Item Detail
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30999
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1
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12
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English
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Growing Challenges : People and Resources
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Utah in the Twentieth Century
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Logan, UT
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Utah State University Press
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305-317
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"Over the course of the twentieth century, Utah’s population multiplied eightfold, rising from 276,749 in 1900 to 2,233,169 in 2000. The number of residents swelled every decade, due partly to high birthrates. The most dramatic gains occurred from 1900 to 1910 (31.3 percent) and during the 1940s (25.2 percent), 1950s (29.3 percent), 1970s (37.9 percent), and 1990s (29.6 percent). People moved to the state to take advantage of expanding economic opportunities during the fi rst decade of the century (dryland farming, irrigation, mining, and smelting) and the 1940s and 1950s (defense industries and installations associated with World War II and the cold war). During the 1970s, especially after 1975, new coal mines, oil and gas exploration, residential and commercial construction, and continued defense contracts lured job seekers to the state. Economic hard times led to out-migration in the 1980s. But that reversed in the 1990s, when Utah’s strong economy and low unemployment rates lured thousands of move-ins—71 percent from California between 1991 and 1993. The newcomers included large numbers of Latinos, primarily from the American Southwest and Mexico." [Author]
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