The Empty Interior consists of mostly arid plateaus and grand mountain ranges. While Portland just outside the Empty Interior (the Cascades mark the border of the region) Oregon actually has about one-half of its land mass within this empty region.
It is because of the vast emptiness and the undesirable living condition that the Mormans decided to escape persecution and setup roots in the Empty Interior. As of 2007 there were 144,000 Mormans living in Oregon. This is about 3.7% of Oregon's entire population (1). The largest population of Mormons is located in Utah with 1.7 out of 2.5 million people claiming the Mormon faith (2). This is a staggering 68%.
1. http://blog.oregonlive.com/oregonianextra/2008/01/mormons_roots_influence_run_de.html
2. http://en.fairmormon.org/Utah/Statistical_claims/LDS_population_in_Utah
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