Utah Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

Utah (U.S. state abbreviation is 'UT') is the western state of United States, bordered by Colorado to the east, Nevada to the west, Idaho and Wyoming to the north, Arizona to the south. Utah population in 2024 is estimated to be 3.44 million, ranks 30th populous, its area is 84,899 sq miles (219,887 sq km), ranks 13th largest in the United States. Utah gaining population and increased by 133,752 people since from the last census of 2020. The name 'Utah' originates from Native Americans 'Ute' tribe means people of the mountains or some called 'yuttahih' meaning 'higher up'. Kings Peak is the highest peak in the state of Utah with elevation of 13,534 feet, Utah mountain peaks are the tallest in the country. The average elevation of the tallest peaks in each of Utah's counties is 11,222 ft. The Utah region is first explored by Spanish explorers in 1540. Salt Lake City is the capital of Utah, other top cities include West Valley City, Provo, West Jordon, Orem, Sandy, St. George, Ogden. South Salt Lake, Roosevelt, Ogden, Park City are the most dangerous cities in Utah State.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of Utah
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of Utah

The population of Utah in 2019 is projected 3.22 million with change of 1.92%, compared to 1.87% in 2018. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, UT population in 2020 is 3,271,616. Utah population in 2023 is estimated to be 3.42 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 3.38 million, and in 2021 is estimated to be 3.33 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	2,775,334
2011	2,814,216	1.40
2012	2,853,467	1.39
2013	2,897,927	1.56
2014	2,937,399	1.36
2015	2,982,497	1.54
2016	3,042,613	2.02
2017	3,103,118	1.99
2018	3,161,105	1.87
2019	3,221,798	1.92
2020	3,271,616	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	3,337,975	2.03
2022*	3,385,708	1.43
2023*	3,440,218	1.61

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

Utah Population by Race

According to 2017 demographics estimates population of Utah by race are, 86.84% are White Americans(2.6 million), 13.67% are Hispanic/Latino's, 2.2% are Asians, 1.1% are Black Americans, 0.8% are NHPI, 1% are AIAN.

White Population

White population in Utah are 2,600,077, percentage wise 86.84 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in Utah are 33,619, percentage wise 1.12 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in Utah, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in Utah are 67,545, percentage wise 2.26 percent are asians, out of these 9,046 are Asian Indians, 15,061 are Chinese, 7,157 are Filipinos, 6,396 are Japanese, 5,894 are Korean, 8,578 are Vietnamese and 15,413 are other Asian nationals. 271 Bangladeshi, 652 Bhutanese, 1,481 Burmese, 2,182 Cambodian, 3,031 Laotian, 161 Malaysian, 284 Mongolian, 1,678 Nepalese, 57 Okinawan, 674 Pakistani, 103 Sri Lankan.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in Utah are 409,311. Percentage wise 13.67 percent are hispanics, out of these 299,819 are Mexican people, 9,952 are Puerto Ricans, 2,432 are Cubans, and 97,108 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories.

Total Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander are 26,742, out of these 2207 are Native Hawaiians, 788 are Guamanian/Chamorro's, 9227 are Samoan. Total Hispanic/Latino population in Utah state are 409311 people, out of these 299819 are Mexicans, 9952 are Puerto Ricans, and 2432 are Cubans. AIAN are 32079 people, 15,477 are Navajo tribals, 181 are Chippewa tribals, 741 are Cherokee tribal groups and 695 are Sioux tribal groups.

Total Population	2,993,941	Percent
White	2,600,077	86.84%
Black or African American	33,619	1.12%
American Indian and Alaska Native	32,079	1.071%
Cherokee tribal grouping	741	0.025%
Chippewa tribal grouping	181	0.006%
Navajo tribal grouping	15,477	0.517%
Sioux tribal grouping	695	0.023%
Asian Population	67,545	2.26%
Asian Indian	9,046	0.30%
Chinese	15,061	0.50%
Filipino	7,157	0.24%
Japanese	6,396	0.21%
Korean	5,894	0.20%
Vietnamese	8,578	0.29%
Other Asian Population	15,413
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	26,742	0.89%
Native Hawaiian	2,207	0.074%
Guamanian or Chamorro	788	0.026%
Samoan	9,227	0.308%
Other Pacific Islander	14,520
Some other race	150,596
Hispanic or Latino	409,311	13.67%
Mexican	299,819	10.01%
Puerto Rican	9,952	0.33%
Cuban	2,432	0.08%
Other Hispanic or Latino	97,108

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of Utah

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	Salt Lake City	200,591
2	West Valley City	136,401
3	Provo	116,702
4	West Jordan	116,046
5	Orem	97,521
6	Sandy	96,901
7	Ogden	87,325
8	St. George	87,178
9	Layton	77,303
10	South Jordan	74,149
11	Lehi	66,037
12	Millcreek	61,270
13	Taylorsville	60,192
14	Logan	51,619

Population Pyramid

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

Utah Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of Utah by age is 2,993,941, out of these 1,506,614 are male, 1,487,327 are female, The sex ratio of Utah is 1,013. The Utah population by age are, under 15 years is 767,926, 15 years and over is 2,226,015, 30 years and over is 1,520,650, 65 years and over is 307,095 and 85 years and over is 34,611. 50.32 percent are male, 49.68 percent are female, 25.65 percent are under 15 years old, 74.35 percent are 15 years and over, 50.79 percent are 30 years and over, 10.26 percent are 65 years and over, 1.16 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in UT

