Robert Gehrke: Utah’s growth doesn’t show any signs of letting up and will factor into every decision we make
The challenge is maintaining quality of life when there are a lot more lives.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Robert Gehrke.
| April 28, 2021, 1:00 p.m.
Considering it was basically just numbering things, or in this case people, the U.S. Census Bureau’s release of Utah’s new population figures made a lot of noise.
The Count from Sesame Street would have approved.
The news stories focused on Utah being No. 1, the fastest growing state in the nation by percentage, at least over the past decade. Our population grew by 507,761 people, an 18.4% increase from the last Census 10 years ago.