Utah voters consider immigration of medium importance, but the 2024 Utah Priorities Project showed large differences among demographic groups.
Almost 9% of Utahns were born in a foreign country. About 42% of those individuals are naturalized citizens, and around 40% are estimated to be unauthorized immigrants.
Utah policy toward immigrants has fluctuated over time, but recent programs seem welcoming. This may be due in part to the fact that Utah immigrants play an outsized role in the workforce.
Two-thirds of Utah voters consider immigration to be essential to America’s national identity. (See the graph below.) Past surveys, however, show that voters do differentiate between authorized and unauthorized immigrants.