English is the Official language in the US state of Utah. Languages spoken at home are 85% speak English, followed by 10% are Spanish language, 1.9 European languages and 2.12 are Asian languages.
Total 58,196 speak Asian language in UT state, out of these Asian Indian languges speakers include 1487 speak Hindi, 380 Gujarati, 751 Urdu, 510 Bengali, 663 Pujabi, 2899 Nepali/Marathi, 1362 Telugu, 1377 Tamil and 300 speak Malayalam, Kannada, or other Dravidian languages.
People from Mid and East Asia region speakers include, 14553 speak Chinese Mandarin/Cantonese, 115 Hmong, 7555 Vietnamese, 4900 Japanese, 4587 Korean, 1575 Khmer, 3785 Thai/:ao or other Tai-kadai languages, 4394 speak Tagalog.
11608 speak Ilocano, Samoan, Hawaiian, or other Austronesian languages, 4257 Arabic, 211 Hebrew, 1842 Persian includes Farsi, Dari.
European language speakers include 8150 speak German, 9603 Portuguese, 2186 Italian, 7131 French includes Cajun. 2102 speak Yiddish, Pennsylvania Dutch or other West Germanic languages, 1033 Greek, 3834 Russian, 1231 Polish, 2668 Serbo-Croatian, 1092 Ukranian/Slavic languages, 695 Armernian.

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	2,334,994	85.22
Spanish Language	274,178	10.01
European Language	52,046	1.90
Asian Languages	58,196	2.12
Other Languages	20,513	0.75

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

Utah Education

UT state high scool and college education as per the table below:

Population 18 to 24 years		339,440	172,185	167,255
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	41,647	23,899	17,748
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	102,622	58,993	43,629
	Some college or associates degree	172,436	82,183	90,253
	Bachelors degree or higher	22,735	7,110	15,625
Population 25 years and over		1,743,090	865,666	877,424
	Less than 9th grade	49,768	24,922	24,846
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	93,698	49,797	43,901
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	397,812	191,037	206,775
	Some college, no degree	466,394	223,702	242,692
	Associates degree	168,267	73,010	95,257
	Bachelors degree	375,297	185,674	189,623
	Graduate or professional degree	191,854	117,524	74,330

White		1,430,735	707,607	723,128
	High school graduate or higher	1,365,129	673,304	691,825
	Bachelors degree or higher	503,635	271,675	231,960
Black or African		17,147	10,342	6,805
	High school graduate or higher	14,836	9,143	5,693
	Bachelors degree or higher	4,290	2,565	1,725
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		18,044	8,540	9,504
	High school graduate or higher	14,318	6,705	7,613
	Bachelors degree or higher	2,295	1,008	1,287
Asian		44,512	19,841	24,671
	High school graduate or higher	38,694	17,499	21,195
	Bachelors degree or higher	21,040	10,118	10,922
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		13,822	7,130	6,692
	High school graduate or higher	12,645	6,573	6,072
	Bachelors degree or higher	2,029	1,029	1,000
Hispanic or Latino Origin		199,963	102,662	97,301
	High school graduate or higher	136,216	68,877	67,339
	Bachelors degree or higher	26,263	13,279	12,984

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

As on 2017 demographics, the Utah State stats of physically or mentally disabled people are as follows:

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	285,608
Male	144,627
Female	140,981
	-
White	257,691
Black or African American	2,937
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	4,193
Asian	3,660
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	1,760
Some other race	7,909
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	88,674
With a vision difficulty	49,983
With a cognitive difficulty	114,306
With an ambulatory difficulty	125,286
With a self-care difficulty	46,740
With an independent living difficulty	87,321

Counties of Utah

Utah state is divided into 29 counties, Salt Lake is the populous County with 1,152,633 inhabitants, followed by Utah County with 622,213, Davis County with 351,713, Weber County with 256,359 and Washington County with 171,700.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Beaver County	6,396	6,580	2.9	24	24
Box Elder County	53,967	54,950	1.8	8	8
Cache County	124,564	127,068	2	6	6
Carbon County	20,168	20,269	0.5	15	15
Daggett County	1,022	980	-4.1	29	29
Davis County	346,881	351,713	1.4	3	3
Duchesne County	19,915	19,964	0.2	16	16
Emery County	10,020	10,014	-0.1	21	21
Garfield County	5,061	5,080	0.4	25	25
Grand County	9,640	9,764	1.3	22	22
Iron County	50,822	52,775	3.8	9	9
Juab County	11,248	11,555	2.7	20	20
Kane County	7,537	7,709	2.3	23	23
Millard County	12,829	13,006	1.4	18	18
Morgan County	11,875	12,045	1.4	19	19
Piute County	1,413	1,445	2.3	28	28
Rich County	2,402	2,464	2.6	27	27
Salt Lake County	1,137,820	1,152,633	1.3	1	1
San Juan County	15,320	15,449	0.8	17	17
Sanpete County	29,991	30,623	2.1	13	13
Sevier County	21,317	21,539	1	14	14
Summit County	41,349	41,933	1.4	10	10
Tooele County	67,418	69,907	3.7	7	7
Uintah County	35,219	35,438	0.6	11	11
Utah County	606,503	622,213	2.6	2	2
Wasatch County	31,975	33,240	4	12	12
Washington County	165,859	171,700	3.5	5	5
Wayne County	2,721	2,690	-1.1	26	26
Weber County	251,866	256,359	1.8	4	4