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Utah cities added hundreds of thousands of people in a decade

Nearly 3 million Utahns — around 90% of the state’s population — lived in about 940 square miles within 25 urban areas defined by the U.S. Census Bureau in 2020.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) New development construction on the western edge of Magna on Monday, Feb. 20, 2023. Utah's urban centers continue to far outpace population growth in rural areas of the state, according to the U.S. Census.