Utah’s top demographer has retired. Here is where she sees this booming state headed.

Challenges and opportunities abound as Utah approaches the 5.5 million mark in 2060, but changes will be needed to counter inequities and make this growth sustainable.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City covered in fresh snow on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021. Pam Perlich, a retiring demographer, calls Utah's future "much more multilingual, multiethnic, multicultural and multireligious" as the state continues to mushroom.

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Tony SemeradReal estate reporter

Tony covers growth and development issues for The Tribune. He is a former editor and politics reporter and has been with The Tribune since 1991.

Utah’s top demographer has retired. Here is where she sees this booming state headed.

Challenges and opportunities abound as Utah approaches the 5.5 million mark in 2060, but changes will be needed to counter inequities and make this growth sustainable.

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