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Show Population I in Utah on increase " Utah's population reached 1,649,000 as of July 1, 1985, an increase in-crease of 26,000 over 1984. Davis County population rose three percent, making its total .population 171,000, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Economic and Business Research at the University of Utah. ; This is the second year in a row that natural increase has accounted for the growth in the state's population. popula-tion. Davis County had a natural r increase of 3 ,065 . Natural increase 'i is the number of deaths subtracted I by the number of births among i area residents. : - The growth centered in four counties. Davis had an increase in ; population of 5,000; Utah 4,000; Weber 1,000; and Salt Lake 12,000. -": Collectively the four counties 4 accounted for 85 percent of the tot-' tot-' al growth of the state. - - Utah's population is growing at $ nearly twice the national average ; and is growing faster than Colora- do, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana, '". according to Jeanine M. ''"lylor at t the State Office of Planning and 1 Budget and co-author of the BEBR report. . ? - Utah's population growth in 2 1990 will not be as significant as V originally thought, according to an ; earlier State Office of Planning and : Budget report. Almost 2,500 peo-i peo-i pie left the state during 1985, main-l main-l ly in rural areas. This is due to a i slump 1n energy development, the 3l BEBR reports. i Utah's future growth will fluctu-1 fluctu-1 ate depending on economic condi-1 condi-1 tions, says the State Office of Plan-1 Plan-1 ning and Budget, but the early i 1980s have proven that even with tdugh conditions, Utah faces an in-J, in-J, creasing population. |