Utah’s capital city and four others along the Wasatch Front accounted for more than a third of the state’s growth last year, according to population estimates from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.
Use our searchable database to see if the place you call home grew or shrank between 2023 and 2024.
Utah’s capital city and four others along the Wasatch Front accounted for more than a third of the state’s growth last year, according to population estimates from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute.
Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, and Weber counties added 36,730 new residents between 2023 and 2024, those estimates show — and close to half of that was in just five cities.
Here’s a look at which cities added the most residents.
Salt Lake City
Utah’s capital grew from 215,273 on July 1, 2023, to 219,723 residents as of July 1, 2024, based on the estimates produced by the Gardner Institute under guidance from the Utah Population Committee.
The institute uses the housing unit method, which pulls data from building permits and different assumptions about households and demographics to estimate population changes.
The addition of 4,450 residents was a 2% increase from 2023.
Saratoga Springs
Though Salt Lake City had the most growth of any individual city, the most movement was into Utah County.
That includes Saratoga Springs, which added 4,030 residents — a 7.3% increase compared to July 1, 2023.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Housing in Eagle Mountain on Friday, May 2, 2025.
Eagle Mountain
2023 population: 58,350
2024 population: 61,686
Change: 3,336
Percent change: 5.4%
American Fork
2023 population: 40,223
2024 population: 42,952
Change: 2,729
Percent change: 6.4%
Magna
2023 population: 33,673
2024 population: 36,356
Change: 2,682
Percent change: 7.4%
Did your hometown grow?
Overall, cities in Utah accounted for 48,815 more residents, with:
Unincorporated areas in the state’s 29 counties added another combined 1,778 residents.
Nine counties, though, lost population. Most areas that lost residents were rural, but unincorporated Summit County also lost residents.
Use the database below to see if your area has gained or lost people.
Megan Banta is The Salt Lake Tribune’s data enterprise reporter, a philanthropically supported position. The Tribune retains control over all editorial decisions.