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Population Estimates

The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute administers and chairs the Utah Population Committee, which is responsible for annual updates of state and county-level population estimates. The Institute also produces annually updated subcounty population estimates for Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, and Weber counties.

1112, 2023

Insight: New 2018-2022 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates Released

December 11th, 2023|

By: Heidi Prior Last week, the Census Bureau released the newest 5-year estimates from the American Community Survey (ACS). These estimates detail America’s economic and social characteristics from 2018 to 2022. Unlike the 1-year ACS estimates, which only describe geographies with populations over 65,000, these multi-year estimates also cover small geographic areas. This means we get data for all of Utah’s counties, small cities and towns, and neighborhoods within larger cities. […]

412, 2023

Utah Population Committee Postcensal Estimates Accuracy Analysis, 2010-2020

December 4th, 2023|

Compared with the count from the 2020 census, the Utah Population Committee (UPC) population estimate of 3,259,792 underestimated the state count by 11,824 people or .4%. When considering the individual methods used in UPC, the Housing Stock method was the most accurate, while the LDS method was the least at the state level. The performance of the UPC estimates compared to the 2020 census and the individual UPC methods varied by county.

2509, 2023

Insight: Working from Home in Utah

September 25th, 2023|

By Heidi Prior The COVID-19 pandemic significantly accelerated growth in the number of Utahns who work from home. Between 2019 and 2021, Utah’s home-based workforce nearly tripled, and the share of workers based at home rose from 7.4% to 20.0%, according to the 2021 1-year data from the American Community Survey. […]

2206, 2023

Insight: Census Bureau Releases July 1, 2022 Age, Sex, and Race and Hispanic Origin Population Estimates

June 22nd, 2023|

By: Emily Harris Note: The opinions expressed are those of the author alone and do not reflect an institutional position of the Gardner Institute. We hope the opinions shared contribute to the marketplace of ideas and help people as they formulate their own INFORMED DECISIONS™. If you follow our demographic work at the Gardner Policy Institute lately, you may be overwhelmed with the sheer amount of Census Bureau data products being released. That’s ok, we are a bit overwhelmed, too. Between the typical population estimates release schedule and then the 2020 Demographic and Housing Characteristics release less than a month[...]

1805, 2023

Insight: U.S. Census Bureau Releases 2022 Estimates for Housing and City and Town Populations

May 18th, 2023|

By Eric Albers and Heidi Prior On May 18, 2023, the Census Bureau released population estimates for incorporated places (cities and towns) and housing estimates at the state and county level for July 1, 2022. This blog presents several noteworthy items from this most recent release. For a more detailed look at the data, see this fact sheet. […]