Utah · Census place 4965330

St. George, Utah

St. George is a city in Washington County, Utah with an estimated 106,288 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 5th largest of 156 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
106,288
#5 of 156 in Utah
Change since 2020
+10.7%
+10,238 people
Land area
77.4 sq mi
Density
1,373 / sq mi
State median 2,284
Orange pin: St. George. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Salt Lake City.

St. George population, 2020 to 2024

St. George added 10,238 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.7%. In the latest year it moved by +1,556. Among 95 Utah places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 32nd; the median place changed by +6.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Utah has 19,393 people, so St. George is 5.5 times that size.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 95,353. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

St. George covers 77.40 square miles of land, for 1,373 people per square mile of land. The median Utah place of 5,000+ has 2,284, so St. George is less dense than the typical town.

What county St. George is in

All of St. George's residents live in Washington County, which had 207,943 residents in 2024. St. George holds 51.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in St. George

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap St. George by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 84770, 84790. 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 St. George is

The Census internal point of St. George is at 37.077000, -113.576500. Salt Lake City, the capital, is 271.3 miles NNE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is North Las Vegas, NV (294,034 people), 99.9 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 770 m (2,526 ft) above sea level.

Internal point

Decimal
37.077000, -113.576500
DMS
37°04'37.20"N 113°34'35.40"W
UTM
12N 270963.3E 4106520.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
85983CGF+R9
Time zone
America/Denver

Daylight in St. George

At 37.08° N, St. George gets about 14 h 43 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 37 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 06 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 St. George daylight page.

Places near St. George

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Utah, measured between internal points. The closest is Santa Clara, 5.8 miles away, with 8,631 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of St. George, UT?

106,288 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 10,238 (10.7%) from 96,050 in July 2020.

What county is St. George in?

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

What ZIP codes cover St. George?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 84770, 84790.

How far is St. George from Salt Lake City?

271.3 miles (436.6 km) in a straight line, heading NNE from St. George.

What is the nearest larger city to St. George?

North Las Vegas, NV, with 294,034 residents, 99.9 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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