Utah County, Utah

A county in Utah, ranked 2 of 29 by population.

CountyFIPS 49049

Within Utah
Utah County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Provo, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
759,859
+96,283 (+14.5%) since 2020
Land area
2,004
square miles. A further 6.5% of the total area is water
Population density
379
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Provo
Seat of county government.
Established
1852
173 years ago
Largest city
Provo city
Population 114,527.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Utah County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Utah County, Utah from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 638 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Utah County ranks

Position among the 29 counties of Utah, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn UtahNationally
Population759,8592nd of 2988th of 3,144
Land area2,004 sq mi16th of 29285th of 3,144
Population density379 per sq mi4th of 29362nd of 3,144
Median household income$100,6717th of 29165th of 3,143

Full data for Utah County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population759,859Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020663,576Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?659,392Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area2,004 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area139.8 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area2,144 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?379 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$100,671American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$538,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age25.8American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households203,018American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units211,066American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
+9,156
12,348 births, 3,192 deaths
Net migration
+4,926
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Utah County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Wasatch CountyUtah92 mi38,514
Juab CountyUtah68 mi13,567
Salt Lake CountyUtah46 mi1,220,916
Tooele CountyUtah44 mi87,461
Sanpete CountyUtah21 mi31,453
Carbon CountyUtah21 mi20,680
Duchesne CountyUtah7.8 mi20,856

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Side by side

All 29 counties of Utah

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.