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Explore dated, statewide figures across taxes and the economy, housing, public safety, health, education, and other civic topics.

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14 topic facts + fiscal overview + 9 state trends + 379 reviewed government links

Public money

How Utah funds state services

The enacted FY2027 operating-and-capital budget, FY2025 audited State tax revenue and activity, current tax rates, and appropriations by legislative subcommittee. Each section preserves its own period and accounting scope.

Enacted budget plan

$31.6BFY2027

Approved during the 2026 General Session

FY2027 operating and capital budget

July 1, 2026–June 30, 2027

Exact reported total: $31,633,374,000

Utah's operating and capital budget from all sources, including expendable funds and accounts. The Legislative Fiscal Analyst removes proprietary, fiduciary, and capital-project funds and transfers among funds and accounts from the broader $37.240 billion all-appropriations authorization total.

Utah Legislature, Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst: Budget of the State of Utah 2026 — FY2027 State Budget, Table 2

FY2025 ACFR actual

Where State tax revenue comes from

$13.7B$13,699,077,000

Shares of the $13.699 billion in taxes reported as general revenue for Utah's primary government. Property tax appears only for component units in the State's Statement of Activities and is therefore excluded from this primary-government denominator.

Individual income tax$6.7B · 49.2%

Individual-income-tax revenue constitutionally imposed for education.

Sales and use tax$4.7B · 34.5%

Sales-and-use-tax revenue recognized across governmental and business-type activities.

Corporate tax$952.4M · 7.0%

Corporate-tax revenue constitutionally imposed for education.

Motor and special-fuel taxes$680.3M · 5.0%

Motor- and special-fuel taxes imposed for transportation.

Other taxes$593.2M · 4.3%

The ACFR's combined other-tax revenue across governmental and business-type activities.

FY2027 operating and capital budget

FY2027 budget by appropriations subcommittee

$31.6B$31,633,374,000

The nine appropriations-subcommittee totals in the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's State Budget table, plus the table's $1,000 rounding difference. Together they reconcile exactly to the operating-and-capital budget headline.

Social services$9.5B · 30.0%

Health and Human Services and related social-service programs within the official subcommittee total.

Public education$9.0B · 28.4%

The Minimum School Program, State Board of Education, school-building programs, and related public-education appropriations.

Transportation and infrastructure$4.3B · 13.7%

Transportation, capital budget, debt service, facilities construction and management, and related infrastructure.

Higher education$3.4B · 10.6%

Utah's degree-granting and technical colleges and system-level higher-education programs.

Economic and community development$2.0B · 6.4%

Workforce services, economic opportunity, alcoholic-beverage services, cultural programs, and related development functions.

Criminal justice$1.4B · 4.6%

Corrections, courts, public safety, the Attorney General, pardons and parole, and related justice functions.

Natural resources, agriculture, and environmental quality$1.2B · 3.9%

Natural resources, environmental quality, agriculture, public lands, and related programs.

General government$505.1M · 1.6%

State administrative, regulatory, oversight, revenue, and other general-government agencies.

Executive appropriations$270.1M · 0.9%

Legislative, Capitol, National Guard, veterans, and other programs overseen directly by the Executive Appropriations Committee.

Published-table rounding adjustment$1,000 · 0.0%

The official subcommittee figures are published in thousands and sum to $1,000 less than the separately published statewide total; this explicit adjustment preserves both figures.

Tax structure

Common statewide rates

Property and district rates can be local. Each card states the applicable scope.

Individual income tax

4.45%S.B. 60 reduced Utah's individual-income-tax rate from 4.5% to 4.45% beginning in 2026.Utah Legislature, Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst: Budget of the State of Utah 2026 — Bills Impacting Revenue

Sales and use tax

4.85% State + localUtah's general State sales-and-use-tax component is 4.85%, with local-option and other jurisdictional components varying by address. Grocery food uses a separate 3% State rate.Utah State Tax Commission: 2026 Sales and Use Tax Rates

Corporate franchise and income tax

4.45%S.B. 60 reduced Utah's corporate franchise-and-income-tax rate from 4.5% to 4.45% beginning in 2026; a corporate minimum tax can still apply.Utah Legislature, Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst: Budget of the State of Utah 2026 — Bills Impacting Revenue

Property tax

Local area ratesA property's final Utah rate is the combined area rate made up of the applicable local taxing-entity rates, so the rate varies by location and assessed value.Utah State Tax Commission: Certified Property Tax Rates

Latest audited results

Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025

Government-wide activity for Utah's primary government on the accrual basis. Revenue combines program revenue, taxes, unrestricted investment income, gains on capital-asset sales, and miscellaneous general revenue; internal transfers are excluded.

