Utah's foreign-born population rises
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Nearly a quarter of newcomers who arrived to the Beehive State in 2023 lived abroad the year before, per new Census migration data.
The big picture: About 9% of Utah's 2023 population was foreign-born, compared to about 14% nationally.
- Internationally born-residents made up 13.5% of Salt Lake County's residents. About 40% were naturalized and 58% were non-citizens.
- In Utah County, about 8% of people were born outside the U.S.
State of play: The countries with the highest share of people emigrating to Utah between 2012 and 2022 were Venezuela, Brazil and India, KSL.com reported.
- Overall, the state's foreign-born population increased by about 21% during that time period.
- Meanwhile, the number of people living in Utah who were born in Mexico fell.
The big picture: Immigration is a key issue in this year's presidential race, with former President Trump promising mass deportations of immigrants if re-elected and Vice President Kamala Harris supporting a pathway to citizenship.
The latest: One in three Americans say that immigrants entering the country illegally today are "poisoning the blood of our country" — language echoing the rhetoric of white supremacists and Adolf Hitler, Axios' Russell Contreras writes.
- The results from the annual survey by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute, in partnership with the Brookings Institution, suggest that in a nation of immigrants, many Americans have bought into historically racist rhetoric.