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Salt Lake County, UT

1,185,813 Population
752.9 square miles 1,575.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Utah: 32.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,015 ±$1,051 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Utah: $40,096 ±$528
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$94,439 ±$3,218 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Utah: $93,421 ±$1,383
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

9.4% ±0.8% (109,924  ±9,568) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Utah: 9.1% 304,249 (±0.5% / ±15,931)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

23.1 minutes ±0.5 (12,097,745  ±328,546) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Utah: 22.6 32,759,890 (±0.3 / ±543,745)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

436,181 ±3,817 Number of households
  • Utah: 1,167,591 ±5,333
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.7 ±0 (1,168,777  ±359) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Utah: 2.9 † 3,362,336 (±,475.8 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5% ±0.7% (15,342  ±2,109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Utah: 6% 52,625 (±0.4% / ±3,841)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

458,842 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Utah: 1,258,529 ±179
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$556,300 ±$9,965 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Utah: $517,700 ±$5,786
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.3% ±1% (179,917  ±11,796.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Utah: 14% 473,521 (±0.5% / ±16,884.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

91.3% ±1.6% (706,929  ±12,760.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 93.1% 1,940,800 (±1% / ±20,542.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
40.3% ±1% (312,371  ±7,926.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Utah: 38.4% 800,376 (±0.6% / ±12,828.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

21.6% ±48,732.8% (240,066  ±,555,555,600.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Utah: 15.7% 498,854 (±0.4% / ±12,653.8)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

13.5% ±6,328.9% (160,190  ±8,085) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Utah: 8.9% † 303,784 (±1,444.8% / ±10,656)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

3.6% ±0.3% (32,058  ±2,908) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Utah: 4.4% 109,653 (±0.2% / ±4,740)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
32,058 Total veterans ±2,908 29,794 Male ±2,812 2,264 Female ±727

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