Show Utah Birthrate Big Factor In Population Explosion Although Utah's population increased Increased increased In in- creased some between 1950 and 1960 only about 10 thousand of that increase resulted result result- ed from people moving into the I state i I This was disclosed in a population lation trends study by Utah I Foundation the private research organization The states state's total population In Increased Increased In- In cr creased ased from to a gain of slightly less than thousand according to U. U S. S Bureau of the Census figures Subtracting the 54 thousand Utah deaths deaths' during the from tram the thousand births gIves the states state's natural increase of thousand persons I Then deducting the natural Increase from the total increase reveals that Utah had a net gain of 10 thousand thousand and persons from fromin in migration equal to 15 per cent of the states state's 1950 population per cent of net In ml mi-gration mi was smaller than that of any other western state except except ex ex- ex Ore Oregon on and the three states tates Montana Idaho and Wyoming which had net out out- migrations of populations according according according ac ac- cording to the Utah report Of the eleven continental western states Nevada had the largest argest migration in gain per cent of its 1950 population Arizona had bad a net mIgration in of 44 per cent California per cent Colorado per cent New ew Mexico 7 77 per cent Washington Wash Wash- Ington 38 per cent Utah 15 per ser cent and Oregon one per percent percent cent Montana had a net out out- migration equal to 43 per cent of its 1950 population Idaho and Wyoming had net out mi of 6 68 8 per cent each The 11 states had a combined in ml In-ml In atlon gain of for the decade per cen cent of their 1950 population Total net migration to the United States during the period was Wal or an increase of 18 per cent Twenty-seven Twenty of the states and the District of Columbia experienced net losses from tram migration But because the natural increase births outnumbering out numbering deaths outweighed the migration from most states only three states West Vest VIrginIa Virgin Virgin- Ia la Arkansas and Mississippi Mississippi- plus the of Columbia had less population in 1960 than thanin in 1950 |