Utah Department of Government Operations, Division of Finance: State of Utah FY2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report

Government-wide revenue: $26.3B
Government-wide expenses: $23.2B

Method, scope, and limitations

FactVote used the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's FY2027 State Budget total and official appropriations-subcommittee breakdown, which eliminate interfund and non-budget authorization categories from the broader all-appropriations figure. Because the subcommittee figures are published in thousands and sum to $1,000 less than the published statewide total, FactVote displays that difference as an explicit rounding adjustment. FY2025 tax-source shares and audited activity come from the government-wide ACFR, and current rate facts come from the Legislature and State Tax Commission.

The $31.633 billion headline is Utah's operating and capital budget including expendable funds and accounts, not the broader $37.240 billion authorization total for all purposes.
The broader total includes proprietary, fiduciary, internal-service, loan, capital-project, deposit, and transfer transactions that the official State Budget table removes to avoid overstating program spending.
The nine published subcommittee totals sum to $31.633373 billion, $1,000 below the published statewide total because the source table is expressed in thousands; the spending chart exposes that rounding difference instead of silently assigning it to a program.
FY2025 audited activity is on the accrual basis and is not the same measure or period as FY2027 budget authority.
Sales-tax and property-tax rates vary by locality, taxable item, exemptions, assessed value, and the applicable local-option or taxing-entity rates.

Last verified August 28, 2026 · Review by August 31, 2027 · Utah figures refresh annually.

Taxes and the economy

Taxes, government spending, jobs, wages, and small business.

Taxes and economy

$95,166

Median household income

2020–2024 estimate

Median money income received by Utah households, expressed in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars.

View breakdowns and source

How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.

Keep in mind

Income is not take-home pay and does not directly measure taxes, wealth, prices, or purchasing power.
A statewide median obscures regional and household differences.

Related state trends

Taxes and economy over time

Employment and unemployment place the latest economic facts in a longer statewide context.

Work

Employment and unemployment

3.3%unemployed

The unemployment rate is paired with employed Utah residents indexed to 2015, so job recovery and labor-market slack remain readable on separate scales.

Unemployment rate
Employed people

Unemployment rate: 3.3%
Employed people: 1.8M
Employment since 2015: +25.3%

U.S. comparison & state rank2024

Unemployment rate

Utah: 3.3%
U.S. benchmark: 4.0%
State rank #1 has the highest unemployment rate — worse: #32 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED: National unemployment rate

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Year	Unemployment rate	Employed people	Employment index
2015	3.5%	1,409,952	100.0
2016	3.3%	1,458,487	103.4
2017	3.1%	1,506,273	106.8
2018	2.9%	1,537,987	109.1
2019	2.5%	1,578,069	111.9
2020	4.8%	1,566,150	111.1
2021	2.8%	1,641,440	116.4
2022	2.4%	1,703,871	120.8
2023	2.7%	1,748,673	124.0
2024	3.3%	1,766,489	125.3

Method and limitations

FactVote uses BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics annual averages for the statewide unemployment rate and civilian employment. The chart converts employment to an index with 2015 equal to 100; the data table retains the published employment level.

LAUS estimates are revised each year through the program's annual processing cycle.
Employment is residence-based civilian employment, not a count of jobs located in the state.
Annual averages smooth within-year changes.

Housing and property costs

Housing supply, affordability, renters, zoning, and property costs.

Housing

$1,496/month

Median gross rent

2020–2024 estimate

Median monthly gross rent for renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent, including contract rent plus estimated average utility and fuel costs paid by the renter.

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How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate and expressed in 2024 dollars.

Keep in mind

This is a multi-year statewide estimate, not a current asking-rent measure.
The median obscures differences by location, unit size, housing quality, and renter circumstances.

Related state trends

Housing over time

Home values and household income show how Utah housing costs and purchasing power have changed together.

