Capital: Salt Lake City

State Nickname: Beehive State

State Bird: California Seagull

State Flower: Sego Lily

Admitted to the Union: January 4, 1896

January 6, 1896 to January 2, 1905:

Herber Manning Wells

January 2, 1905 to January 4, 1909:

John C. Cutler

January 4, 1909 to January 1, 1917:

William Spry

January 1, 1917 to January 3, 1921:

Simon Bamberger

January 3, 1921 to January 5, 1925:

Charles R. Mabey

January 5, 1925 to January 2, 1933:

George H. Dern

January 2, 1933 to January 6, 1941:

Henry H. Blood

January 6, 1941 to January 3, 1949:

Herbert B. Maw

January 3, 1949 to January 7, 1957:

J. Bracken Lee

January 7, 1957 to January 4, 1965:

George Dewey Clyde

January 4, 1965 to January 3, 1977:

Calvin L. Rampton

January 3, 1977 to January 7, 1985:

Scott M. Matheson

January 7, 1985 to January 3, 1993:

Norman H. Bangerter

January 3, 1993 to 2003:

Mike Leavitt

2003 --

Olene S. Walker

1890: 207,905

1900: 276,749

1910: 373,351

1920: 449,396

1930: 507,847

1940: 550,310

1950: 688,862

1960: 890,627

1970: 1,059,278

1980: 1,461,037

1990: 1,722,850

2000: 2,233,198