This data comes from Census 2010 Summary File 2. You can access it via American FactFinder.
While I was taking a brief walk-around in the data I also pulled some information for Utah's major racial/ethnic groups that I thought I would share. In the data visualizations below, the Hispanic/Latino group (an ethnic rather than a racial designation) includes Hispanics of all races. The race categories do not include any individuals also identified as Hispanic. Here are some of the notable data characteristics:
- Individuals identified as belonging to two or more races, are by far younger than any other race/ethnic classification. The median age for this group is a mere 15 years compared to 29 years for the entire Utah population. This difference undoubtedly reflects recent changes in social mores resulting in more interracial births.
- Based on median age, Asians (median age of 32) are the "oldest" of the racial/ethnic populations. However, this group shows a smaller share of 65-plus population than does the white, non-Hispanic population.
- After those classified as belonging to two or more races, the Hispanic/Latino population ranks as the second youngest racial/ethnic group. Thirteen percent of this group were under five years of age in 2010 compared to 9 percent of white, non-Hispanics. A whopping 40 percent of this population group are under the age of 18 compared to only 30 percent white, non-Hispanics. On the other hand, only 3 percent of the Hispanic/Latino group is over the age of 65 compared to 10 percent of white, non-Hispanics.
- In general, Utah's minority racial ethnic groups tend to be younger than Utah's white, non-Hispanic population. Asians are the lone exception.
- While the white, non-Hispanic population shows a fairly even population split between the genders, Utah's Black/African American is dominated by males (almost 60 percent male). Hispanic/Latino and Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders are also slightly more male than female. On the other hand, Utah's Asian population shows a higher share of females as does the American Indian/Alaskan Native population.
