Utah
Utah: the places inside it, the companies based here, and where this atlas has research on it.
state · population 180,000 (registry) · North America · page prepared 2026-11-07
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Utah at a glance
Rolled up from the 15 regions inside Utah on this site, with census figures from Statistics Canada.
Who leads Utah, and how households are doing
Researched 2026-11-09 from official statistics; every figure links to its source.
- Population
- 3,538,904 persons (2025) ↗
- GDP
- 319,178.6 USD millions (nominal, annual) (2025) ↗
- Unemployment
- 3.5 % (seasonally adjusted) (2026-09) ↗
- Median household income
- 102,900 USD (current dollars, CPS ASEC) (2025) ↗
- Home ownership
- 68.3 % (2025) ↗
- Debt per person with a credit report
- 83,350 USD total debt balance per consumer with an Equifax credit file (age 18+) (2025-Q4) ↗
Home prices in the biggest cities
As each source measures them (benchmark, median or average sale price); not directly comparable across measures.
| City / metro | Price | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake County ↗ | 553,600 USD | median sale (all residential, county) | 2026-09 |
| Utah County (Provo–Orem) ↗ | 519,990 USD | median sale (all residential, county) | 2026-09 |
| Davis County ↗ | 521,500 USD | median sale (all residential, county) | 2026-09 |
| Weber County (Ogden) ↗ | 447,000 USD | median sale (all residential, county) | 2026-09 |
| Washington County (St. George) ↗ | 499,495 USD | median sale (all residential, county) | 2026-09 |
| Cache County (Logan) ↗ | 484,245 USD | median sale (all residential, county) | 2026-09 |
| Entire State ↗ | 530,000 USD | median sale (all residential) | 2026-09 |
Languages
Official-language and home-language figures as the census reports them.
| Language | Share | Measure | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| English only ↗ | 84.6% | most often at home (only language spoken at home, age 5+, ACS 2017–2021 5-year) | 2021 |
| Language other than English ↗ | 15.4% | most often at home (speaks a language other than English at home, age 5+, ACS 2017–2021 5-year) | 2021 |
| Spanish ↗ | 10.4% | most often at home (age 5+, ACS 2017–2021 5-year; approximate per source) | 2021 |
| Portuguese ↗ | 0.46% | most often at home (age 5+, ACS 2017–2021 5-year) | 2021 |
| English ↗ | official status (official state language) | 2026 |
Largest companies in Utah
Ranked by the measure shown, from the cited ranking or filing.
| Company | Measure | Value | As of |
|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest, Inc. (St. George) ↗ | revenue | 4.1 USD billions | 2025 |
| Extra Space Storage (Cottonwood Heights) ↗ | revenue | 3.26 USD billions | 2024 |
| Zions Bancorporation (Salt Lake City) ↗ | revenue | 2.705 USD billions | 2022 |
| Nu Skin Enterprises (Provo) ↗ | revenue | 1.73 USD billions | 2024 |
| USANA Health Sciences (Salt Lake City) ↗ | revenue | 0.925 USD billions | 2025 |
| Myriad Genetics (Salt Lake City) ↗ | revenue | 0.691 USD billions | 2021 |
| Instructure (Cottonwood Heights) ↗ | revenue | 0.53 USD billions | 2023 |
Worth knowing
- 2025-12Utah's nominal GDP reached $319.2 billion in 2025, up from $302.6 billion in 2024 (BEA via FRED). ↗
- 2025-12Total debt per consumer with a credit file in Utah was $83,350 at Q4 2025, up from $80,820 a year earlier (NY Fed Consumer Credit Panel/Equifax). ↗
- 2026-09Statewide median home sale price was $530,000 in September 2026, up 1.9% from $520,000 a year earlier; closed sales fell 11.9%, and months of supply rose to 4.7. ↗
- 2026-09Summit County (Park City) had the state's highest median sale price in September 2026, $1,775,000. ↗
- 2021-01Governor Cox and Lt. Gov. Henderson were both sworn in on January 4, 2021; Cox had been lieutenant governor since 2013. ↗
- 2025Utah's homeownership rate was 68.3% in 2025, down from 71.2% in 2022 (Census HVS via FRED). ↗
Census
US Census Bureau American Community Survey.
- Spanish329,804 · 9.9%
- Other Indo-European languages35,167 · 1.1%
- Other Asian and Pacific Island languages32,280 · 1%
- Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)16,953 · 0.5%
- Other and unspecified languages16,425 · 0.5%
- German or other West Germanic languages10,418 · 0.3%
- Russian, Polish, or other Slavic languages9,882 · 0.3%
- French, Haitian, or Cajun9,107 · 0.3%
- Vietnamese7,829 · 0.2%
- Tagalog (incl. Filipino)7,265 · 0.2%
Largest places in Utah
By registry population; places with a full /local page are marked.
- 1.Salt Lake City (SLC), Utah full199,723
- 2.Provo, Utah full115,162
- 3.Orem, Utah full98,129
- 4.Sandy, Utah full96,904
- 5.St. George, Utah full95,342
- 6.Ogden, Utah full87,321
- 7.Logan, Utah full53,923
- 8.Cedar City, Utah full35,235
- 9.Brigham City, Utah full19,650
- 10.Vernal-Naples, Utah full10,254
- 11.Park City, Utah full8,396
- 12.Moab, Utah full5,366
- 13.Wendover, Utah1,115
- 14.Garden City, Utah602
Inside Utah
15 regions have Utah as their parent.
Companies based in Utah
147 companies in the Research Upon directory have their headquarters somewhere in Utah. Search them by name or industry.
areaAbout this page: figures for the whole of Utah are rolled up from every region inside it; each place inside has a page of its own, and the companies headquartered here are listed above.