Housing pressure

Home prices versus income growth

+114.7%home prices

FHFA house prices and BEA personal income per person are indexed to the same starting year. A widening gap signals that home prices are rising faster than this broad income measure.

FHFA home prices
Income per person

Home-price growth: +114.7%
Income growth: +69.5%
Income per person: $69,991

U.S. comparison & state rank2025

Home-price growth

Utah: +114.7%
U.S. benchmark: +86.6%
State rank #1 has the fastest home-price growth — depends on perspective: #3 of 50

Income growth

Utah: +69.5%
U.S. benchmark: +55.9%
State rank #1 has the fastest income growth — better: #1 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.Federal Housing Finance Agency: U.S. House Price Index U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis via FRED: U.S. personal income per capita

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Year	FHFA HPI	Home-price index	Income per person	Income index
2016	304.01	100.0	$41,295	100.0
2017	327.94	107.9	$43,030	104.2
2018	356.69	117.3	$45,463	110.1
2019	383.66	126.2	$48,163	116.6
2020	411.81	135.5	$51,764	125.4
2021	501.85	165.1	$58,325	141.2
2022	601.50	197.9	$60,713	147.0
2023	607.53	199.8	$64,431	156.0
2024	631.81	207.8	$67,345	163.1
2025	652.65	214.7	$69,991	169.5

Method and limitations

FactVote averages the four quarterly, not-seasonally-adjusted FHFA all-transactions HPI observations for each year. It compares that series with BEA annual per-capita personal income distributed by FRED, then rebases both to 100 in 2016.

This is a pressure indicator, not a home-price-to-income ratio and not a measure of monthly mortgage affordability.
Both series are nominal; neither is adjusted for inflation.
Per-capita personal income includes earnings, property income, and transfers and is not median household income.

Public safety and criminal justice

Policing, crime prevention, sentencing, incarceration, and rehabilitation.

Public safety and justice

237.8 per 100,000

Reported violent-crime rate

2024

Violent offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

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How it was measured

FactVote sums the 12 monthly state offense rates returned by the FBI Crime Data Explorer for each calendar year. The accompanying coverage value is the mean of the 12 monthly population-coverage percentages returned with the same query.

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Utah's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 95.4% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 97.1%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Public safety and justice

1,492.8 per 100,000

Reported property-crime rate

2024

Property offenses reported to law enforcement per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions.

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How it was measured

Keep in mind

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Utah's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 95.4% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.
Average monthly population coverage in 2024 was 97.1%; this is not complete statewide reporting.

Public safety and justice

Homicide deaths

2024 final data

Deaths for which homicide was the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

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Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted homicide death rate: 2.3 per 100,000

How it was measured

CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data.

Keep in mind

Homicide mortality is not the same as offenses reported to police and does not include nonfatal violence.
Counts and rates do not establish causes or the effect of a particular policy.

Related state trends

Public safety and justice over time

Reported violent- and property-crime rates are shown with the coverage cautions needed to compare years responsibly.

Public safety

Reported violent and property crime rates

97.1% coverage

Reported offenses per 100,000 residents in participating jurisdictions. Amber points flag years when average monthly population coverage was below 90%.

Violent crime
Property crime
Partial reporting

Violent crime: 237.8 per 100k
Property crime: 1492.8 per 100k
Population coverage: 97.1%

U.S. comparison & state rank2024

Violent-crime rate

Utah: 237.8 per 100k
U.S. benchmark: 359.1 per 100k
State rank #1 has the highest violent-crime rate — worse: #37 of 50

Property-crime rate

Utah: 1492.8 per 100k
U.S. benchmark: 1760.1 per 100k
State rank #1 has the highest property-crime rate — worse: #34 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.An asterisk marks a state-year with less than 90% average population coverage. The U.S. figures are FBI national estimates; state figures are reported rates.Federal Bureau of Investigation: UCR Summary of Reported Crimes in the Nation, 2024

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Year	Violent rate	Property rate	Population coverage
2015	236.8 per 100k	3011.3 per 100k	99.1%
2016	242.6 per 100k	2982.8 per 100k	98.6%
2017	244.2 per 100k	2798.5 per 100k	98.4%
2018	240.8 per 100k	2416.1 per 100k	97.1%
2019	240.5 per 100k	2204.8 per 100k	96.5%
2020	247.7 per 100k	2396.6 per 100k	96.3%
2021	259.6 per 100k	2142.2 per 100k	95.4%
2022	245.2 per 100k	1931.5 per 100k	99.1%
2023	236.1 per 100k	1663.6 per 100k	98.9%
2024	237.8 per 100k	1492.8 per 100k	97.1%

Method and limitations

These are crimes reported to law enforcement, not all crimes that occurred.
Utah's average monthly population coverage remained at or above 95.4% throughout this series, but coverage still varies and does not equal complete statewide reporting.
Reporting systems, agency participation, and later revisions can change the published series.

