Utah · Census place 4947290
Magna, Utah
Magna is a metro township in Salt Lake County, Utah with an estimated 31,381 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 36th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 31,381
- #36 of 156 in Utah
- Change since 2020
- +7.2%
- +2,119 people
- Land area
- 19.9 sq mi
- + 17.56 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,576 / sq mi
- State median 2,284
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Magna population, 2020 to 2024
Magna added 2,119 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +7.2%. In the latest year it moved by +960. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 45th; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so Magna is 1.6 times that size.
Magna covers 19.91 square miles of land and 17.56 of water, for 1,576 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Magna is less dense than the typical town.
What county Magna is in
All of Magna's residents live in Salt Lake County, which had 1,216,274 residents in 2024. Magna holds 2.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Magna
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Magna by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the metro township's land: 84044. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a metro township that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Magna is
The Census internal point of Magna is at 40.759500, -112.182700. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 15.5 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Valley City, UT (138,144 people), 10.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 40.759500, -112.182700
- DMS
- 40°45'34.20"N 112°10'57.72"W
- UTM
- 12N 400171.4E 4512732.6N
- Geohash
- 9x0pzhp13
- Plus code
- 85G9QR58+RW
Daylight in Magna
At 40.76° N, Magna gets about 15 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 15 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 51 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Magna
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Lake Point, 6.8 miles away, with 2,738 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Magna, UT?
31,381 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 2,119 (7.2%) from 29,262 in July 2020.
What county is Magna in?
Salt Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Magna?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 84044.
How far is Magna from Salt Lake City?
15.5 miles (24.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Magna.
What is the nearest larger city to Magna?
West Valley City, UT, with 138,144 residents, 10.2 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.