| 2000 vs. 2016 Population Growth and Change Wasatch County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = 96.47% Rank = #1 Emery County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = -7.55% Rank = #29 Summit County 2000 vs. 2016 Net Percent Change = 35.31% Rank = #11 With a spotlight on Summit County, the chart above displays the distribution of the net percent change of population across Utah's 29 counties over the period 2000-2016. Those counties whose population growth registered above the statewide average over this period realized an increase in their statewide share of population. Likewise, those counties whose population growth registered below the statewide average experienced a decline in their relative share of population statewide. Statewide Snippets:- Over 2000-2016 population grew in twenty-five Utah counties while declining in four.
- Population growth in nine counties outpaced the statewide average (36.47%), while growth in twenty counties trailed.
- At the extremes of the distribution, Wasatch County posted the highest growth of population (96.47%), while Emery County placed last by logging a -7.55% decline.
- The spread in population growth between the highest (Wasatch County, 96.47%) and lowest (Emery County, -7.55%) over 2000-2016 equated to 104.01% ( = 96.47% − -7.55%).
- Population growth statewide is but a weighted metric that stems from each county's share of population statewide. On this point, as the largest county in Utah, Salt Lake County's net population growth over 2000-2016 of 232,042 made up 28.35% of the total net growth statewide (818,541):
Salt Lake County: Percent Share of Utah's
Population Growth, 2000-2016:28.35% = (232,042 / 818,541) x 100 Summit County Snippets:- Over 2000-2016, Summit County posted a 35.31% net gain in population.
- Summit County was joined by nineteen other counties whose population growth over 2000-2016 registered below the statewide average (36.47%).
- Ranked #11 among Utah's 29 counties, Summit County's population growth (35.31%) trailed the statewide average of 36.47% by a 1.16% margin.
- Summit County's net population growth (35.31%, #11) over 2000-2016 registered just above that of Juab County (31.60%, #12) and just below that of Cache County (35.40%, #10).
- Summit County's share of population statewide slipped from 1.33% in 2000 to 1.32% in 2016, resulting in a share-shift of -0.01%.
Data Definition Number of individuals (both civilian and military) who reside in an area as of July 1. BEA uses the Census Bureau's midyear population estimates. United States. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Income Division.
Regional Definitions. 2023. Web.
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Below | Total | | 2000 vs. 2016 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 29 | | | | | | | Salt Lake County 2016 Population = 1,133,060 Percent of State = 36.99% Rank = #1 Daggett County 2016 Population = 1,027 Percent of State = 0.03% Rank = #29 Summit County 2016 Population = 40,544 Percent of State = 1.32% Rank = #10 Again highlighting Summit County's position, the bar graph above displays the disposition by county of 2016 population statewide (3,063,043).  Tip: Although the visual profile of the bar chart remains unchanged you may opt to display the actual total by using the "Select Indicator" options above the graph
Statewide Snippets:- Ranked #1, Salt Lake County's 2016 population totaled 1,133,060, equating to 36.99% of the statewide total.
- Ranked last (#29), Daggett County's population of 1,027 in 2016 comprised just 0.03% of the total statewide. Daggett County's population in 2016 equates to less than .01% to that of Salt Lake County's.
- Salt Lake County's 2016 population (1,133,060) exceeded the combined population (988,326) of Utah's twenty-six smallest counties.
Summit County Snippets:- Summit County's population in 2016 ranked #10, amounting to 1.32% of the statewide total.
- Summit County's population of 40,544 placed below that of Iron County's (50,204, #9), and just above that of Uintah County's (36,050, #11).
- Summit County's population of 40,544 exceeds the combined total (35,664) of Utah's eight smallest counties.
