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Cities in Utah by unemployed people

Salt Lake City, UT had the highest unemployed people of 39 cities in 2024, at 4,233. Farmington, UT had the lowest, at 366. The median was 792. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest4,233Salt Lake City, UT
Lowest366Farmington, UT
Median79239 cities

All cities, 2024

Salt Lake City, UT: 4,233 personsSalt Lake City, UT4,233West Valley City, UT: 2,627 personsWest Valley City, UT2,627West Jordan, UT: 2,152 personsWest Jordan, UT2,152Provo, UT: 2,008 personsProvo, UT2,008Ogden, UT: 1,763 personsOgden, UT1,763Sandy, UT: 1,742 personsSandy, UT1,742Orem, UT: 1,718 personsOrem, UT1,718St. George, UT: 1,657 personsSt. George, UT1,657South Jordan, UT: 1,452 personsSouth Jordan, UT1,452Lehi, UT: 1,415 personsLehi, UT1,415Layton, UT: 1,349 personsLayton, UT1,349Millcreek, UT: 1,186 personsMillcreek, UT1,186Taylorsville, UT: 1,137 personsTaylorsville, UT1,137Murray, UT: 1,032 personsMurray, UT1,032Herriman, UT: 930 personsHerriman, UT930Logan, UT: 901 personsLogan, UT901Draper, UT: 898 personsDraper, UT898Eagle Mountain, UT: 880 personsEagle Mountain, UT880Saratoga Springs, UT: 825 personsSaratoga Springs, UT825Tooele, UT: 792 personsTooele, UT792Kearns, UT: 780 personsKearns, UT780Midvale, UT: 753 personsMidvale, UT753Riverton, UT: 745 personsRiverton, UT745Bountiful, UT: 733 personsBountiful, UT733Spanish Fork, UT: 728 personsSpanish Fork, UT728American Fork, UT: 708 personsAmerican Fork, UT708Roy, UT: 699 personsRoy, UT699Magna, UT: 646 personsMagna, UT646Cottonwood Heights, UT: 639 personsCottonwood Heights, UT639Cedar City, UT: 635 personsCedar City, UT635Pleasant Grove, UT: 612 personsPleasant Grove, UT612Clearfield, UT: 604 personsClearfield, UT604South Salt Lake, UT: 574 personsSouth Salt Lake, UT574Springville, UT: 574 personsSpringville, UT574Holladay, UT: 544 personsHolladay, UT544Syracuse, UT: 523 personsSyracuse, UT523Washington, UT: 523 personsWashington, UT523Kaysville, UT: 467 personsKaysville, UT467Farmington, UT: 366 personsFarmington, UT366Salt Lake City, UT: 4,233 personsSalt Lake City, UT4,233West Valley City, UT: 2,627 personsWest Valley City, UT2,627West Jordan, UT: 2,152 personsWest Jordan, UT2,152Provo, UT: 2,008 personsProvo, UT2,008Ogden, UT: 1,763 personsOgden, UT1,763Sandy, UT: 1,742 personsSandy, UT1,742Orem, UT: 1,718 personsOrem, UT1,718St. George, UT: 1,657 personsSt. George, UT1,657South Jordan, UT: 1,452 personsSouth Jordan, UT1,452Lehi, UT: 1,415 personsLehi, UT1,415Layton, UT: 1,349 personsLayton, UT1,349Millcreek, UT: 1,186 personsMillcreek, UT1,186Taylorsville, UT: 1,137 personsTaylorsville, UT1,137Murray, UT: 1,032 personsMurray, UT1,032Herriman, UT: 930 personsHerriman, UT930Logan, UT: 901 personsLogan, UT901Draper, UT: 898 personsDraper, UT898Eagle Mountain, UT: 880 personsEagle Mountain, UT880Saratoga Springs, UT: 825 personsSaratoga Springs, UT825Tooele, UT: 792 personsTooele, UT792Kearns, UT: 780 personsKearns, UT780Midvale, UT: 753 personsMidvale, UT753Riverton, UT: 745 personsRiverton, UT745Bountiful, UT: 733 personsBountiful, UT733Spanish Fork, UT: 728 personsSpanish Fork, UT728American Fork, UT: 708 personsAmerican Fork, UT708Roy, UT: 699 personsRoy, UT699Magna, UT: 646 personsMagna, UT646Cottonwood Heights, UT: 639 personsCottonwood Heights, UT639Cedar City, UT: 635 personsCedar City, UT635Pleasant Grove, UT: 612 personsPleasant Grove, UT612Clearfield, UT: 604 personsClearfield, UT604South Salt Lake, UT: 574 personsSouth Salt Lake, UT574Springville, UT: 574 personsSpringville, UT574Holladay, UT: 544 personsHolladay, UT544Syracuse, UT: 523 personsSyracuse, UT523Washington, UT: 523 personsWashington, UT523Kaysville, UT: 467 personsKaysville, UT467Farmington, UT: 366 personsFarmington, UT366
persons. Source: BLS, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCities2024
persons		Change on 2023
1Salt Lake City, UT4,233+18%
2West Valley City, UT2,627+21.6%
3West Jordan, UT2,152+23%
4Provo, UT2,008+26.6%
5Ogden, UT1,763+20.7%
6Sandy, UT1,742+17.8%
7Orem, UT1,718+24.5%
8St. George, UT1,657+19.7%
9South Jordan, UT1,452+22.4%
10Lehi, UT1,415+31.4%
11Layton, UT1,349+26.1%
12Millcreek, UT1,186+18.8%
13Taylorsville, UT1,137+26.8%
14Murray, UT1,032+18.5%
15Herriman, UT930+16.5%
16Logan, UT901+24.8%
17Draper, UT898+20.4%
18Eagle Mountain, UT880+27.9%
19Saratoga Springs, UT825+30.3%
20Tooele, UT792+31.3%
21Kearns, UT780+27.5%
22Midvale, UT753+18.2%
23Riverton, UT745+27.1%
24Bountiful, UT733+21.4%
25Spanish Fork, UT728+26%
26American Fork, UT708+35.1%
27Roy, UT699+18.9%
28Magna, UT646+27.4%
29Cottonwood Heights, UT639+18.8%
30Cedar City, UT635+22.8%
31Pleasant Grove, UT612+16.3%
32Clearfield, UT604+20.3%
33South Salt Lake, UT574+18.8%
33Springville, UT574+20.8%
35Holladay, UT544+21.2%
36Syracuse, UT523+30.4%
36Washington, UT523+16.5%
38Kaysville, UT467+24.2%
39Farmington, UT366+24.9%

Other periods

About this ranking

Residents with no job who were available for work and had looked for work in the previous four weeks, or were waiting to be recalled from a layoff, annual average.

More on how it is measured
  • People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  • Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.

United States cities only for now. The survey definition, not a count of benefit claimants. BLS estimates cities by splitting county estimates with Census Bureau employment and population data and unemployment insurance claims, so city figures are less precise than state ones. BLS publishes cities of 25,000 or more, and smaller cities in New England.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the cities are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average (Cities in Utah by unemployed people, 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24

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Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Utah by unemployed people, 2024. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 30 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/utah-cities?period=2024. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Cities in Utah by unemployed people, 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/utah-cities?period=2024.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average, Cities in Utah by unemployed people, 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU20-24, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/unemployed-people/utah-cities?period=2024 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average: Cities in Utah by unemployed people, 2024}},
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Which city has the highest unemployed people?

Salt Lake City, UT, with 4,233 in 2024, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which city has the lowest unemployed people?

Farmington, UT, with 366 in 2024.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: unemployment (measure 04), annual average. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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