Most Asian cities in Utah research summary. We analyzed Utah’s most recent Census data to determine the most Asian cities in Utah based on the percentage of Asian residents.
11.7% Asian · #1 most Asian in Utah
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Salt Lake County, UtahSouth Salt Lake is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States and is part of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 23,617 at the 2010 census.
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6.2% Asian · #2 most Asian in Utah
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Utah County, UtahDraper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. state of Utah, located about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 42,274, having grown from 7,143 in 1990.
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5.3% Asian · #3 most Asian in Utah
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Salt Lake County, UtahWest Valley City is a city in Salt Lake County and a suburb of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 129,480 at the 2010 census, making it the second-largest city in Utah. The city incorporated in 1980 from a large, quickly growing unincorporated area, which was variously known as Granger, Hunter, Chesterfield, and Redwood. It is home to the Maverik Center and USANA Amphitheatre.
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5.1% Asian · #4 most Asian in Utah
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Salt Lake County, UtahTaylorsville is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 58,657 at the 2010 census. Taylorsville was incorporated from the Taylorsville-Bennion CDP and portions of the Kearns CDP on April 24, 1996. The city is located adjacent to interstate 215 and Bangerter Highway. It is centrally located in the middle of the Salt Lake Valley.
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5.0% Asian · #5 most Asian in Utah
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Salt Lake County, UtahMurray City is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray, it is the state’s fourteenth largest city. According to the 2010 census, Murray has approximately 46,746 residents. Murray shares borders with Taylorsville, Holladay, South Salt Lake and West Jordan, Utah. Once teeming with heavy industry, Murray-s industrial sector now has little trace and has been replaced by major mercantile sectors. Known for its central location in Salt Lake County, Murray has been called the Hub of Salt Lake County. Unlike most of its neighboring communities, Murray operates its own police, fire, power, water, library, and parks and recreation departments and has its own school district. While maintaining many of its own services, Murray has one of the lowest city tax rates in the state.
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4.9% Asian · #6 most Asian in Utah
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Salt Lake County, UtahSalt Lake City is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah. With an estimated population of 190,884 in 2014, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a population of 1,153,340. Salt Lake City is further situated within a larger metropolis known as the Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo Combined Statistical Area. This region is a corridor of contiguous urban and suburban development stretched along an approximately 120-mile segment of the Wasatch Front, comprising a population of 2,423,912 as of 2014. It is one of only two major urban areas in the Great Basin.
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4.9% Asian · #7 most Asian in Utah
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Salt Lake County, UtahSouth Jordan is a city in south central Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The city lies in the Salt Lake Valley between the 9,000-foot peaks of the Oquirrh Mountains and the 12,000-foot peaks of the Wasatch Mountains and is part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area. The Jordan River flows through the middle of the valley and the city has a 3.5-mile section of the Jordan River Parkway that contains fishing ponds, trails, parks and natural habitat. Salt Lake County fair grounds and equestrian park, 67-acre Oquirrh Lake and 27 other parks are located inside the city. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 50,418.
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4.8% Asian · #8 most Asian in Utah
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4.5% Asian · #9 most Asian in Utah
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Salt Lake County, UtahMidvale is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 30,764 at the 2010 census.
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4.3% Asian · #10 most Asian in Utah
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Weber County, UtahPleasant View is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 7,979 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ogden-Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is a suburban community of Ogden, Utah.
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Methodology: How We Determined The Cities In Utah With The Largest Asian Population For 2026
We used Saturday Night Science to compare Census data on race across every place in Utah.
The Census’s most recently available data comes from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey.
Specifically, we looked at table B03002: Hispanic OR LATINO ORIGIN BY RACE. Here are the category names as defined by the Census:
- Hispanic or Latino
- White alone*
- Black or African American alone*
- American Indian and Alaska Native alone*
- Asian alone*
- Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone*
- Some other race alone*
- Two or more races*
Our particular column of interest here was the number of people who identified as Asian alone.
