Communities
Provo communities are usually safe places to live with low crime rates. General religion makeup of the communities might affect these statistics since 88 percent of Provo is Mormon.
The racial makeup of most of the city is Caucasian. Provo’s African American population is much lower than the national average at 0.46 percent. Native Americans make up 0.80 percent of the population; Pacific Islanders 0.84 percent; Asians 1.83 percent; and 7.54 percent of the population classifies themselves as an other race or multi-racial. Hispanics make a whopping 10.7 percent of the population.
Communities in Provo are on average filled slightly more with women than men. Typically, for every 100 females there are 92.6 males. About a third (33.8 percent) of Provo communities are home to children under the age of 18. Only 11.8 percent of the average community is filled with individuals living alone.
Fast Facts
- Provo is 40.24 degrees north of the equator.
- According to Forbes Magazine, the city was 2004’s sixth best place to live in the United States.
- The city library has 178,701 books.
- Provo is 4,549 feet above sea level.
- Brett Keisel, 2005 NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, was born in Provo.
- Average summer temperature is 75°F in the summer and 30°F in the winter.
- Provo is sunny more than 60 percent of the time from mid-February to the beginning of November.
- Provo takes up 39.6 square miles.
- Average annual precipitation is 20.13 inches of rain and 60.40 inches of snow each year.