Utah population: the youngest state in the country

Utah had 3,538,904 residents on July 1, 2025, and ranks 30th of 51 by population, counting the 50 states and DC. It is larger than Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming; smaller than Arizona and Colorado¹. What sets it apart is not its size but its shape: the median resident is 32.6 years³ old, the youngest of any state, and the average household holds 2.88⁹ people, the most in the nation. This page covers Utah as a whole; population counts for places such as Ogden, Tooele, Cedar City or Richfield are published in the Census Bureau's QuickFacts. The question most often searched about Utah, the share of residents who belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is answered below from the church's own membership count in the U.S. Religion Census.

The fastest growth of the 2010s

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses Utah's population rose by 18.4%, the highest in the nation. Idaho came second at 17.3%, and the country as a whole grew by 7.4%⁶.

Utah18.4%

Idaho17.3%

Texas15.9%

North Dakota15.8%

Nevada15.0%

Colorado14.8%

District of Columbia14.6%

Florida14.6%

Washington14.6%

Arizona11.9%

United States7.4%

Source: Census Bureau, 2020 Census apportionment results and historical resident population 1910-2020. Period: April 1, 2010 to April 1, 2020.

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State	Growth 2010-20
Utah	18.4%
Idaho	17.3%
Texas	15.9%
North Dakota	15.8%
Nevada	15.0%
Colorado	14.8%
District of Columbia	14.6%
Florida	14.6%
Washington	14.6%
Arizona	11.9%
United States	7.4%

The pace has continued at a slightly lower rank. From the April 2020 census base to July 2025 Utah added 267,303 people, a rise of 8.17%, the 5th highest rate in the country. In the single year to July 2025 the gain was 35,921, or 1.03%, again 5th highest¹.

Over the longer run Utah has climbed the census table. Its first count, in 1850, found 11,380 people, 36th of 38 among the areas counted that year. By 1950 the count was 688,862¹⁰, and by 2000 it was 2,233,169. Today's population is 1.6 times¹ the 2000 figure. The state moved from 34th of 51 in 2010 to 30th of 51⁶ in 2020.

Growth that starts with births

In the year to June 2025, births minus deaths (natural increase) supplied 69% of Utah's population gain, net international migration 21% and net moves from other states 9%¹.

The state recorded 46,948 births and 21,987 deaths in that year, a natural increase of 24,961. Per resident, that is 7.1 per 1,000 residents, the highest in the nation. Second-placed Texas recorded 5.0 per 1,000 residents, and the US figure was 1.5 per 1,000 residents. Both halves of the calculation point the same way: Utah's birth rate of 13.3 per 1,000 residents was the highest in the nation, and its death rate of 6.2 per 1,000 residents was the lowest in the nation¹.

Utah7.1

Texas5.0

Alaska4.5

District of Columbia3.6

Colorado3.4

Idaho3.4

North Dakota3.3

Nebraska3.1

South Dakota2.8

California2.8

United States1.5

Source: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025. Period: July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.

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State	Natural change rate per 1,000
Utah	7.1
Texas	5.0
Alaska	4.5
District of Columbia	3.6
Colorado	3.4
Idaho	3.4
North Dakota	3.3
Nebraska	3.1
South Dakota	2.8
California	2.8
United States	1.5

Migration has been smaller and more variable. Net international migration fell from 26,691 in the year to June 2024 to 7,501 in the year to June 2025. The net gain from other states was 3,343, close to the 2,867 of the year before. Over the full period from April 2020 to June 2025, natural increase added 126,873 people, the 4th highest total of any state, against 85,137 from abroad and 54,893¹ from other states.

Survey data on individual moves show a two-way exchange. In 2024, 94,553 people moved to Utah from another state and 85,775 moved the other way; given the margins of error, the net figure of 8,778 (±11,807¹¹) is uncertain. Many residents are home-grown: 59.0% of Utahns were born in Utah, 2.6 percentage points above the US figure (56.4%) and higher than every bordering state (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming)¹².