We limited our analysis to cities with a population greater than 5,000 people. That left us with 82 cities.
We then calculated the percentage of residents that are Asian. The percentages ranked from 11.7% to 0.0%.
Finally, we ranked each city based on the percentage of Asian population, with a higher percentage being more Asian. South Salt Lake took the distinction of being the most Asian, while Nephi was the least Asian city.
We updated this article for 2026. This report reflects our eleventh time ranking the cities in Utah with the largest Asian population.
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Cities In Utah By Asian Population
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| Rank | City | Population | Asian Population | % Asian |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Salt Lake | 26,352 | 3,076 | 11.7% |
| 2 | Draper | 50,278 | 3,114 | 6.2% |
| 3 | West Valley City | 138,437 | 7,383 | 5.3% |
| 4 | Taylorsville | 58,678 | 3,003 | 5.1% |
| 5 | Murray | 50,188 | 2,505 | 5.0% |
| 6 | Salt Lake City | 208,007 | 10,257 | 4.9% |
| 7 | South Jordan | 82,686 | 4,067 | 4.9% |
| 8 | North Salt Lake | 23,474 | 1,116 | 4.8% |
| 9 | Midvale | 35,989 | 1,611 | 4.5% |
| 10 | Pleasant View | 11,217 | 485 | 4.3% |
| 11 | Sandy | 94,291 | 3,437 | 3.6% |
| 12 | Cottonwood Heights | 32,828 | 1,192 | 3.6% |
| 13 | West Jordan | 116,692 | 3,913 | 3.4% |
| 14 | Logan | 54,907 | 1,746 | 3.2% |
| 15 | Clinton | 23,612 | 749 | 3.2% |
| 16 | Holladay | 31,099 | 980 | 3.2% |
| 17 | Clearfield | 33,523 | 925 | 2.8% |
| 18 | Lehi | 85,173 | 2,162 | 2.5% |
| 19 | Lindon | 11,765 | 296 | 2.5% |
| 20 | Santa Clara | 8,152 | 201 | 2.5% |
| 21 | North Logan | 11,460 | 281 | 2.5% |
| 22 | Park City | 8,362 | 190 | 2.3% |
| 23 | Provo | 114,766 | 2,513 | 2.2% |
| 24 | Pleasant Grove | 37,852 | 826 | 2.2% |
| 25 | West Haven | 21,563 | 436 | 2.0% |
| 26 | Orem | 97,182 | 1,960 | 2.0% |
| 27 | Herriman | 59,346 | 1,186 | 2.0% |
| 28 | Riverton | 45,457 | 887 | 2.0% |
| 29 | Syracuse | 35,488 | 686 | 1.9% |
| 30 | Layton | 83,286 | 1,562 | 1.9% |
| 31 | Riverdale | 9,279 | 168 | 1.8% |
| 32 | Cedar City | 38,524 | 688 | 1.8% |
| 33 | Farr West | 7,952 | 142 | 1.8% |
| 34 | Roy | 38,993 | 689 | 1.8% |
| 35 | West Point | 11,929 | 199 | 1.7% |
| 36 | Highland | 20,119 | 333 | 1.7% |
| 37 | American Fork | 37,109 | 578 | 1.6% |
| 38 | South Weber | 8,115 | 126 | 1.6% |
| 39 | Kaysville | 33,053 | 501 | 1.5% |
| 40 | Centerville | 16,679 | 250 | 1.5% |
| 41 | Saratoga Springs | 48,425 | 706 | 1.5% |
| 42 | Farmington | 25,389 | 361 | 1.4% |
| 43 | Alpine | 10,392 | 146 | 1.4% |
| 44 | North Ogden | 21,947 | 307 | 1.4% |
| 45 | Ogden | 87,413 | 1,187 | 1.4% |
| 46 | St. George | 101,995 | 1,340 | 1.3% |
| 47 | Heber | 18,015 | 236 | 1.3% |
| 48 | Hurricane | 22,771 | 264 | 1.2% |
| 49 | Ephraim | 5,949 | 68 | 1.1% |
| 50 | Springville | 35,849 | 401 | 1.1% |
| 51 | Cedar Hills | 9,950 | 110 | 1.1% |
