Editing Utah (section)

==Major cities and towns==
{{Main|List of municipalities in Utah}}
{{See also|Utah locations by per capita income}}
[[File:Utah population density 2020.png|thumb|upright|Utah population density map]]
Utah's population is concentrated in two areas, the [[Wasatch Front]] in the north-central part of the state, with over 2.6&nbsp;million residents; and [[Washington County, Utah|Washington County]], in southwestern Utah, locally known as "[[Utah's Dixie|Dixie]]", with more than 175,000 residents in the metropolitan area.

According to the 2010 census, Utah was the second fastest-growing state (at 23.8 percent) in the United States between 2000 and 2010 (behind Nevada). [[St. George, Utah|St. George]], in the southwest, is the second fastest-growing metropolitan area in the United States, trailing [[Greeley, Colorado]].

The three fastest-growing counties from 2000 to 2010 were [[Wasatch County, Utah|Wasatch County]] (54.7%), [[Washington County, Utah|Washington County]] (52.9%), and [[Tooele County, Utah|Tooele County]] (42.9%). However, [[Utah County, Utah|Utah County]] added the most people (148,028). Between 2000 and 2010, [[Saratoga Springs, Utah|Saratoga Springs]] (1,673%), [[Herriman, Utah|Herriman]] (1,330%), [[Eagle Mountain, Utah|Eagle Mountain]] (893%), [[Cedar Hills, Utah|Cedar Hills]] (217%), [[South Willard, Utah|South Willard]] (168%), [[Nibley, Utah|Nibley]] (166%), [[Syracuse, Utah|Syracuse]] (159%), [[West Haven, Utah|West Haven]] (158%), [[Lehi, Utah|Lehi]] (149%), [[Washington, Utah|Washington]] (129%), and [[Stansbury Park, Utah|Stansbury Park]] (116%) all at least doubled in population. [[West Jordan, Utah|West Jordan]] (35,376), Lehi (28,379), [[St. George, Utah|St. George]] (23,234), [[South Jordan, Utah|South Jordan]] (20,981), [[West Valley City, Utah|West Valley City]] (20,584), and Herriman (20,262) all added at least 20,000 people.<ref name="USCB">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Sandy city, Utah; Orem city, Utah; West Jordan city, Utah; Provo city, Utah; West Valley City city, Utah; Salt Lake City city, Utah |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sandycityutah,oremcityutah,westjordancityutah,provocityutah,westvalleycitycityutah,saltlakecitycityutah/PST045217 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=September 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922122041/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/sandycityutah,oremcityutah,westjordancityutah,provocityutah,westvalleycitycityutah,saltlakecitycityutah/PST045217 |archive-date=September 22, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
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! Utah<br />Rank !! style="text-align:center;"|City !! Population<br />(2020)<br />within<br />city limits !! Land<br />area !! Population<br />density<br />(/mi<sup>2</sup>)!! Population<br />density<br />(/km<sup>2</sup>) !! County
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| 1 ||align=left|[[Salt Lake City]] || '''199,723''' || {{convert|109.1|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 1,830.6 || 706||[[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
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| 2 ||align=left|[[West Valley City, Utah|West Valley City]] || '''140,230''' || {{convert|35.4|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 3,961.3 || 1,524||[[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
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| 3 ||align=left|[[West Jordan, Utah|West Jordan]] || '''116,961''' || {{convert|30.9|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 3,785.1 || 1,462||[[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
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| 4 ||align=left|[[Provo, Utah|Provo]] || '''115,162''' || {{convert|39.6|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 2,908.1 ||1,118|| [[Utah County, Utah|Utah County]]
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| 5 ||align=left|[[Orem, Utah|Orem]] || '''98,129''' || {{convert|18.4|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 5,333.1 ||2,044|| [[Utah County, Utah|Utah County]]
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| 6 ||align=left|[[Sandy, Utah|Sandy]] || '''96,904''' || {{convert|22.3|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 4,345.5 || 1,671 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
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| 7 ||align=left|[[St. George, Utah|St. George]] || '''95,342''' || {{convert|64.4|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 1,480.5 || 571 || [[Washington County, Utah|Washington]]
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| 8 ||align=left|[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]] || '''87,321''' || {{convert|26.6|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 3,282.7 || 1,266 || [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]]
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| 9 ||align=left|[[Layton, Utah|Layton]] || '''81,773''' || {{convert|22.0|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 3,717 || 1,434 || [[Davis County, Utah|Davis]]
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| 10 ||align=left|[[South Jordan, Utah|South Jordan]] || '''77,487''' || {{convert|22.05|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 3,514.1 || 1,359 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
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| 11 ||align=left|[[Lehi, Utah|Lehi]] || '''75,907''' || {{convert|26.3|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 2,886.2 || 1,116 || [[Utah County, Utah|Utah]]
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| 12 ||align=left|[[Millcreek, Utah|Millcreek]] || '''63,380''' || {{convert|13.7|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 4,626.3 || 1,811 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
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| 13 ||align=left|[[Taylorsville, Utah|Taylorsville]] || '''60,448''' || {{convert|10.7|sqmi|km2|0|abbr=on}} || 5,649.3 || 2,159 || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]]
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! style="text-align:center;"|Combined statistical area !! Population<br />(2010)
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| style="text-align:left;"| [[Salt Lake City]]-[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]]-[[Clearfield, Utah|Clearfield]]<br />comprises:<br />''Salt Lake City'' and ''Ogden-Clearfield'' Metropolitan Areas and<br />''Brigham City'' and ''Heber'' Micropolitan Areas (as listed below)|| '''1,744,886'''
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! Utah<br />Rank !! style="text-align:center;"|Metropolitan area !! Population<br />(2017) !! Counties
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| 1 ||align=left|[[Salt Lake City]]* || '''1,203,105''' || [[Salt Lake County, Utah|Salt Lake]], [[Tooele County, Utah|Tooele]], [[Summit County, Utah|Summit]]
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| 2 ||align=left|[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]]-[[Clearfield, Utah|Clearfield]]* || '''665,358''' || [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]], [[Davis County, Utah|Davis]], [[Morgan County, Utah|Morgan]]
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| 3 ||align=left|[[Provo, Utah|Provo]]-[[Orem, Utah|Orem]] || '''617,675''' || [[Utah County, Utah|Utah]]
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| 4 ||align=left|[[St. George, Utah|St. George]] || '''165,662''' || [[Washington County, Utah|Washington]]
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| 5 ||align=left|[[Logan, Utah|Logan]] || '''138,002''' || [[Cache County, Utah|Cache]], [[Franklin County, Idaho|Franklin (Idaho)]]
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* Until 2003, the Salt Lake City and Ogden-Clearfield metropolitan areas were considered as a single metropolitan area.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}}