Moved to Utah from

California13,734 ±3,517

Arizona9,643 ±2,547

Idaho8,393 ±2,579

Texas6,509 ±2,113

Colorado5,224 ±1,404

Washington5,051 ±2,028

Oregon4,293 ±1,764

Nevada3,563 ±1,136

Left Utah for

Texas8,688 ±3,343

California8,564 ±2,267

Arizona7,366 ±2,624

Florida5,748 ±2,973

Idaho5,417 ±1,302

Colorado5,387 ±1,847

Washington4,291 ±1,562

Oregon3,727 ±1,331

Source: Census Bureau, State-to-State Migration Flows, 2024. People aged 1 and over who lived in another state a year earlier (and the reverse). Survey estimates: whiskers show the 90% margin of error.

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State	Moved in from	Moved out to
California	13,734 ±3,517	8,564 ±2,267
Arizona	9,643 ±2,547	7,366 ±2,624
Idaho	8,393 ±2,579	5,417 ±1,302
Texas	6,509 ±2,113	8,688 ±3,343
Colorado	5,224 ±1,404	5,387 ±1,847
Washington	5,051 ±2,028	4,291 ±1,562
Oregon	4,293 ±1,764	3,727 ±1,331
Nevada	3,563 ±1,136	3,440 ±1,524
Florida	3,331 ±1,703	5,748 ±2,973

Two in three Utahns on Latter-day Saint rolls

The census does not ask about religion. The closest measure is the U.S. Religion Census, which collects counts from the religious bodies themselves. In 2020 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reported 2,126,216 members in Utah, 65.0% of the state's population and 31.6% of all the church's members in the United States. No other state comes close: Idaho is second at 25.1%¹³.

The church accounts for 85.4% of all the adherents that Utah's congregations reported. The Catholic Church follows with 213,155 adherents (6.5% of residents), and Evangelical Protestant churches together count 2.0%, the lowest in the nation. Counting every body, 76.1% of residents are on a congregation's books, the highest in the nation¹³.

The church's share is falling even as its membership grows. It counted 69.1%¹⁴ of residents in 2010; membership rose by 215,712 (11.3%)¹³ over the decade, but the population rose faster. These are congregational records rather than answers about belief, and a person can appear on more than one body's list; religion across the states explains the counts, and the Latter-day Saints ranking covers every state.

Utah population by age

Children under 5 make up 6.5% of Utah's population, children under 18 26.1% and residents 65 and older 13.0% (July 1, 2025). All three are national extremes: the two child shares are the highest of any state and the 65-and-older share is the lowest in the nation. Texas has the next-highest child share, at 24.0%; the District of Columbia has the next-lowest share of older residents, at 13.6%¹⁵.

MenWomenUnited States

MenWomen

85+

80–84

75–79

70–74

65–69

60–64

55–59

50–54

45–49

40–44

35–39

30–34

25–29

20–24

15–19

10–14

5–9

0–4

Source: Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025. Share of the total population in each age group. Vertical ticks: the United States.

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Age	Men (%)	Women (%)	US men (%)	US women (%)
0-4	3.30	3.18	2.76	2.65
5-9	3.59	3.42	2.96	2.83
10-14	3.94	3.72	3.08	2.95
15-19	4.10	3.95	3.31	3.16
20-24	4.60	4.38	3.43	3.28
25-29	4.22	3.89	3.46	3.37
30-34	3.69	3.49	3.41	3.38
35-39	3.42	3.28	3.38	3.40
40-44	3.38	3.27	3.21	3.27
45-49	3.16	3.13	2.93	3.03
50-54	2.58	2.58	2.83	2.96
55-59	2.20	2.22	2.86	3.02
60-64	2.09	2.21	2.96	3.21
65-69	1.99	2.13	2.75	3.08
70-74	1.65	1.82	2.26	2.64
75-79	1.20	1.38	1.71	2.08
80-84	0.70	0.86	1.00	1.32
85+	0.54	0.73	0.78	1.28

The median age of 32.6 years (±0.2 years) in 2025 is 6.9 years below the US figure (39.5 years). The next-youngest are the District of Columbia (35.0 years) and Texas (36.2 years³). For every 100 residents of working age (here, ages 18 to 64) there are 21.3 people aged 65 and older, the lowest of any state (the District of Columbia is lower); the US ratio is 31.5¹⁵.

Men slightly outnumber women. The American Community Survey counts 101.7 males per 100 females (±0.4), 5% above the US figure (96.4); allowing for margins of error, the ratio ranks between 3rd and 6th¹⁶ among the states and DC. The median man in Utah is 31.9 years old and the median woman 33.3 years³.