Healthcare

Coverage, prescription costs, Medicaid, and access to care.

Healthcare

9.3%

People under 65 without health insurance

2024 ACS annual estimate

Share of Utah’s civilian noninstitutionalized residents under age 65 who lacked comprehensive health-insurance coverage at the time of the ACS survey.

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How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the 2024 American Community Survey 1-year estimate.

Keep in mind

This is a survey estimate for people under 65 and does not describe coverage type or continuity of coverage.
Insurance status alone does not measure affordability, access, quality, or health outcomes.

Related state trends

Healthcare over time

Health-insurance coverage and life expectancy provide separate views of access and population health over time.

Health coverage

Residents without health insurance

8.3%uninsured

The share of the civilian noninstitutionalized population without health insurance at the time of the American Community Survey interview.

Uninsured rate
90% confidence margin

Uninsured rate: 8.3%
Margin of error: ±0.5 points

U.S. comparison & state rank2024

Uninsured rate

Utah: 8.3%
U.S. benchmark: 8.2%
State rank #1 has the highest uninsured rate — worse: #18 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.U.S. Census Bureau: HIC-4_ACS health insurance coverage

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Year	Uninsured rate	90% margin of error
2014	12.5%	±0.5 points
2015	10.5%	±0.5 points
2016	8.8%	±0.4 points
2017	9.2%	±0.4 points
2018	9.4%	±0.5 points
2019	9.7%	±0.5 points
2020	Not released	—
2021	9.0%	±0.5 points
2022	8.1%	±0.5 points
2023	8.0%	±0.4 points
2024	8.3%	±0.5 points

Method and limitations

FactVote uses the Census Bureau's HIC-4_ACS historical table. Rates and 90% confidence margins of error are the published ACS 1-year estimates for the civilian noninstitutionalized population.

The Census Bureau did not release the standard 2020 ACS 1-year estimates because pandemic-era data collection did not meet its quality standards; the chart preserves that gap.
The rate is a survey estimate and the accompanying margin of error should be considered when comparing nearby values.
Coverage is measured at the interview and does not show how long someone was uninsured during the year.

Health outcomes

Life expectancy at birth

79.0 yearsat birth

Period life expectancy at birth based on Utah's annual complete life tables and final state-specific death data.

Life expectancy at birth

U.S. comparison & state rank2022

Life expectancy

Utah: 79.0 years
U.S. benchmark: 77.5 years
State rank #1 has the highest life expectancy — better: #9 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.CDC National Center for Health Statistics: U.S. state life tables, 2018–2022

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Year	Life expectancy at birth
2018	79.6 years
2019	79.7 years
2020	78.6 years
2021	78.2 years
2022	79.0 years

Method and limitations

FactVote uses CDC National Center for Health Statistics annual complete life-table estimates for the total Utah population. Values are rounded to the published tenth of a year.

The latest published comparable state series ends in 2022, even though newer national life-expectancy estimates may be available.
Period life expectancy summarizes current mortality rates; it is not a forecast of how long a particular person will live.
The 2020 and 2021 estimates reflect the mortality shock during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education

Public schools, school choice, teachers, and higher education.

Education

93.4%

Adults with at least a high school diploma

2020–2024 estimate

Share of Utah residents age 25 and older whose reported attainment is a regular high school diploma or equivalent (including GED or an alternative credential), some college, or an associate’s or higher degree.

View breakdowns and source

How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.

Keep in mind

This is an adult educational-attainment measure, not a current high-school graduation rate or a measure of school quality.
A statewide estimate can obscure differences across communities and demographic groups.

Related state trends

Education over time

Comparable NAEP assessment years show changes in statewide reading and mathematics performance.

Education

NAEP reading and math scores

219.3Grade 4 reading

Grade 4 and Grade 8 public-school mean scale scores from the Nation's Report Card. Reading and math are shown within each grade on their own panel.

