Show Youth of today sandwich generation of tomorrow I Dominique Snow v Community Editor L Last Last I st Sunday Pamela spoke at the Salt Lake County Main Library is a member of the Utah Population Estimates Committee and the primary contact with the US U.S. Census Bureau In her discussion she spoke about Utah's demographic transformation referred to the youth of America growing up in m a more diverse environment as the wave As a nation we cant can't seem to agree upon a definition for race According to the Census Bureau over half of the US U.S. population willbe will willbe willbe be considered a minority by 2050 The nation is in the midst of an extraordinary demographic transformation said thinks that we are still are trying to apply th the e ideals of the to th the e infrastructure of our nation She would like to see Utah take advantage of changes into the future Utah is the center of the Mormon culture and region We have the highest fertility rate and number of kids per household People get married at a younger age in Utah than any other state The Mormon culture drives the metrics that we wesee wesee wesee see said Until the Utah was isolated from the theother theother theother other states After 1970 Utah's economy began to spread out and become economically diversified About two-thirds two of the nations nation's growth from 1900 2000 occurred in the South and West 90 percent of the growth from 2000 to 2030 is projected to occur in the South and West according to the Census Bureau According to we are projected to be the highest growing country in the world The epicenter of growth has shift shifted d from California to Arizona and Nevada Utah has had growth in the population since 1974 when I 15 from St. St George to Vegas was completed Utah is not close to being as large as Arizona and Nevada People are coming to Utah because of Salt Lake County's employment growth According to we have one of the highest life expectancies in the states Within one generation there will be more people 60 and older than school- school aged kids Ve We may remain the youngest state but we have an aging population said The next generation will have more responsibility than was asked of previous generations School-aged School kids and young adults will have to be more productive because they will be taking care of both their children and their parents said these kids will need to have higher skills and more education They have havea a heavier demographic burden then any other generation has also discussed variations in culture The I different groups who migrate to Utah impact us Two-thirds Two of the school enrollment growth in the state is attributable to ethnic minorities 60 percent of the growth in Salt Lake County is minority A quarter of the population in Utah is from ethnic minority according to Census Bureaus Bureau's 2007 population estimates There are four major factors that go in to Utah's population growth The LOS Church brings people to Utah due to its rich Mormon culture There is relative growth due to Utah's strong economy which creates jobs and brings people to the State The State is also a refugee receiving area And lastly the growth of Utah's universities brings in people from different states I hope that I have convinced you that the Utah of tomorrow is not the Utah of yesterday said |