The youngest state is getting older

Utah's median age was 28.5 years in 2005, 30.6 years in 2015 and 32.6 years in 2025. The US median was 36.4 years¹⁷ in 2005 and 39.5 years³ in 2025.

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Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, 2005-2019 and 2021-2025. ACS 1-year estimates; no standard 1-year release for 2020. Shaded band: 90% margin of error.

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Year	Utah	United States
2005	28.5 ±0.1	36.4 ±0.2
2006	28.4 ±0.1	36.4 ±0.2
2007	28.4 ±0.1	36.7 ±0.1
2008	28.7 ±0.2	36.9 ±0.1
2009	28.9 ±0.1	36.8 ±0.1
2010	29.2 ±0.2	37.2 ±0.1
2011	29.6 ±0.2	37.3 ±0.1
2012	29.9 ±0.1	37.4 ±0.1
2013	30.2 ±0.1	37.5 ±0.1
2014	30.5 ±0.1	37.7 ±0.1
2015	30.6 ±0.1	37.8 ±0.1
2016	30.7 ±0.1	37.9 ±0.1
2017	31.0 ±0.2	38.1 ±0.1
2018	31.0 ±0.2	38.2 ±0.2
2019	31.2 ±0.2	38.5 ±0.1
2021	31.8 ±0.2	38.8 ±0.1
2022	32.1 ±0.2	39.0 ±0.1
2023	32.3 ±0.2	39.2 ±0.1
2024	32.5 ±0.1	39.2 ±0.1
2025	32.6 ±0.2	39.5 ±0.1

The shift since 2020 is clearest in the population estimates. The number of children fell by 26,699 (2.8%) between 2020 and 2025, to 922,267, even as the total population grew. The number of residents 65 and older rose by 75,083 (19.5%), to 460,179. As a result the child share is down from 28.9% in 2020, the share under 5 is down from 7.4% in 2020, and the 65-and-older share is up from 11.7% in 2020. The old-age ratio is up from 19.7 in 2020¹⁵.

The highest birth rate, but not the highest fertility

Two birth measures tell slightly different stories. The birth rate counts births per 1,000 residents of all ages, so it rises when a large share of the population is in its twenties and thirties. In 2024 it was 13.3 per 1,000 residents in Utah, the highest in the nation and 24% above the US figure (10.7 per 1,000 residents). The total fertility rate removes the effect of age structure: it estimates how many children a woman would have at current birth rates for each age. On that measure Utah's 1.80 is tied for 5th highest, behind South Dakota (2.04), Nebraska (1.92), Idaho (1.82) and North Dakota (1.81), though still 12% above the US figure (1.60)¹⁸.

The gap with the nation is widest among women in their late twenties. Their birth rate was 124.6 per 1,000 women aged 25 to 29, 39% above the US figure (89.5 per 1,000 women aged 25 to 29); for women aged 30 to 34 the gap narrows to 12% above the US figure (93.7 per 1,000 women aged 30 to 34). The teen birth rate, 8.2 per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19, is 35% below the US figure (12.6 per 1,000 females aged 15 to 19)¹⁸, and 22.1% of births were to unmarried mothers, 17.4 percentage points below the US figure (39.5%)¹⁹.

The largest households in the country

An average Utah household had 2.88 people in 2025 (±0.02), the largest in the nation. Hawaii is next, at 2.78, and the US average is 2.49. Household size has been edging down, though: the survey put it at 3.19¹⁷ in 2016, and the 2025 figure is down from 2.91 in 2024⁹.

UtahUnited States

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, 2005-2019 and 2021-2025. ACS 1-year estimates; no standard 1-year release for 2020. Shaded band: 90% margin of error.