Reading · circle
Math · square

Grade 4 reading: 219.3
Grade 4 math: 241.5
Grade 8 reading: 261.2
Grade 8 math: 281.8

U.S. comparison & state rank2024

Grade 4 reading

Utah: 219.3
U.S. benchmark: 215.0
State rank #1 has the highest score — better: #7 of 50

Grade 4 math

Utah: 241.5
U.S. benchmark: 237.5
State rank #1 has the highest score — better: #5 of 50

Grade 8 reading

Utah: 261.2
U.S. benchmark: 258.0
State rank #1 has the highest score — better: #8 of 50

Grade 8 math

Utah: 281.8
U.S. benchmark: 273.8
State rank #1 has the highest score — better: #4 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.State ranks use public-school results. The U.S. benchmark includes the national public- and nonpublic-school sample.U.S. Department of Education, NCES: NAEP national results

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Assessment year	Grade 4 reading	Grade 4 math	Grade 8 reading	Grade 8 math
2003	219.3	234.8	264.3	280.6
2005	221.3	238.8	261.9	279.2
2007	221.3	239.4	262.2	281.1
2009	219.2	240.3	265.6	284.1
2011	220.4	242.5	267.1	283.3
2013	222.8	242.8	270.0	284.3
2015	226.1	242.6	269.4	286.1
2017	225.2	242.5	268.8	286.8
2019	225.1	243.8	267.4	284.9
2022	221.1	239.6	265.2	282.2
2024	219.3	241.5	261.2	281.8

Method and limitations

FactVote uses NAEP Data Service mean scale scores for all public-school students in Utah. The series uses the total student group and the main reading and mathematics composite scales for Grade 4 and Grade 8.

NAEP is generally administered every two years; the 2021 administration was postponed, so the timeline moves from 2019 to 2022.
NAEP results are estimates from a sample. Statistical significance, not a visual gap alone, determines whether scores differ.
Each grade and subject has its own scale. Follow one line over time rather than comparing the numeric distance between grades or subjects.

Environment and energy

Clean water, conservation, climate, and energy production.

Environment

$4.27/gal

Rocky Mountain regular gasoline price

Week of August 31, 2026

Estimated average retail price of regular-grade gasoline across all formulations in EIA's Rocky Mountain region, including taxes. The region contains Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming.

Utah$4.266/gal

United States$4.071/gal

The Rocky Mountain average was $0.195 per gallon higher, or about 4.8% above the U.S. average.

View breakdowns and source

Utah and U.S. context

Regular gasoline price

Utah: $4.266/gal
United States: $4.071/gal

The Rocky Mountain average was $0.195 per gallon higher, or about 4.8% above the U.S. average.

Both figures are EIA weekly retail estimates for regular gasoline, including taxes, for the week of August 31, 2026. The Utah-side figure is the Rocky Mountain regional average, not a Utah statewide estimate.U.S. Energy Information Administration: U.S. Regular All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices

Recent EIA observations

Prior week: $4.359/gal
Weekly change: -9.3¢
One year earlier: $3.183/gal
Change from one year earlier: +108.3¢

How it was measured

FactVote uses EIA’s Rocky Mountain series, the smallest current EIA retail region that includes Utah. Changes are calculated from the published August 24, 2026 (prior week), and September 1, 2025 (52 weeks earlier), observations.

Keep in mind

EIA does not publish a current Utah statewide weekly gasoline-price series. This Rocky Mountain regional estimate should not be read as Utah’s statewide average.
The regional average combines Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming, and does not represent the price at every station or in every Utah community.
Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns. Weekly estimates can be revised and can differ from monthly averages.
Price changes alone do not establish the effect of any bill, official, or government action.

Related state trends

Environment over time

Utah electricity generation, residential power prices, and gasoline prices show how the state's energy costs and supply have changed.

Energy

Electricity mix and residential price

12.22¢/kWhresidential average

In-state utility-scale electricity generation by energy source is paired with the annual average residential electricity price on a separate scale.

