Utah · Census place 4911320
Cedar City, Utah
Cedar City is a city in Iron County, Utah with an estimated 40,885 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 25th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 40,885
- #25 of 156 in Utah
- Change since 2020
- +15.3%
- +5,412 people
- Land area
- 36.2 sq mi
- Density
- 1,129 / sq mi
- State median 2,284
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Cedar City population, 2020 to 2024
Cedar City added 5,412 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +15.3%. In the latest year it moved by +781. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 20th; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so Cedar City is 2.1 times that size.
Cedar City covers 36.21 square miles of land, for 1,129 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Cedar City is less dense than the typical town.
What county Cedar City is in
All of Cedar City's residents live in Iron County, which had 65,936 residents in 2024. Cedar City holds 62.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Cedar City
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Cedar City by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84720, 84721. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Cedar City is
The Census internal point of Cedar City is at 37.683800, -113.095500. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 223.3 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is St. George, UT (106,288 people), 49.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.683800, -113.095500
- DMS
- 37°41'1.68"N 113°05'43.80"W
- UTM
- 12N 315223.0E 4172799.0N
- Geohash
- 9qxw6knk5
- Plus code
- 8598MWM3+GQ
Daylight in Cedar City
At 37.68° N, Cedar City gets about 14 h 46 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 33 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Cedar City
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Enoch, 6.3 miles away, with 8,664 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Cedar City, UT?
40,885 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 5,412 (15.3%) from 35,473 in July 2020.
What county is Cedar City in?
Iron County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Cedar City?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 84720, 84721.
How far is Cedar City from Salt Lake City?
223.3 miles (359.3 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from Cedar City.
What is the nearest larger city to Cedar City?
St. George, UT, with 106,288 residents, 49.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.