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2000 vs. 2016 | | 2000 | | 2016 | | 2000 - 2016 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 5,998 | 0.27 | | 6,646 | 0.22 | | 10.80 | 648 | 0.08 | | | 42,882 | 1.91 | | 53,514 | 1.75 | | 24.79 | 10,632 | 1.30 | | | 91,861 | 4.09 | | 124,380 | 4.06 | | 35.40 | 32,519 | 3.97 | | | 20,491 | 0.91 | | 20,176 | 0.66 | | -1.54 | -315 | -0.04 | | | 926 | 0.04 | | 1,027 | 0.03 | | 10.91 | 101 | 0.01 | | | 240,422 | 10.71 | | 343,778 | 11.22 | | 42.99 | 103,356 | 12.63 | | | 14,449 | 0.64 | | 20,035 | 0.65 | | 38.66 | 5,586 | 0.68 | | | 10,850 | 0.48 | | 10,031 | 0.33 | | -7.55 | -819 | -0.10 | | | 4,747 | 0.21 | | 4,981 | 0.16 | | 4.93 | 234 | 0.03 | | | 8,420 | 0.38 | | 9,549 | 0.31 | | 13.41 | 1,129 | 0.14 | | | 34,002 | 1.51 | | 50,204 | 1.64 | | 47.65 | 16,202 | 1.98 | | | 8,268 | 0.37 | | 10,881 | 0.36 | | 31.60 | 2,613 | 0.32 | | | 6,094 | 0.27 | | 7,171 | 0.23 | | 17.67 | 1,077 | 0.13 | | | 12,385 | 0.55 | | 12,462 | 0.41 | | 0.62 | 77 | 0.01 | | | 7,165 | 0.32 | | 11,331 | 0.37 | | 58.14 | 4,166 | 0.51 | | | 1,436 | 0.06 | | 1,435 | 0.05 | | -0.07 | -1 | 0.00 | | | 1,965 | 0.09 | | 2,341 | 0.08 | | 19.13 | 376 | 0.05 | | | 901,018 | 40.14 | | 1,133,060 | 36.99 | | 25.75 | 232,042 | 28.35 | | | 14,334 | 0.64 | | 14,883 | 0.49 | | 3.83 | 549 | 0.07 | | | 22,806 | 1.02 | | 27,580 | 0.90 | | 20.93 | 4,774 | 0.58 | | | 18,877 | 0.84 | | 21,010 | 0.69 | | 11.30 | 2,133 | 0.26 | | | 29,964 | 1.33 | | 40,544 | 1.32 | | 35.31 | 10,580 | 1.29 | | | 41,519 | 1.85 | | 64,001 | 2.09 | | 54.15 | 22,482 | 2.75 | | | 25,215 | 1.12 | | 36,050 | 1.18 | | 42.97 | 10,835 | 1.32 | | | 371,811 | 16.57 | | 597,879 | 19.52 | | 60.80 | 226,068 | 27.62 | | | 15,421 | 0.69 | | 30,297 | 0.99 | | 96.47 | 14,876 | 1.82 | | | 91,206 | 4.06 | | 157,988 | 5.16 | | 73.22 | 66,782 | 8.16 | | | 2,533 | 0.11 | | 2,514 | 0.08 | | -0.75 | -19 | 0.00 | | | 197,437 | 8.80 | | 247,295 | 8.07 | | 25.25 | 49,858 | 6.09 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2,244,502 | 100.00 | | 3,063,043 | 100.00 | | 36.47 | 818,541 | 100.00 | | | 1,993,589 | 88.82 | | 2,744,107 | 89.59 | | 37.65 | 750,518 | 91.69 | | | 250,913 | 11.18 | | 318,936 | 10.41 | | 27.11 | 68,023 | 8.31 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 282,162,411 | | | 324,367,742 | | | 14.96 | 42,205,331 | | | | 237,948,237 | | | 278,995,907 | | | 17.25 | 41,047,670 | | | | 44,214,174 | | | 45,371,835 | | | 2.62 | 1,157,661 | |
Source: Calculations by the Utah Regional Economic Analysis Project (UT-REAP)
with data provided by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis November 2023 REAP_PI_CA1400_YRVYR_100A | | | | | |
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