Natural gas33.1%
Coal45.4%
Nuclear0.0%
Solar15.1%
Hydroelectric2.2%
Wind2.1%
Other2.0%

Residential price: 12.22¢/kWh
Total generation: 35.1 TWh
Largest source: Coal · 45.4%

U.S. comparison & state rank2024

Residential electricity price

Utah: 12.22¢/kWh
U.S. benchmark: 16.48¢/kWh
State rank #1 has the highest electricity price — worse: #45 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.U.S. Energy Information Administration: National residential electricity price

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Year	Total generation	Natural gas	Coal	Solar	Hydroelectric	Wind	Other	Residential price
2015	41.949 TWh	8.218 TWh	31.656 TWh	0.032 TWh	0.769 TWh	0.626 TWh	0.648 TWh	10.88¢/kWh
2016	38.134 TWh	8.691 TWh	25.939 TWh	1.054 TWh	0.760 TWh	0.822 TWh	0.868 TWh	11.02¢/kWh
2017	37.412 TWh	5.871 TWh	26.390 TWh	2.211 TWh	1.294 TWh	0.858 TWh	0.788 TWh	10.95¢/kWh
2018	39.375 TWh	8.724 TWh	25.912 TWh	2.224 TWh	0.927 TWh	0.795 TWh	0.793 TWh	10.41¢/kWh
2019	39.117 TWh	9.369 TWh	25.241 TWh	2.186 TWh	0.875 TWh	0.819 TWh	0.626 TWh	10.40¢/kWh
2020	37.087 TWh	9.460 TWh	22.806 TWh	2.571 TWh	0.817 TWh	0.803 TWh	0.631 TWh	10.44¢/kWh
2021	42.566 TWh	10.686 TWh	26.376 TWh	3.479 TWh	0.494 TWh	0.825 TWh	0.706 TWh	10.43¢/kWh
2022	39.386 TWh	11.107 TWh	22.390 TWh	3.853 TWh	0.595 TWh	0.723 TWh	0.717 TWh	10.84¢/kWh
2023	33.497 TWh	11.834 TWh	15.600 TWh	3.929 TWh	0.769 TWh	0.683 TWh	0.681 TWh	11.20¢/kWh
2024	35.134 TWh	11.640 TWh	15.967 TWh	5.311 TWh	0.759 TWh	0.748 TWh	0.709 TWh	12.22¢/kWh

Method and limitations

FactVote uses EIA's annual utility-scale net generation series and groups sources into seven categories. The residential price is EIA's annual average revenue per kilowatthour and includes generation, transmission, distribution, taxes, and fees reflected in electric bills.

Generation is electricity produced inside Utah, not electricity consumed there; interstate imports and exports are not represented.
The consistent utility-scale series excludes estimated generation from small-scale solar systems under 1 megawatt. Hydroelectric combines conventional and pumped-storage net generation; the 'other' category is the residual of remaining reported energy sources.
The residential price is a statewide nominal average and can mask large differences among utilities, plans, and household usage.

Fuel cost

Monthly regular gasoline price

$3.881/galmonthly average

Monthly regular-grade gasoline prices in EIA’s Rocky Mountain region show the market trend surrounding Utah. The regional average includes Utah.

Regular gasoline · monthly average

Price: $3.881/gal
From prior month: −15.6¢
From one year earlier: +75.1¢

U.S. comparison & state rank2026-07

Regular gasoline

Utah: $3.881/gal
U.S. benchmark: $3.932/gal
State rank #1 has the highest gasoline price — worse: #19* of 49

* EIA does not publish a current Utah statewide monthly gasoline-price series; this chart uses a five-state regional average, not a statewide measurement.

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.Gasoline ranks cover states with a published FactVote monthly series. An asterisk marks an EIA regional or metro proxy rather than a statewide measurement.U.S. Energy Information Administration: U.S. regular gasoline prices

