Largest Cities in Utah: Ranked by Population

The largest city in Utah in our data is Salt Lake City, UT, with an estimated 1,098,526 people, followed by Ogden, UT (578,523) and Provo, UT (500,617). This list ranks the top 50 places among the 95 Utah communities with at least 5,000 residents.

What are the top 50 in Utah?

How big are the largest cities in Utah?

Of the 95 places with pages, 7 have more than 100,000 residents, 33 have between 25,000 and 100,000, and 55 have fewer than 25,000. The median place has about 19,175 people. The ten largest places account for about 62% of the combined population of all pages, which shows how concentrated the state's population is across communities. Salt Lake County contributes 17 of the top 50.

Which counties do the top 50 belong to?

The 50 places on this list are spread across 11 counties of Utah. Salt Lake County has 17 (Salt Lake City, West Valley City, West Jordan, Sandy, South Jordan, Millcreek, Taylorsvill); Utah County has 11 (Provo, Orem, Lehi, Spanish Fork, Eagle Mountain, Pleasant Grove, Springville, Saratoga Spr); Davis County has 9 (Layton, Bountiful, Kaysville, Clearfield, Syracuse, Farmington, Clinton, North Salt Lake, ). Counties with several entries are usually centers of a metropolitan area, where one large city is surrounded by many suburbs that each pass the 5,000-resident threshold.

How does Utah compare with the rest of the country?

The median Utah place with a page has about 19,175 residents, compared with about 13,459 nationwide, so the state's typical community is larger than the national typical place. Salt Lake City, UT ranks 44th among all US places by estimated population in our data. The state has 322 communities in total, of which 95 reach 5,000 residents. See the national ranking of the largest cities for comparison.

Quick answers about Utah cities

• Which is the largest city in Utah? Salt Lake City (1,098,526 people).
• How many Utah cities have more than 100,000 people? 7 in our data.
• How many have 25,000 to 100,000? 33.
• What is the typical size? About 19,175 residents for a place with a page.

How is this ranking made?

The data comes from the SimpleMaps US Cities Database, which gives each place an estimated population and a density in people per square kilometer. We convert density to people per square mile and rank the places with at least 5,000 residents. Boundaries matter: a city that includes large parks or farmland scores lower on density than a compact city of the same size, and population estimates can include areas that share a city's ZIP codes. Read why population figures differ and how density is calculated before you quote a number.

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Rankings use dataset estimates, not official counts.