Utah · Census place 4962470

Provo, Utah

Provo is a city in Utah County, Utah with an estimated 115,479 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 4th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
115,479
#4 of 156 in Utah
Change since 2020
+0.3%
+375 people
Land area
41.9 sq mi
+ 2.50 sq mi water
Density
2,757 / sq mi
State median 2,284
Orange pin: Provo. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salt Lake City.

Provo population, 2020 to 2024

Provo added 375 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +0.3%. In the latest year it moved by +1,203. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 71st; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so Provo is 6.0 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 115,178. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Provo covers 41.88 square miles of land and 2.50 of water, for 2,757 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so Provo is denser than the typical town.

What county Provo is in

All of Provo's residents live in Utah County, which had 747,234 residents in 2024. Provo holds 15.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Provo

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Provo by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84601, 84602, 84604, 84606. 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 Provo is

The Census internal point of Provo is at 40.245300, -111.645100. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 38.9 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is West Jordan, UT (116,688 people), 31.0 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 1,407 m (4,616 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
40.245300, -111.645100
DMS
40°14'43.08"N 111°38'42.36"W
UTM
12N 445131.8E 4455183.3N
Geohash
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Plus code
85GC69W3+4X
Time zone
America/Denver

Daylight in Provo

At 40.25° N, Provo gets about 15 h 03 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 18 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Provo daylight page.

Places near Provo

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Orem, 4.6 miles away, with 96,646 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Provo, UT?

115,479 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 375 (0.3%) from 115,104 in July 2020.

What county is Provo in?

Utah County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Provo?

4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 84601, 84602, 84604, 84606.

How far is Provo from Salt Lake City?

38.9 miles (62.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Provo.

What is the nearest larger city to Provo?

West Jordan, UT, with 116,688 residents, 31.0 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
  5. 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)

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