The Census Bureau’s most recent release on April 18, 2019 provides population estimates with components of population change for counties, metropolitan areas, and micropolitan areas in the United States and Puerto Rico.

Washington County’s blend of outdoor recreation opportunities and retirement communities contribute to a large, but previously unknown number of temporary residents. We estimate there were 57,069 temporary residents in Washington County at the fall 2017 seasonal peak in addition to the already estimated 165,592 permanent residents. This research offers a more comprehensive measure of population that is particularly informative to planners in a high-visitation area such as Washington County.

As Census 2020 approaches and data from Census 2010 become more outdated, the need for current housing and population estimates becomes more urgent. This is especially crucial in Utah, the highest growth state this decade and third fastest-growing from 2017 to 2018. This report presents annual subcounty population, household, and housing unit estimates for cities and census tract areas in Salt Lake and Utah County from 2010 to 2018. Salt Lake County grew 1.2 percent from 2017 to 2018, Utah County grew 2.6 percent, and both counties experienced their largest and most rapid growth in housing units of any year [...]

The Utah Population Committee (UPC), chaired by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, produced Utah’s state and county population estimates for July 1, 2018. These estimates indicate that the state added approximately 402,000 people since April 1, 2010, reaching an estimated 3,166,647 Utahns. From 2017 to 2018, the population grew by 52,664 people. This is an annual growth rate of 1.69 percent, a deceleration from the previous year’s 1.93 percent.