1. Salt Lake City may be LDS church headquarters, but it is far less Mormon than the rest of Utah.
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a smart guy like you ought to be able to explain that one..,..
A majority of the state's residents are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). As of 2007, 60.7% of Utahns are counted as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, although only 41.6% of them are active members.[9][10] Mormons now make up about 34%–41% of Salt Lake City,[9] while rural areas tend to be overwhelmingly Mormon.Beyond that, you can look at the references or do your own googling for Utah demographics.
As to why Salt Lake City is less Mormon than rural areas, SLC has had a large influx of immigrants, particularly Hispanic. Why? Most likely for the same reason why other major cities in the US have a larger percentage of minorities and Hispanics than the rest of the state.
“1. Salt Lake City may be LDS church headquarters, but it is far less Mormon than the rest of Utah.
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a smart guy like you ought to be able to explain that one..,..”
OK, let’s see if this analogy helps you to understand: The headquarters of the Southern Baptist Convention are in Nashville, TN, but the Nashville metro area has fewer Baptists as a percentage of the population than does NW TN or the Chattanooga area, not to mention northern Alabama. See http://www.valpo.edu/geomet/pics/geo200/religion/baptist.gif
