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Salt Lake County, UT

1,216,274 Population
752.9 square miles 1,615.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Utah: 32.5 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,775 ±$998 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Utah: $41,806 ±$527
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$99,353 ±$2,704 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Utah: $96,658 ±$1,179
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.8% ±0.8% (92,757  ±9,016) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 8.3% 286,572 (±0.4% / ±15,014)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

23 minutes ±0.6 (12,589,560  ±363,978) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Utah: 23.2 34,585,096 (±0.3 / ±610,975)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

444,170 ±3,369 Number of households
  • Utah: 1,184,428 ±7,000
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.7 ±0 (1,199,172  ±380) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Utah: 2.9 3,446,695
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±0.6% (13,281  ±1,942) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Utah: 5.8% 52,109 (±0.4% / ±3,767)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

467,260 ±167 Number of housing units
  • Utah: 1,283,206 ±322
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$583,600 ±$8,645 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Utah: $545,200 ±$6,188
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

13.5% ±1% (162,338  ±11,652.3) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 13.3% 459,215 (±0.6% / ±19,063.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.5% ±1.9% (737,400  ±14,759.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 93.6% 2,015,798 (±1.1% / ±22,792.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.6% ±1.2% (331,423  ±9,536.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Utah: 39.1% 842,281 (±0.7% / ±14,229.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

21.8% ±0.9% (249,976  ±10,540.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Utah: 16.5% 541,385 (±0.4% / ±14,444.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

14.3% (173,681  ±9,787) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Utah: 9.8% 341,716
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.8% ±0.3% (34,735  ±2,463) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 4.3% 109,467 (±0.2% / ±4,948)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
34,735 Total veterans ±2,463 31,902 Male ±2,417 2,833 Female ±861

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