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At the time of the 2000 federal census whites constituted 89.2 percent of the population, Asians 1.7 percent, Native Americans 1.3 percent, blacks 0.8 percent, and Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.7 percent. Those of mixed heritage or not reporting ethnicity were 6.3 percent of the population, and Hispanics, who may be of any race, were 9 percent.

Most Asians and blacks lived in metropolitan areas; many of the Native Americans, mostly of the Navajo, Ute, Gosiute, or Shoshone peoples, live on reservation land. The large Uintah and Ouray Reservation lies entirely within Utah, and portions of the Navajo and Ute Mountain reservations extend into the state.

The 1998 census put Utah's population at 2,100,000. The state Capital is Salt Lake City, other major cities or towns include Provo, West Valley City, Sandy, Orem, Ogden, West Jordan, Layton, St. George and Bountiful.