Ranking of Utah Counties By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021

Updated on April 16, 2025.

Based on the US Census ACS-5Yrs estimates, in 2021, there were 17.93K people in Utah with Subsaharan African ancestry (0.56% of Utah population). Among all Utah counties, Piute County had the highest percentage of its population with Subsaharan African ancestry (1.55%), followed by Salt Lake County (1.04%), and Cache County (0.56%).

The chart and table below shows the top 10 counties with high percentage of its population having Subsaharan African 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 Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
Piute County
Salt Lake County
Cache County
Sevier County
Utah County
Davis County
Washington County
Weber County
Box Elder County
Sanpete County
Ranking of Utah Counties By Percentage of Population with Subsaharan African Ancestry in 2021
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Rank County Percentage of Pop. (%)
1 Piute County 1.55
2 Salt Lake County 1.04
3 Cache County 0.56
4 Sevier County 0.42
5 Utah County 0.35
6 Davis County 0.30
7 Washington County 0.28
8 Weber County 0.22
9 Box Elder County 0.19
10 Sanpete County 0.18
11 Summit County 0.17
12 Iron County 0.13
13 Garfield County 0.12
13 Tooele County 0.12
14 Wasatch County 0.10
15 Uintah County 0.09
16 Duchesne County 0.06
17 Millard County 0.05
18 Carbon County 0.01