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Salt Lake City, UT Metro Area

1,232,696 Population
7,684 square miles 160.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Utah: 31.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$34,445 ±$731 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Utah: $31,771 ±$477
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$80,196 ±$1,618 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Utah: $75,780 ±$1,093
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

8.6% ±0.8% (104,645  ±9,496) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Utah: 8.9% 281,279 (±0.5% / ±15,513)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

23.3 minutes ±0.5 (14,056,645  ±360,610) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Utah: 22.5 33,012,235 (±0.3 / ±486,020)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

405,984 ±3,896 Number of households
  • Utah: 1,023,855 ±5,773
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
3 ±0 (1,217,830  ±2,472) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Utah: 3.1 3,157,594 (±0)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5% ±0.7% (15,798  ±2,274) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Utah: 5.6% 45,033 (±0.4% / ±3,372)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

434,654 ±830 Number of housing units
  • Utah: 1,133,543 ±191
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$356,400 ±$4,456 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Utah: $330,300 ±$3,196
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

15.4% ±1.1% (186,834  ±12,725.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Utah: 15.8% 500,448 (±0.7% / ±20,486.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

91.7% ±1.7% (718,761  ±13,599) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Utah: 93% 1,778,532 (±1.1% / ±21,471.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
36.5% ±1.1% (285,952  ±8,211.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Utah: 34.8% 664,661 (±0.7% / ±12,606.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

20.6% ±0.8% (235,261  ±9,369.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Utah: 16% 473,766 (±0.5% / ±13,302.7)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

12.5% ±0.6% (154,632  ±7,619) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Utah: 8.6% 274,575 (±0.3% / ±8,765)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

4.3% ±0.3% (38,881  ±3,070) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Utah: 5.1% 115,363 (±0.2% / ±4,935)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
38,881 Total veterans ±3,070 36,144 Male ±2,896 2,737 Female ±857

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