Utah

Population Density
People per square mile, 1990:
20.97
People per square mile, 2000:
27.18




Historic & Projected Growth
1790 to 2030


Year Population Year Population Year Population
1790 0 1880 143,963 1970 1,059,273
1800 0 1890 210,779 1980 1,461,037
1810 0 1900 276,749 1990 1,722,850
1820 0 1910 373,351 2000 2,233,169
1830 0 1920 449,396 2010 2,595,013
1840 0 1930 507,847 2020 2,990,094
1850 11,380 1940 550,310 2030 3,485,367
1860 40,273 1950 688,862
1870 86,786 1960 890,627




Population By County

Census 2000
Population
Change from 1990 Percent
Change
UTAH
2,233,169 510,319 29.6
Beaver County 6,005 1,240 26.0
Box Elder County 42,745 6,260 17.2
Cache County 91,391 21,208 30.2
Carbon County 20,422 194 1.0
Daggett County 921 231 33.5
Davis County 238,994 51,053 27.2
Duchesne County 14,371 1,726 13.6
Emery County 10,860 528 5.1
Garfield County 4,735 755 19.0
Grand County 8,485 1,865 28.2
Iron County 33,779 12,990 62.5
Juab County 8,238 2,421 41.6
Kane County 6,046 877 17.0
Millard County 12,405 1,072 9.5
Morgan County 7,129 1,601 29.0
Piute County 1,435 158 12.4
Rich County 1,961 236 13.7
Salt Lake County 898,387 172,431 23.8
San Juan County 14,413 1,792 14.2
Sanpete County 22,763 6,504 40.0
Sevier County 18,842 3,411 22.1
Summit County 29,736 14,218 91.6
Tooele County 40,735 14,134 53.1
Uintah County 25,224 3,013 13.6
Utah County 368,536 104,946 39.8
Wasatch County 15,215 5,126 50.8
Washington County 90,354 41,794 86.1
Wayne County 2,509 332 15.3
Weber County 196,533 38,203 24.1

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census

Also Available: Utah News

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