2024 population: 3,697,740 ( 234,093 from 2020)
Land area: 135497.4 square miles
Population density: 27.3 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	2,756,661	74.55%	3.0%
Black:	48,729	1.32%	22.0%
Indian:	34,036	0.92%	2.7%
Asian:	144,320	3.90%	22.3%
2+ races:	89,365	2.42%	19.9%
Hispanic:	624,629	16.89%	19.6%

Total non-White:	941,079	25.45%	19.4%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	203,932	14.7
Deaths:	100,462	7.3
Net Migration:	51,314	3.7
Net Immigration:	78,902	5.7

Change in White population:	81,036	2.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	153,057	4.4

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
3,463,647
2,675,625	77.25%
39,934	1.15%
33,156	0.96%
118,018	3.41%
74,540	2.15%
522,374	15.08%
788,022	22.75%

2010
2,951,283
2,373,839	80.43%
27,243	0.92%
30,495	1.03%
79,536	2.69%
51,453	1.74%
384,869	13.04%
577,444	19.57%

2000
2,400,180
2,047,033	85.29%
17,114	0.71%
29,757	1.24%
52,212	2.18%
33,407	1.39%
218,599	9.11%
353,147	14.71%

1990
1,866,462
1,702,185	91.20%
11,128	0.60%
26,037	1.39%
33,945	1.82%
n/a
93,167	4.99%
164,277	8.80%

1980
1,584,557
1,464,701	92.44%
9,962	0.63%
20,562	1.30%
20,607	1.30%
n/a
66,919	4.22%
119,856	7.56%

1970
1,141,663
1,064,407	93.23%
6,687	0.59%
12,591	1.10%
6,828	0.60%
n/a
48,373	4.24%
77,256	6.77%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
490,687	16.6
166,077	5.6
73,857	2.5
48,344	1.6

301,786	10.2
210,578	7.1

Number	Rate
2000's
502,870	21.0
134,534	5.6
50,656	2.1
68,683	2.9

326,806	13.6
224,297	9.3

Number	Rate
1990's
431,009	23.1
117,460	6.3
71,762	3.8
38,186	2.0

344,848	18.5
188,870	10.1

Number	Rate
1980's
409,973	25.9
96,403	6.1
-25,561	-1.6
n/a

237,484	15.0
44,421	2.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
163,419	14.3
n/a

400,294	35.1
42,600	3.7

Age, Family & Household Data for Salt Lake City, UT-CO-ID-NV-WY Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
31.9
978,270	13.7%
2,719,470	73.5%
398,210	5.6%

1,122,018
3.02

822,933	73.3%
672,330	81.7%
51,549	6.3%
299,085	26.7%

2010
Number	Percent
29.8
922,069	31.2%
2,029,214	68.8%
268,705	9.1%

947,273
3.06

708,152	74.8%
574,442	81.1%
52,093	7.4%
239,121	25.2%

2000
Number	Percent
28.3
766,429	31.9%
1,633,751	68.1%
205,244	8.6%

762,466
3.09

583,051	76.5%
486,928	83.5%
41,558	7.1%
179,415	23.5%

1990
Number	Percent
26.6
676,169	36.2%
1,190,293	63.8%
161,669	8.7%

587,218
3.13

450,095	76.6%
385,140	85.6%
33,987	7.6%
137,123	23.4%

1980
Number	Percent
24.6
581,339	36.7%
1,003,218	63.3%
118,596	7.5%

492,279
3.16

386,352	78.5%
342,031	88.5%
24,661	6.4%
105,927	21.5%

2022 Housing Data for Salt Lake City, UT-CO-ID-NV-WY Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	35,241	3.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	26,621	2.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	25,284	2.3%
$20,000 to $24,999	27,380	2.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	33,195	3.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	35,664	3.2%
$35,000 to $39,999	34,460	3.1%
$40,000 to $44,999	34,381	3.1%
$45,000 to $49,999	39,157	3.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	78,004	7.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	110,377	9.8%
$75,000 to $99,999	167,399	14.9%
$100,000 to $124,999	135,519	12.1%
$125,000 to $149,999	102,710	9.2%
$150,000 to $199,999	116,195	10.4%
$200,000 or more	120,431	10.7%

Median Household Income	86,984
Per Capita Income	37,209

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	93

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	39,091	3.5%
Public Assistance	17,558	1.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	72,711	6.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,400,225	75.3%
Unemployed	47,360	2.5%
In Armed Forces	5,350	0.3%

Total Labor Force	1,452,935	78.1%
Not in Labor Force	407,204	21.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		24.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	691,074	485,930	58.7%
Non-Profit	48,802	69,710	41.2%
Self-Employed	99,057	63,031	61.1%

Local Government	45,122	71,333	38.7%
State Government	41,026	49,462	45.3%
Federal Government	30,727	17,685	63.5%

Total Private + Self	790,131	548,961	59.0%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	165,677	208,190	44.3%
Total	955,808	757,151	55.8%

Pct. Govt.	14.9%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	291,193	17.0%
Sales and Office Occupations	382,199	22.3%
Professional, Technical	405,687	23.6%
Service Occupations	250,572	14.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	5,909	0.3%
All others	386,439	22.5%

