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Utah by the numbers

Published: Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2002 5:18 p.m. MST
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Salt in the Great Salt Lake: 4.9 billion tons

Salt extracted in 2001 from the Great Salt Lake: 2.5 million tons

Salt used on Utah roads in 2001: 180,000 tons

Number of carwashes in Utah: 140

Ounces of caffeine-free Cokes sold at Cougar stadium during 2001 football season: 456,000*

Tattoo parlors: 55

Places that remove or cover tattoos: 10

One larceny occurs every: 7.81 minutes

One burglary occurs every: 41.40 minutes

One robbery occurs every: 7.36 hours

One rape occurs every: 10.44 hours

Number of adults incarcerated: 1 out of every 76

Number of "wedding chapels and ceremonies" listed in Salt Lake Yellow Pages: 56

Number of bars listed in Salt Lake Yellow Pages: 36

Average age of first marriage: bride, 21; groom: 23

Percent marriages civil ceremony: 23

Of marriages that end in divorce or annulment, median duration of marriage: 5.6 years

A baby is born in Utah every 11 minutes

Percentage of residents under 5: 9.4

Percentage of residents school age (5-18): 23

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Median age of all Utahns: 27.1

A Utahn dies every: 42 minutes

Life expectancy: 80

Number Utahns 100 or older in 2000: 155

Cremation rate: 14.5 percent

Gallons of ice cream sold in 2000: 12.3 million

Gallons of liquor sold in 2000: 3.9 million

Anti-depressant prescriptions per capita (adults): 1.1

Utahns who drive alone to work: 763,740

Utahns who carpool to work: 141,133

Utahns who walk to work: 23,928

Percent of drivers who use seat belts: 77 percent

Mobile homes: 38,386

Decade most houses in Utah were built: 1970s

Number of houses heated by solar energy: 92

Houses worth at least $1 million: 893

Percentage of residents who are foreign born: 5.5 percent

Percentage of residents who are white: 90 percent

Percentage of increase in minority population, 1990-2000: 46 percent

Number of Mexican restaurants: 191

Registered voters named Andersen, Anderson, Christensen, Christenson, Christiansen, Hansen, Hanson, Jensen, Jenson, Johnson, Larsen, Larson, Neilsen, Neilson, Nelson, Nielsen, Nielson, Nilson, Olsen, Olson, Pedersen, Pederson, Petersen, Peterson in1998: 85,568

Average weight of women: 152 pounds

Average height of women: 5 feet 5 inches

Average weight of men: 189

Average height of men: 5 feet 10.8 inches

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