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Year	Utah	United States
2005	3.07 ±0.03	2.60 ±0.02
2006	3.08 ±0.02	2.61 ±0.02
2007	3.11 ±0.02	2.61 ±0.01
2008	3.15 ±0.02	2.62 ±0.03
2009	3.17 ±0.02	2.63 ±0.01
2010	3.10 ±0.02	2.63 ±0.01
2011	3.13 ±0.02	2.64 ±0.01
2012	3.14 ±0.03	2.64 ±0.01
2013	3.17 ±0.02	2.65 ±0.01
2014	3.16 ±0.03	2.65 ±0.01
2015	3.17 ±0.02	2.65 ±0.01
2016	3.19 ±0.03	2.65 ±0.01
2017	3.13 ±0.02	2.65 ±0.03
2018	3.12 ±0.02	2.63 ±0.03
2019	3.08 ±0.02	2.61 ±0.01
2021	2.99 ±0.01	2.54 ±0.01
2022	2.95 ±0.01	2.50 ±0.01
2023	2.88 ±0.01	2.49 ±0.01
2024	2.91 ±0.02	2.50 ±0.01
2025	2.88 ±0.02	2.49 ±0.01

Married couples head 57.0% of Utah households (±0.8 percentage points), 10.4 percentage points above the US figure (46.6%). That is the highest share in the country, although given the margins of error it cannot be separated from Idaho (55.8%). Family households of any kind are 71.8%, the highest in the nation. People living alone make up only 21.1% of households, the lowest in the nation and 8.1 percentage points below the US figure (29.2%)²⁰.

Marriage records point the same way. Utah recorded 13.4 per 1,000 residents in 2024, the 2nd highest rate after Nevada and 113% above the US figure (6.3 per 1,000 residents)²¹. Among residents 15 and older, 8.3% were divorced in 2025, the 2nd lowest share, and 54.8% were married, 5.4 percentage points above the US figure (49.4%). The share who had never married, 33.3%²², is close to the middle of the table.

What percent of Utah is white, Hispanic, Black and Asian

The American Community Survey puts the non-Hispanic white share of Utah at 72.0% in 2025 (±0.1 percentage points), 17.0 percentage points above the US figure (55.0%). Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 17.6%, non-Hispanic Asian residents 2.6%, non-Hispanic Black residents 1.1% and non-Hispanic residents of two or more races 4.4%².

Single group (adds to 100%)Alone or in combination with other races

White, not Hispanic72.0% 87.0%

Hispanic or Latino (any race)17.6%

Two or more races, not Hispanic4.4%

Asian, not Hispanic2.6% 4.5%

Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, not Hispanic1.2% 2.0%

Black, not Hispanic1.1% 2.3%

American Indian and Alaska Native, not Hispanic0.8% 3.0%

Some other race, not Hispanic0.4%

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, 2025, table B03002; Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, 2025, table B02009. The dark bars are mutually exclusive and add to 100%. The light bars count everyone who reported the race, alone or with another race and of any ethnicity, so they overlap and add to more than 100%.

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Group	Share (single group)	MOE	Alone or in combination
White, not Hispanic	72.0%	±0.1	87.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	17.6%		–
Two or more races, not Hispanic	4.4%	±0.2	–
Asian, not Hispanic	2.6%	±0.1	4.5%
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, not Hispanic	1.2%	±0.1	2.0%
Black, not Hispanic	1.1%	±0.1	2.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native, not Hispanic	0.8%	±0.1	3.0%
Some other race, not Hispanic	0.4%	±0.1	–

The mix is shifting. In the Census Bureau's population estimates, the Hispanic share is up from 15.1% in 2020 and the non-Hispanic white share is down from 76.3% in 2020¹⁵. Most Hispanic Utahns are of Mexican origin (10.7% of all residents over 2020–2024); people of South American origin make up 2.0%, 0.5 percentage points above the US figure (1.5%)²⁴.

The Black share is one of the smallest in the country: 1.7% of residents were Black alone on July 1, 2025, the 4th lowest share. The Asian alone share was 3.1%, 3.9 percentage points below the US figure (6.9%)¹⁵. American Indian and Alaska Native residents, alone or in combination with another race, were 3.0%, not statistically different from the US figure (3.2%)²⁵.

Tongan and Samoan Utahns

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander residents are a small group in Utah but a large one by national standards. Their share of the population, 1.3% on July 1, 2025, is the 3rd highest of any state and higher than every bordering state (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming)¹⁵. Counted alone or with another race, the share is 2.0%, against 0.5%²⁶ nationally.

