Utah County

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Utah County Courthouse
Utah County Courthouse
administration
US state : Utah
Administrative headquarters : Provo
Foundation : 1852
Demographics
Residents : 516,564  (2010)
Population density : 99.8 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 5545 km²
Water surface : 369 km²
map
Map of Utah County within Utah
Website : www.co.utah.ut.us

Utah County is a county in the state of Utah in the United States . The county seat and largest city is Provo .

geography

Utah County lies in the transition of the Rocky Mountains in the east to the geological province of the Basin and Range in the west and has an area of ​​5545 square kilometers (2145 mi²), of which only 369 square kilometers of Uth Lake are the proportion of water. It is bordered by counties in a clockwise direction: Wasatch County , Carbon County , Duchesne County , Sanpete County , Juab County , Tooele County, and Salt Lake County . The average height in the County is 1,310  m to 1,432  m . The area of ​​the county is largely identical to the Utah Valley , the valley of the Utah Lakes below the Wasatch Mountains , on whose main ridge the eastern border of the county runs. However, the county continues in the southeast into the mountains and includes in particular the valley of Soldier Creek , which is almost unpopulated, but is a major traffic route with US Highway 6 . In the south, the county boundary is initially straight and in the south-west takes up the hilly structures of the clumps that characterize the basin-and-range region of the Great Basin . In the west the border also runs on the eyrie, in the north the Oquirrh Mountains and the foothills of the Wasatch range , known as the Traverse Range , border the valley and valley. Not only all traffic routes run between them in a north-south direction, but also the Jordan River , which is the outflow from Utah Lake into the Salt Lake Valley and the Great Salt Lake .

history

Utah County was founded in 1852. It was named after the Spanish name Yuta for the Ute Indians .

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1850 2026 -
1860 8248 307.1%
1870 12.203 48%
1880 17,973 47.3%
1890 23,768 32.2%
1900 32,456 36.6%
1910 37,942 16.9%
1920 40,792 7.5%
1930 49.021 20.2%
1940 57,382 17.1%
1950 81,912 42.7%
1960 106.991 30.6%
1970 137,776 28.8%
1980 218.106 58.3%
1990 263,590 20.9%
2000 368,540 39.8%
2010 516,564 40.2%
Before 1900

1900-1990 2000

Age pyramid of the county (as of 2000)
Utah County (UT) details
The Provo Mountains
The Reed Smoot House , listed in the NRHP with the number 75001831

After the census in 2000 three hundred sixty-eight thousand five hundred thirty-six people lived in Utah County. There were 99,937 households and 80,749 families. The population density was 71 people per square kilometer. The racial the population was composed of 92.36% White, 0.30% African American, 0.60% Native American, 1.06% Asian, 0.58% Pacific Islander, and 3.25% other races Groups; 1.85% were from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 7.00% of the population.

Of the 99,937 households, 48.30% had children and young people under the age of 18 living with them. 69.80% were married couples living together, 8.00% were a single mother. 19.20% were not families. 11.20% are single households and 4.70% have someone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.59 and the average family size was 3.86 people.

For the entire county, the population was composed of 34.10% residents under the age of 18, 21.00% between 18 and 24 years old, 25.90% between 25 and 44 years old, 12.70% between 45 and 64 years old 6.40% were 65 years of age or over. The median age was 23 years. For every 100 females there were 98.30 males, and for every 100 females aged 18 and over there were 94.50 males.

The median income for a household in the 45,833 USD , and the median income for a family was 50,196 USD. Males had a median income of $ 37,878 versus $ 22,656 for females. The per capita income was $ 15,557. 12.00% of the population and 6.80% of families are below the poverty line. 8.40% of them were under 18 years of age and 4.80% were 65 years of age or older.

cities and communes

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Utah County in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 22, 2011
  2. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  3. ↑ Extract from Census.gov . Retrieved February 28, 2011
  4. ↑ Excerpt from factfinder.census.gov.Retrieved February 28, 2011
  5. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places . Retrieved March 13, 2011

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Coordinates: 40 ° 7 ′  N , 111 ° 40 ′  W