Ranking of Utah Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 142.18K people in Utah with American ancestry (4.40% of Utah population). Among all Utah counties, Piute County had the highest percentage of its population with American ancestry (13.27%), followed by Iron County (8.51%), and Kane County (8.11%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having American ancestry.

You can see similar information for other states and for other ancestry groups in Utah.

Data Source: US Census Bureau.
Ranking of Utah Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
Piute County
Iron County
Kane County
Morgan County
Beaver County
Washington County
Millard County
Juab County
San Juan County
Box Elder County
Ranking of Utah Counties By Percentage of Population with American Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Piute County 13.27
2 Iron County 8.51
3 Kane County 8.11
4 Morgan County 7.38
5 Beaver County 6.82
6 Washington County 6.49
7 Millard County 5.93
8 Juab County 5.80
9 San Juan County 5.63
10 Box Elder County 5.19
11 Summit County 4.97
12 Tooele County 4.91
13 Carbon County 4.87
14 Uintah County 4.65
15 Weber County 4.61
16 Davis County 4.39
17 Grand County 4.27
18 Utah County 4.22
19 Rich County 4.15
20 Duchesne County 4.01
21 Salt Lake County 3.94
22 Cache County 3.78
23 Wasatch County 3.25
24 Daggett County 3.19
25 Wayne County 3.16
26 Sevier County 2.79
27 Sanpete County 2.72
28 Garfield County 1.84
29 Emery County 0.78