The largest groups are Tongan and Samoan, not Native Hawaiian. Over 2020–2024, 11,329 residents (±1,502) reported Tongan as their only race, 0.33% of the population. That is the highest Tongan share of any state, just ahead of Hawaii (0.31%); by number only California (19,697) has more. Including people who also reported another race, the 2025 count was 28,547 (±5,051²⁸). The Samoan share, 0.26%, is the 3rd highest, after Alaska and Hawaii²⁷.

Groups reported alone and in combination overlap, so the counts in the last column cannot be added together. The same pattern shows up in birthplace: 3.8% of Utah's foreign-born residents were born in Oceania, 3.2 percentage points above the US figure (0.6%)¹².

English and Danish roots

Ancestry is a separate survey question, and each person can report up to two. In 2025, 914,866 Utahns (25.9%³⁰) reported English ancestry. On the 2020–2024 five-year data, which cover every state, that share is the highest in the country; Maine is second at 21.8%³¹.

Danish ancestry is rarer but even more concentrated. The 2025 estimate is 112,654 people, or 3.2%³⁰ of residents. On the five-year data Utah has the highest Danish share of any state, well above second-placed Nebraska (1.7%), and by number of people it ranks between 1st and 2nd³¹.

A large state where most people live in urban areas

Utah covers 82,596 square miles of land, the 12th largest³² area of any state, and has 42.8 people per square mile, 56% below the US figure (96.7 people per square mile)³³. Yet at the 2020 Census 89.8% of Utahns lived in urban areas, the 8th highest share in the country and higher than Arizona, Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming; lower than Nevada. Only 10.2% lived in rural areas, 9.8 percentage points below the US figure (20.0%)³⁴.

High household incomes, lower income per person

Utah's median household income is high (it is shown in the summary above), but income per person is not. The American Community Survey puts per capita income at $43,702 in 2025, $3,469 (7%) below the US figure ($47,171)³⁵. The Bureau of Economic Analysis, which counts all personal income, puts it at $70,323 per resident in 2025, $6,705 (9%) below the US figure ($77,028)³⁶. The two pictures are consistent: household incomes are divided among more people in Utah than in any other state, many of them children.

UtahUnited States

Under $25,00010.1% 14.0%

$25,000–$49,99912.4% 15.4%

$50,000–$99,99927.8% 27.8%

$100,000–$199,99933.6% 28.0%

$200,000 or more16.1% 14.8%

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, 2025, table B19001. Share of households in each band of income in the past 12 months, in 2025 dollars.

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Household income	Utah	MOE	United States
Under $25,000	10.1%	±0.6	14.0%
$25,000–$49,999	12.4%	±0.6	15.4%
$50,000–$99,999	27.8%	±0.9	27.8%
$100,000–$199,999	33.6%	±1.0	28.0%
$200,000 or more	16.1%	±0.6	14.8%

Incomes are also spread more evenly than in most states. Utah's Gini index of income inequality, a scale on which a higher value means a more unequal distribution, was 0.435 (±0.007), 10% below the US figure (0.482). On the point estimate it is the least unequal state; allowing for margins of error it ranks between 45th and 51st by inequality. The index is up from 0.422 in 2024³⁸. Only 10.1% of households had income under $25,000, the 3rd lowest share, while the band from $100,000 to $200,000 held 33.6%, 5.6 percentage points above the US figure (28.0%)³⁷.

Child poverty was 8.6% (±0.7 percentage points), 6.2 percentage points below the US figure (14.8%); allowing for the margins of error Utah ranks between 47th and 51st from the highest. Poverty among residents 65 and older is the exception: at 10.3% it is not statistically different from the US figure (11.2%) and up from 7.7% in 2024⁵. The Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure, which counts benefits, taxes and local housing costs, puts Utah at 9.9% on average over 2023 to 2025, 3.1 percentage points below the US figure (13.0%)³⁹.

Prices are near the national level overall. The BEA price index for Utah was 98.9 in 2024 (US = 100), 1% below the US figure (100.0); housing costs ran higher (107.8) and utilities lower (78.7⁴⁰). The median value of an owner-occupied home was $543,400 in 2025 (±$4,242), $172,300 (46%) above the US figure ($371,100) and the 7th most expensive in the nation, though down from $559,546 in 2024 (in 2025 dollars)⁴¹. The housing stock is young: 26.0% of homes were built in 2010 or later, against 14.9%⁴² nationally.

