United States · state

Utah population 2026

Q: What is the population of Utah in 2026?

The latest official figure is 3,538,904, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Utah would have about 3.6 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Utah has 3,538,904 people on the latest official figure, for 1 July 2025, 35,921 more than a year earlier (+1.02%). It is 30th of the US’s 50 states and DC by population, home to 1.0% of the US’s people.

If last year’s change continues: about 3.6 million by 1 July 2026. That is our arithmetic, not an official figure.

Utah in numbers

Population: 3.5 million 1 July 2025
Change in a year: +1.02% +35,921 people
Change since 2020: +7.76% from 3.3 million
Share of the US: 1.0% 30th of 50 states and DC
Population density: 17per km² 213,922 km²
Births in the year: 47 thousand deaths: 22 thousand
International migration: +8 thousand net arrivals from abroad
Moves within the US: +3 thousand more people moved in than left

In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 24,961, 7,501 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 3,343 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

That is about as many people as Mongolia (3.6 million).

Population of Utah by year

3.5M

› Show the numbers as a table

Year	Population
2010	2,775,413
2011	2,814,797
2012	2,854,146
2013	2,898,773
2014	2,938,327
2015	2,983,626
2016	3,044,241
2017	3,103,540
2018	3,155,153
2019	3,203,383
2020	3,283,970
2021	3,339,874
2022	3,393,928
2023	3,449,259
2024	3,502,983
2025	3,538,904

Year	Population	Change	%
2025	3,538,904	+35,921	+1.03%
2024	3,502,983	+53,724	+1.56%
2023	3,449,259	+55,331	+1.63%
2022	3,393,928	+54,054	+1.62%
2021	3,339,874	+55,904	+1.70%
2020	3,283,970	+80,587	+2.52%
2019	3,203,383	+48,230	+1.53%
2018	3,155,153	+51,613	+1.66%
2017	3,103,540	+59,299	+1.95%
2016	3,044,241	+60,615	+2.03%
2015	2,983,626	+45,299	+1.54%
2014	2,938,327	+39,554	+1.36%
2013	2,898,773	+44,627	+1.56%
2012	2,854,146	+39,349	+1.40%
2011	2,814,797	+39,384	+1.42%

2010–2019 are Vintage 2020 estimates and 2020–2025 are Vintage 2025, so the step between 2019 and 2020 is partly a change of base.

Utah among the US’s states

Full ranking →

States of the US by population
#
1	California	39,355,309	−0.02%	11.5%	98
2	Texas	31,709,821	+1.25%	9.3%	47
3	Florida	23,462,518	+0.84%	6.9%	169
4	New York State	20,002,427	+0.01%	5.9%	164
5	Pennsylvania	13,059,432	+0.10%	3.8%	113
6	Illinois	12,719,141	+0.13%	3.7%	89
7	Ohio	11,900,510	+0.34%	3.5%	113
8	Georgia (US State)	11,302,748	+0.88%	3.3%	76
9	North Carolina	11,197,968	+1.32%	3.3%	89
10	Michigan	10,127,884	+0.28%	3.0%	69
11	New Jersey	9,548,215	+0.44%	2.8%	501
12	Virginia	8,880,107	+0.69%	2.6%	87
13	Washington State	8,001,020	+0.92%	2.3%	47
14	Arizona	7,623,818	+0.89%	2.2%	26
15	Tennessee	7,315,076	+0.88%	2.1%	69
16	Massachusetts	7,154,084	+0.22%	2.1%	354
17	Indiana	6,973,333	+0.56%	2.0%	75
18	Missouri	6,270,541	+0.43%	1.8%	35
19	Maryland	6,265,347	+0.32%	1.8%	249
20	Colorado	6,012,561	+0.40%	1.8%	22
21	Wisconsin	5,972,787	+0.26%	1.7%	43
22	Minnesota	5,830,405	+0.57%	1.7%	28
23	South Carolina	5,570,274	+1.46%	1.6%	72
24	Alabama	5,193,088	+0.58%	1.5%	40
25	Louisiana	4,618,189	+0.07%	1.4%	41
26	Kentucky	4,606,864	+0.50%	1.3%	45
27	Oregon	4,273,586	+0.19%	1.3%	17
28	Oklahoma	4,123,288	+0.62%	1.2%	23
29	Connecticut	3,688,496	+0.38%	1.1%	294
30	Utah	3,538,904	+1.02%	1.0%	17
31	Nevada	3,282,188	+0.88%	1.0%	12
32	Iowa	3,238,387	+0.25%	0.9%	22
33	Arkansas	3,114,791	+0.60%	0.9%	23
34	Kansas	2,977,220	+0.40%	0.9%	14
35	Mississippi	2,954,160	+0.14%	0.9%	24
36	New Mexico	2,125,498	−0.06%	0.6%	7
37	Idaho	2,029,733	+1.44%	0.6%	10
38	Nebraska	2,018,006	+0.62%	0.6%	10
39	West Virginia	1,766,147	−0.07%	0.5%	28
40	Hawaii	1,432,820	−0.15%	0.4%	86
41	New Hampshire	1,415,342	+0.48%	0.4%	61
42	Maine	1,414,874	+0.46%	0.4%	18
43	Montana	1,144,694	+0.63%	0.3%	3
44	Rhode Island	1,114,521	+0.37%	0.3%	416
45	Delaware	1,059,952	+0.94%	0.3%	210
46	South Dakota	935,094	+0.86%	0.3%	5
47	North Dakota	799,358	+0.75%	0.2%	5
48	Alaska	737,270	+0.10%	0.2%	1
49	District of Columbia	693,645	+0.34%	0.2%	4,381
50	Vermont	644,663	−0.29%	0.2%	27
51	Wyoming	588,753	+0.35%	0.2%	2

Largest cities in Utah

City proper, not the wider metro area; latest figure in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), so years differ.

Salt Lake City215,548
West Valley City136,208
Provo115,162
West Jordan111,946
Orem94,457
Sandy87,461

Questions

What is the population of Utah in 2026?

The latest official figure is 3,538,904, for 1 July 2025 (US Census Bureau). If last year’s change continues, Utah would have about 3.6 million people by 1 July 2026; that is our arithmetic, not an official figure. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December.

Is Utah’s population growing or shrinking?

It grew by 35,921 people (+1.02%) in the latest year, and has changed +7.76% since 2020. In the latest year births outnumbered deaths by 24,961, 7,501 more people arrived from abroad than left, and 3,343 more people moved in from the rest of the US than moved out.

How does Utah rank in the US?

Utah is 30th of the US’s 50 states and DC, with 1.0% of the people. California is the largest, with 39.4 million.

What is the population density of Utah?

About 17 people per km², on 213,922 km². Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer.

What is the largest city in Utah?

Salt Lake City, with about 216 thousand people in the city proper. Metro areas are larger, and years differ (GeoNames).

Source and method

US Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 population estimates. US government work, public domain. Land area, US Census Bureau Gazetteer. The Census Bureau publishes new state estimates each December. Ranks, shares and changes are our arithmetic on the published figures. National figures can differ from the UN’s projection for the US, which uses a different method. The 2026 figure above carries last year’s change forward; it does not come from the source.

Cite this page: Utah population, US Census Bureau, 1 July 2025. GlobeMetrics, https://globemetrics.org/world-population/united-states/utah/

US states by population · United States population · All countries’ states and regions