Utah · Census place 4951580
Monticello, Utah
Monticello is a city in San Juan County, Utah with an estimated 1,757 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 128th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,757
- #128 of 156 in Utah
- Change since 2020
- -3.8%
- -70 people
- Land area
- 3.4 sq mi
- Density
- 524 / sq mi
- State median 2,284
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Monticello population, 2020 to 2024
Monticello lost 70 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.8%. In the latest year it moved by +11.
Monticello covers 3.35 square miles of land, for 524 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Monticello is less dense than the typical town.
What county Monticello is in
All of Monticello's residents live in San Juan County, which had 14,601 residents in 2024. Monticello holds 12.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Monticello
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Monticello by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84535. 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 Monticello is
The Census internal point of Monticello is at 37.868500, -109.336200. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 242.8 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Blanding, UT (3,216 people), 19.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Provo, UT, 205.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 37.868500, -109.336200
- DMS
- 37°52'6.60"N 109°20'10.32"W
- UTM
- 12N 646342.8E 4192529.5N
- Geohash
- 9wdprvzb1
- Plus code
- 859GVM97+CG
Daylight in Monticello
At 37.87° N, Monticello gets about 14 h 48 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 32 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 15 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Monticello
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Blanding, 19.5 miles away, with 3,216 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Monticello, UT?
1,757 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 70 (3.8%) from 1,827 in July 2020.
What county is Monticello in?
San Juan County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Monticello?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 84535.
How far is Monticello from Salt Lake City?
242.8 miles (390.8 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Monticello.
What is the nearest larger city to Monticello?
Blanding, UT, with 3,216 residents, 19.5 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.