Nephi, Utah Nephi, Utah Location in Juab County and state of Utah.
Location in Juab County and state of Utah.
State Utah County Juab Named for Nephi Water 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) Nephi is a town/city in Juab County, Utah, United States.
It is part of the Provo Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area.
It is the governmental center of county of Juab County. It was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1851, as Salt Creek until 1882 when it acquired its current name.
It is the principal town/city in the Juab Valley, an agricultural area.
Nephi was titled after Nephi, son of Lehi from the Book of Mormon.
Before the region was settled, the site along Salt Creek was first a camping place along the Old Mormon Road to Southern California.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.2 square miles (10.8 km ), all of it land.
Climate data for Nephi, Utah (1981 2010) As of the census of 2000, there were 4,733 citizens , 1,430 homeholds, and 1,149 families living in the city.
There were 1,552 housing units at an average density of 371.8 per square mile (143.7/km ).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 96.98% White, 0.11% African American, 0.63% Native American, 0.46% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.97% from other competitions, and 0.82% from two or more competitions.
There were 1,430 homeholds out of which 50.1% had kids under the age of 18 residing with them, 71.1% were married couples residing together, 6.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 19.6% were non-families.
18.3% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 9.6% had someone residing alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average homehold size was 3.24 and the average family size was 3.72.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 37.8% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 16.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median age was 28 years.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $38,918, and the median income for a family was $43,327.
The per capita income for the town/city was $13,154.
About 7.5% of families and 10.0% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 8.7% of those under age 18 and 18.2% of those age 65 or over.
Brandon Flowers of The Killers lived in Nephi from age 8 until his junior year in Juab High School.
Roger Boisjoly, engineer who tried to prevent Space Shuttle Challenger from launching, lived his final years in Nephi.
Post Offices, Utah, Juab County, Nephi (1882-Date), Salt Creek (1851-1882), from postalhistory.com accessed September 3, 2015] "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
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