A new study estimates that the number of unauthorized immigrants in Utah grew to a total of 110,000 over the past 10 years, up by 10,000 in that time.
However, the study by Pew Research Center says that estimate is only accurate within 10,000 people, plus or minus. So it says the estimated increase is not statistically significant.
Such a large number — about the equivalent of the population of Provo — could have an effect on the accuracy of next year’s once-a-decade census because of a proposal by the Trump administration to include a question about whether respondents are U.