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Month	Regular gasoline price
January 2020	$2.594/gal
February 2020	$2.487/gal
March 2020	$2.293/gal
April 2020	$1.901/gal
May 2020	$1.837/gal
June 2020	$2.218/gal
July 2020	$2.323/gal
August 2020	$2.355/gal
September 2020	$2.321/gal
October 2020	$2.258/gal
November 2020	$2.194/gal
December 2020	$2.180/gal
January 2021	$2.226/gal
February 2021	$2.361/gal
March 2021	$2.800/gal
April 2021	$2.967/gal
May 2021	$3.102/gal
June 2021	$3.258/gal
July 2021	$3.519/gal
August 2021	$3.660/gal
September 2021	$3.613/gal
October 2021	$3.564/gal
November 2021	$3.535/gal
December 2021	$3.425/gal
January 2022	$3.341/gal
February 2022	$3.344/gal
March 2022	$4.060/gal
April 2022	$4.156/gal
May 2022	$4.296/gal
June 2022	$4.902/gal
July 2022	$4.864/gal
August 2022	$4.250/gal
September 2022	$3.906/gal
October 2022	$3.874/gal
November 2022	$3.662/gal
December 2022	$3.180/gal
January 2023	$3.287/gal
February 2023	$3.767/gal
March 2023	$3.660/gal
April 2023	$3.494/gal
May 2023	$3.558/gal
June 2023	$3.704/gal
July 2023	$3.786/gal
August 2023	$3.978/gal
September 2023	$4.020/gal
October 2023	$3.743/gal
November 2023	$3.274/gal
December 2023	$2.896/gal
January 2024	$2.737/gal
February 2024	$2.860/gal
March 2024	$3.137/gal
April 2024	$3.408/gal
May 2024	$3.412/gal
June 2024	$3.312/gal
July 2024	$3.377/gal
August 2024	$3.419/gal
September 2024	$3.401/gal
October 2024	$3.237/gal
November 2024	$2.981/gal
December 2024	$2.836/gal
January 2025	$2.902/gal
February 2025	$3.013/gal
March 2025	$3.015/gal
April 2025	$3.132/gal
May 2025	$3.126/gal
June 2025	$3.138/gal
July 2025	$3.130/gal
August 2025	$3.152/gal
September 2025	$3.179/gal
October 2025	$3.021/gal
November 2025	$2.917/gal
December 2025	$2.580/gal
January 2026	$2.464/gal
February 2026	$2.659/gal
March 2026	$3.484/gal
April 2026	$3.935/gal
May 2026	$4.469/gal
June 2026	$4.037/gal
July 2026	$3.881/gal
August 2026	$4.234/gal

Method and limitations

FactVote uses EIA’s monthly Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) Regular All Formulations Retail Gasoline Prices series. Monthly averages are simple averages of the published weekly estimates; prices include taxes.

This regional series covers Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming; it is not a Utah statewide average.
The regional average masks differences among states, communities, and individual stations.
Prices are nominal and not adjusted for inflation or seasonal patterns. The monthly series ends in August 2026 and can differ from the weekly fact.
Price changes alone do not establish the effect of any bill, official, or government action.

Gun policy and public safety

Firearm rights, gun-safety rules, and violence prevention.

Gun policy

454

Firearm deaths

2024 final data

Deaths in which firearm injury was the underlying cause, with the rate age-adjusted per 100,000 residents.

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Population-adjusted measure

Age-adjusted firearm death rate: 13.3 per 100,000

How it was measured

CDC National Vital Statistics System death-certificate data.

Keep in mind

The total combines firearm deaths across intents, including suicide, homicide, legal intervention, and unintentional or undetermined injury.
It does not measure nonfatal injuries, firearm ownership, defensive uses, or policy effects.

Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Retirement benefits, Medicare, and the long-term financing of these programs.

Immigration and border policy

Border enforcement, legal immigration, and pathways to citizenship.

Immigration

8.9%

Residents who are foreign-born

2020–2024 estimate

Share of Utah residents who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful noncitizens, and people without lawful status.

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How it was measured

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts, sourced from the American Community Survey 2020–2024 five-year estimate.

Keep in mind

Foreign-born is not a measure of unauthorized immigration or current border crossings.
The Census does not assign legal status in this measure.

Related state trends

Immigration over time

Population change is separated into natural change, domestic migration, and international migration.

People

Population growth and migration

3.5Mresidents

July 1 population estimates alongside the annual changes attributable to births minus deaths, domestic migration, and international migration.