The lowest share of people on public health coverage

No state has a smaller share of residents with public health coverage. In 2025, 21.3% of residents had public health coverage of some kind (Medicare, Medicaid or other means-tested coverage, or VA care), the lowest in the nation and 14.1 percentage points below the US figure (35.4%). Two things lie behind that figure. Medicare, which mainly covers people 65 and older, reached 13.2% of Utahns, 6.4 percentage points below the US figure (19.6%), in line with the small older population. Medicaid and other means-tested coverage reached 8.1%, the lowest share; among children it was 14.4%, 20.8 percentage points below the US figure (35.2%)⁴³.

Utah 21.3%New Mexico 48.1%

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, 2025, table S2704. Each dot is a state. Period: 2025.

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State	Public health coverage
New Mexico	48.1%
West Virginia	45.5%
Louisiana	44.2%
Kentucky	43.1%
New York	42.7%
Oregon	41.1%
Vermont	41.1%
Arkansas	40.0%
Maine	39.9%
Hawaii	39.6%
Mississippi	39.5%
Michigan	38.5%
California	38.4%
Connecticut	37.7%
Oklahoma	37.5%
Pennsylvania	37.5%
Montana	37.4%
North Carolina	37.3%
Rhode Island	37.2%
Ohio	37.0%
South Carolina	36.9%
Alaska	36.6%
Alabama	36.1%
Delaware	36.1%
Indiana	35.9%
Iowa	35.7%
Arizona	35.3%
Missouri	34.9%
Massachusetts	34.8%
Nevada	34.6%
Washington	34.6%
Florida	34.5%
New Hampshire	34.3%
Wisconsin	34.3%
Tennessee	34.1%
District of Columbia	34.0%
Illinois	33.9%
Maryland	33.7%
South Dakota	32.9%
Idaho	32.7%
Virginia	32.6%
Wyoming	32.3%
Minnesota	32.2%
New Jersey	32.1%
Colorado	31.1%
Georgia	30.7%
Nebraska	30.4%
Kansas	29.8%
North Dakota	26.9%
Texas	26.8%
Utah	21.3%

Administrative counts, which measure enrollment rather than survey answers, agree. Medicaid and CHIP enrollment equaled 9.2% of the population in June 2026, the lowest in the nation⁴⁴. SNAP food benefits reached 5.0% of residents in an average month of fiscal 2025, the 2nd lowest⁴⁵ share. The share of people with no health insurance at all, 8.6% (±0.4 percentage points), is not statistically different from the US figure (8.4%)⁴⁶.

Other health measures are also better than the national figures. Life expectancy at birth was 79.0 years in 2022, 1.5 years above the US figure (77.5 years) and longer than every bordering state (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming); for men it was 77.3 years, the 2nd longest⁴⁷ of any state. The share of residents with a disability, 10.9%, is the lowest point estimate in the country (between 49th and 51st⁴⁸), and 5.7% of adults smoked in 2024, 5.9 percentage points below the US figure (11.6%)⁴⁹.

Schooling and work

Among adults 25 and older, 39.1% held a bachelor's degree or higher in 2025 (±0.7 percentage points), 1.7 percentage points above the US figure (37.4%); Utah ranks between 13th and 19th⁵⁰ once margins of error are considered. In public high schools, 88% of students who started ninth grade graduated within four years in the 2021–22 school year, the highest in the West⁵¹.

A larger share of people work than nationally: 66.3% of residents 16 and older had a job in 2025, 6.3 percentage points above the US figure (60.0%), and the survey's unemployment rate was 4.0%, 0.9 percentage points below the US figure (4.9%)⁵². Veterans are a smaller group than in most states, 4.4% of civilian adults, the 6th lowest⁵³ share.

Immigrants and languages

345,167 Utah residents (9.8%) were born outside the United States in 2025, 4.9 percentage points below the US figure (14.7%). Most of them, 63.1%, were born in Latin America, a larger share than nationally; Asia accounted for 19.6% and Europe for 7.8%. Fewer have become US citizens than in most states: 40.9% of the foreign-born were naturalized, 13.0 percentage points below the US figure (53.9%) and the lowest in the West¹². At home, 12.0%⁵⁴ of residents aged 5 and older speak Spanish.