| 52 | Grantsville | 14,341 | 156 | 1.1% |
| 53 | Plain City | 8,396 | 83 | 1.0% |
| 54 | Ivins | 9,998 | 89 | 0.9% |
| 55 | Woods Cross | 11,531 | 93 | 0.8% |
| 56 | Bountiful | 45,023 | 351 | 0.8% |
| 57 | Roosevelt | 7,078 | 55 | 0.8% |
| 58 | South Ogden | 17,650 | 129 | 0.7% |
| 59 | Mapleton | 13,114 | 88 | 0.7% |
| 60 | Washington | 32,348 | 217 | 0.7% |
| 61 | Bluffdale | 18,797 | 123 | 0.7% |
| 62 | Tooele | 38,405 | 189 | 0.5% |
| 63 | Washington Terrace | 9,182 | 44 | 0.5% |
| 64 | Tremonton | 11,477 | 54 | 0.5% |
| 65 | Price | 8,248 | 34 | 0.4% |
| 66 | Brigham City | 19,992 | 82 | 0.4% |
| 67 | Smithfield | 14,408 | 54 | 0.4% |
| 68 | Spanish Fork | 44,946 | 167 | 0.4% |
| 69 | Eagle Mountain | 53,290 | 179 | 0.3% |
| 70 | Richfield | 8,224 | 23 | 0.3% |
| 71 | Santaquin | 16,436 | 40 | 0.2% |
| 72 | Harrisville | 6,935 | 13 | 0.2% |
| 73 | Hooper | 9,338 | 17 | 0.2% |
| 74 | Payson | 23,039 | 39 | 0.2% |
| 75 | Salem | 10,324 | 13 | 0.1% |
| 76 | Vernal | 10,392 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 77 | Hyrum | 10,401 | 12 | 0.1% |
| 78 | Sunset | 5,587 | 6 | 0.1% |
| 79 | West Bountiful | 5,915 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 80 | Providence | 8,947 | 5 | 0.1% |
| 81 | Enoch | 8,144 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 81 | Nephi | 6,885 | 0 | 0.0% |
Source: U.S. Census ACS 2020-2024. 82 cities with more than 5,000 residents.
Summary
Summary: Asian Populations Across Utah
If you’re looking for a breakdown of Asian populations across Utah according to the most recent data, this is an accurate list.
The most Asian cities in Utah are South Salt Lake, Draper, West Valley City, Taylorsville, Murray, Salt Lake City, South Jordan, North Salt Lake, Midvale, and Pleasant View. Not sold on Utah? Take the two-minute Find Your Place quiz and see which state actually fits you.
Questions and answers
Most Asian Cities In Utah FAQs
What is the most Asian city in Utah?
South Salt Lake is the most Asian city in Utah for 2026, at 11.7% of residents. Draper and West Valley City are next.
What cities in Utah have the largest Asian population?
The Utah cities with the largest Asian population shares are South Salt Lake, Draper, West Valley City, Taylorsville, Murray, Salt Lake City, South Jordan, North Salt Lake, Midvale, and Pleasant View. We ranked all 82 places with more than 5,000 residents.
What percent of South Salt Lake is Asian?
Asian residents make up 11.7% of South Salt Lake, the highest share of the 82 Utah places we measured. The numbers come from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
What is the least Asian city in Utah?
Nephi is the least Asian city in Utah, at 0.0%. It sits at the opposite end of the same ranking.
Where does this data come from?
Every share is calculated from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020-2024), based on residents identifying as Asian alone. We rank each Utah place with more than 5,000 residents.