Population
Births minus deaths
Domestic migration
International migration

Births minus deaths: +25K
Domestic migration: +3.3K
International migration: +7.5K

U.S. comparison & state rank2025

Population

Utah: 3,538,904
U.S. total: 341,784,857
State rank #1 is most populous — not a performance ranking: #30 of 50

Ranks sort the measured value from highest to lowest. Each State rank explains what #1 means for that fact.U.S. Census Bureau: Vintage 2025 national population estimates

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Year	Population	Natural change	Domestic migration	International migration	Residual
2020	3,283,970	—	—	—	—
2021	3,339,874	23,680	30,249	2,056	-81
2022	3,393,928	22,899	13,235	18,314	-394
2023	3,449,259	24,293	547	30,456	35
2024	3,502,983	24,139	2,867	26,691	27
2025	3,538,904	24,961	3,343	7,501	116

Method and limitations

FactVote uses the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 consistent state series. Population is the July 1 estimate. Change components describe the preceding annual estimates period, and the Census residual adjustment reconciles the components to the published population change.

Vintage estimates are revised as the Census Bureau incorporates newer records and methods.
Domestic and international migration are modeled demographic estimates, not direct counts of every move.
The small residual adjustment is included in the data table but not drawn as a separate bar.

Voting, democracy, and government accountability

Voting access, election administration, ethics, transparency, and corruption.

Democracy and accountability

85.26%

Active registered-voter turnout

November 5, 2024 general election

Ballots cast in Utah's November 2024 general election as a share of active registered voters recorded in the statewide canvass.

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2024 turnout comparison

General election turnout: 85.26%
Primary election turnoutJune 25, 2024 statewide Republican primary: 47.65%

Utah's statewide canvass reports the Republican primary across all 29 counties: 430,137 ballots from 902,611 active registered Republican voters. The Democratic canvass covered only multi-county contests and therefore is not combined into this statewide party rate.

The primary percentage is a party-specific eligible-voter turnout rate, not turnout among all active registered Utah voters.
Utah's party-access rules and the contests available on a voter's ballot affect who could participate and make the rate unlike a general-election turnout rate.

Utah Lieutenant Governor Elections Office: June 25, 2024 Primary Election Statewide Canvass Review by January 31, 2027

How it was measured

The Utah statewide canvass reports 1,529,138 ballots cast from 1,793,419 active registered voters.

Keep in mind

The denominator includes active registered voters and excludes inactive registrations; it is not the state's full voting-eligible population.
Turnout does not by itself measure election access, administration quality, confidence, or the effect of a specific rule.

Abortion and reproductive rights

Access to abortion and reproductive healthcare.

Reproductive rights

3,824

Abortions reported by area of occurrence

2022 surveillance year

Legal induced abortions reported as occurring in Utah, regardless of the patient's state of residence.

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Selected surveillance measures

Abortion rate: 5.1 per 1,000 women ages 15–44
Obtained by out-of-area residents: 215

How it was measured

CDC abortion-surveillance aggregate data voluntarily reported by Utah; the rate is per 1,000 women ages 15–44 residing in the state.

Keep in mind

This is an occurrence count, not a count of abortions obtained by Utah residents; 215 were reported for out-of-area residents.
CDC surveillance is voluntary and reporting completeness, definitions, and availability vary by reporting area; 2022 is the latest comparable federal table used here.

Facts are shown for context only and do not affect candidate matching or rankings. Dates, definitions, limitations, and primary sources are included with each figure.

State trends

How Utah is changing

Nine trend views cover population, work, housing, public safety, education, health coverage, longevity, gasoline prices, and energy. Gasoline uses an explicitly labeled regional average; other charts use Utah statewide measures. Each chart now sits directly beneath its related fact section.

Utah

FY2027 operating and capital budget

Fiscal year ended June 30, 2025

Taxes and the economy

How it was measured

Unemployment rate

Housing and property costs

How it was measured

Home-price growth

Income growth

Public safety and criminal justice

How it was measured

How it was measured

Population-adjusted measure

How it was measured

Violent-crime rate

Property-crime rate

Healthcare

How it was measured

Uninsured rate

Life expectancy

Education

How it was measured

Grade 4 reading

Grade 4 math

Grade 8 reading

Grade 8 math

Environment and energy

EIA generation totals

Selected generation shares

How it was measured

Utah and U.S. context

Recent EIA observations

How it was measured

Residential electricity price

Regular gasoline

Gun policy and public safety

Population-adjusted measure

How it was measured

Social Security, Medicare, and retirement

Beneficiaries by grouped benefit type

How it was measured

Immigration and border policy

How it was measured

Population

Voting, democracy, and government accountability

2024 turnout comparison

How it was measured

Abortion and reproductive rights

Selected surveillance measures

How it was measured