Utah Census Data

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff


People QuickFacts Utah USA
Population, 2005 estimate 2,469,585 296,410,404
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 10.6% 5.3%
Population, 2000 2,233,169 281,421,906
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 9.5% 6.8%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 30.1% 24.8%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 8.7% 12.4%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.8% 50.7%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a) 93.8% 80.2%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) 1.0% 12.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) 1.3% 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) 1.9% 4.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) 0.7% 0.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.3% 1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) 10.9% 14.4%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 83.5% 66.9%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 49.3% 54.1%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 7.1% 11.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 12.5% 17.9%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 87.7% 80.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 26.1% 24.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 298,686 49,746,248
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 21.3 25.5
Housing units, 2005 873,097 124,521,886
Homeownership rate, 2000 71.5% 66.2%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 22.0% 26.4%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $146,100 $119,600
Households, 2000 701,281 105,480,101
Persons per household, 2000 3.13 2.59
Median household income, 2003 $46,709 $43,318
Per capita money income, 1999 $18,185 $21,587
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 10.0% 12.5%
Business QuickFacts Utah USA
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 62,8341 7,387,724
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 935,1261 115,074,924
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 2.0%1 0.9%
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 163,426 19,523,741
Total number of firms, 2002 193,003 22,974,655
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 0.3% 5.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 0.6% 0.9%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.5% 4.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.2% 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 2.7% 6.8%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 25.1% 28.2%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 25,104,045 3,916,136,712
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 22,905,100 4,634,755,112
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 23,675,432 3,056,421,997
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $10,206 $10,615
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 2,984,632 449,498,718
Building permits, 2005 27,799 2,155,316
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 13,683,6231 2,143,781,7272
Geography QuickFacts Utah USA
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 82,143 3,537,438
Persons per square mile, 2000 27.2 79.6
FIPS Code 49
1: Includes data not distributed by county.
2: Includes data not distributed by state.

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:07:00 EST
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