New Americans in Utah.

• Position: Around Utah: Facts

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251,630 Utah residents were born aboard

20,815 people immigrated to Utah between 2010 and 2014

9% vs. 5.8%

From 2010 to 2014, the growth in immigrant population nationwide was 5.8 percent. For the same frame, the growth in Utah was 9.0 percent.

3.8% [right arrow] 8.3%

In 1990, only 3.8 percent of Utah's population was foreign-born. By 2010, that number was 8.3 percent.

$248M

Immigrants-owned businesses generated $248.1 million in business income in 2014.

31,224

People in Utah are employed at firms owned by immigrants.

2X

In 2015, immigrants were almost twice as likely to start a new business than the native-born population, according to The Kauffman Foundation.

8.6% vs.11.8%

Immigrants made up 8.6 percent of Utah's population in 2014, but made up 11.8 percent of the employed population in the state.

13,280

Immigrants in Utah are self-employed.

11%

Of entrepreneurs in Utah are immigrants.

$5.2B

In 2014, immigrants in Utah earned $5.2 billion. $410.3 million went to state and...