Minorities will generate half of Utah’s population growth over the next 50 years — converting its young generations into especially diverse groups by then, a new first-of-its-kind study projects.
Projections say 75 percent of Utah preschoolers will be minorities in 2065, as will 76 percent of school children. Among college-age adults, 66 percent are projected to be minority group members, along with 54 percent of all working-age Utahns. In comparison, 72% of older retirees then will be white.
Still overall, one of every three Utahns in 2065 will be a minority — compared to the one of every five now, according to the study by the University of Utah’s Kem C.