIONS™. When people think of Utah, they think of big households and lots of children. While Utah does have the largest household size in the nation, you have perhaps noticed that the average household has gotten smaller. In our latest release, Shifting Foundations: A Contemporary History of Utah Households, we provide a historical perspective on how[...]
Shifting Foundations: A Contemporary History of Utah Households
Utah’s signature demographics have long distinguished its households in the national context. Long-term social, economic, and demographic trends continue to shape Utah’s households over time.
Insight: What does the Gini coefficient show us?
By: Mallory Bateman Note: The opinions expressed are those of the author alone and do not reflect an institutional position of the Gardner Institute. We hope the opinions shared contribute to the marketplace of ideas and help people as they formulate their own INFORMED DECISIONS™. In the past several weeks, I have gotten a few data requests asking for Gini coefficients at various levels of geography. The Gini coefficient, which is a value from 0 to 1, represents the income inequality across a population, with lower values indicating less inequality and higher values indicating greater inequality. This focus on income[...]