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! Utah<br />Rank !! style="text-align:center;"|Micropolitan area !! Population<br />(2010)
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| 1 ||align=left|[[Brigham City, Utah|Brigham City]] || '''49,015'''
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| 2 ||align=left|[[Cedar City, Utah|Cedar City]] || '''44,540'''
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| 3 ||align=left|[[Vernal, Utah|Vernal]] || '''29,885'''
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| 4 ||align=left|[[Heber, Utah|Heber]] || '''21,066'''
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| 5 ||align=left|[[Price, Utah|Price]] || '''19,549'''
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| 6 ||align=left|[[Richfield, Utah|Richfield]] || '''18,382'''
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File:Salt Lake City - July 16, 2011.jpg|[[Salt Lake City]]
File:LoganUtahCourthouse.jpg|[[Logan, Utah|Logan]]
File:Downtown ogden.jpg|[[Ogden, Utah|Ogden]]
File:Park City, Utah (2).jpg|[[Park City, Utah|Park City]]
File:Provo iv.jpg|[[Provo, Utah|Provo]]
File:Sandy, Utah city hall.jpg|[[Sandy, Utah|Sandy]]
File:Dtn st george.jpg|[[St. George, Utah|St. George]]
File:Kays_Crossing_with_Train_Evening.jpg|[[Layton, Utah|Layton]]
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