White Collar		62.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Retail trade	198,426	11.6%
Health care and social assistance	195,810	11.4%
Educational services	183,434	10.7%
Manufacturing	171,323	10.0%
Professional, scientific, technical	140,529	8.2%
Construction	135,009	7.9%
Accommodation and food services	106,419	6.2%
Finance and insurance	86,872	5.1%
Transportation and warehousing	81,263	4.7%
Public administration	79,360	4.6%
Other services	74,445	4.3%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	71,976	4.2%
Wholesale trade	39,372	2.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	36,479	2.1%
Real estate and rental and leasing	33,805	2.0%
Information	30,886	1.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	22,344	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	13,911	0.8%
Utilities	12,726	0.7%
Management	1,701	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	357,449	10.38%
Puerto Rican	12,670	0.37%
Cuban	3,554	0.10%
Dominican	3,377	0.10%

Total Central American	31,386	0.91%
Costa Rican	1,327	0.04%
Guatemalan	10,345	0.30%
Honduran	3,873	0.11%
Nicaraguan	1,048	0.03%
Panamanian	631	0.02%
Salvadoran	13,868	0.40%
Other Central American	294	0.01%

Total South American	52,243	1.52%
Argentinean	6,463	0.19%
Bolivian	1,650	0.05%
Chilean	5,799	0.17%
Colombian	7,418	0.22%
Ecuadorian	4,250	0.12%
Paraguayan	512	0.01%
Peruvian	13,337	0.39%
Uruguayan	1,072	0.03%
Venezuelan	11,373	0.33%
Other South American	369	0.01%

Other Hispanic	46,275	1.34%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	14,003	0.41%
Indian	11,848	0.34%
Vietnamese	10,103	0.29%
Filipino	9,733	0.28%
Japanese	6,277	0.18%
Korean	6,097	0.18%
Cambodian	2,522	0.07%
Thai	2,382	0.07%
Burmese	2,072	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	2,707,453	84.7%
Spanish	330,639	10.3%
Other Indo-European	35,608	1.1%
Other Asian	32,094	1.0%
Other	16,582	0.5%
Chinese	16,349	0.5%
German, other Germanic	11,112	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	10,785	0.3%
French, Haitian, Cajun	8,557	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	891,653	25.9%
German	352,262	10.2%
Irish	206,398	6.0%
European	161,210	4.7%
American	147,563	4.3%
Danish	144,459	4.2%
Scottish	133,836	3.9%
Swedish	106,813	3.1%
Italian	93,348	2.7%
Norwegian	75,112	2.2%
British	60,839	1.8%
Welsh	59,194	1.7%
Dutch	57,066	1.7%
French	56,215	1.6%
Scandinavian	51,227	1.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	3,283,513	95.3%
Not a citizen	161,325	4.7%

Native	3,161,100	91.8%
Foreign-born	283,738	8.2%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
51,927	2.5%	89,241	4.3%	479,542	23.2%	716,710	34.7%	481,493	23.3%	246,286	11.9%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	51,927	2.5%
9-12 Years	89,241	4.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	479,542	23.2%
Some College	716,710	34.7%
Bach. Degree	481,493	23.3%
Grad Degree	246,286	11.9%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	881,865	842,906	38,959	4.4%
1991	912,000	868,214	43,786	4.8%
1992	948,663	901,580	47,083	5.0%
1993	1,004,598	962,289	42,309	4.2%
1994	1,064,471	1,023,212	41,259	3.9%
1995	1,089,030	1,049,917	39,113	3.6%
1996	1,113,426	1,074,086	39,340	3.5%
1997	1,141,165	1,103,799	37,366	3.3%
1998	1,175,223	1,132,067	43,156	3.7%
1999	1,193,926	1,150,865	43,061	3.6%

2000	1,216,595	1,175,741	40,854	3.4%
2001	1,236,801	1,182,898	53,903	4.4%
2002	1,253,235	1,183,207	70,028	5.6%
2003	1,271,174	1,201,513	69,661	5.5%
2004	1,306,788	1,242,377	64,411	4.9%
2005	1,358,642	1,304,298	54,344	4.0%
2006	1,415,209	1,374,922	40,287	2.8%
2007	1,463,300	1,425,675	37,625	2.6%
2008	1,472,914	1,423,837	49,077	3.3%
2009	1,462,099	1,356,940	105,159	7.2%

2010	1,432,669	1,319,364	113,305	7.9%
2011	1,426,050	1,325,953	100,097	7.0%
2012	1,434,338	1,364,951	69,387	4.8%
2013	1,470,004	1,407,023	62,981	4.3%
2014	1,498,179	1,442,729	55,450	3.7%
2015	1,533,707	1,478,372	55,335	3.6%
2016	1,579,718	1,525,527	54,191	3.4%
2017	1,624,666	1,572,934	51,732	3.2%
2018	1,653,804	1,605,084	48,720	2.9%
2019	1,690,029	1,646,469	43,560	2.6%

2020	1,711,339	1,630,258	81,081	4.7%
2021	1,764,024	1,714,720	49,304	2.8%
2022	1,819,930	1,776,925	43,005	2.4%
2023	1,867,683	1,817,909	49,774	2.7%
2024	1,913,095	1,851,931	61,164	3.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	1,233,865
Median Value	$407,475

Occupied	1,122,018	90.9%
Vacant	111,847	9.1%

Owned	795,468	70.9%
Rented	326,550	29.1%
Median Rent	n/a

Single-Family Units	921,609	74.7%
Detached	835,772	67.7%
Attached	85,837	7.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	186,920	15.1%
Mobile Homes	46,484	3.8%

Salt Lake City, UT-CO-ID-NV-WY Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Salt Lake City, UT-CO-ID-NV-WY Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Salt Lake City, UT-CO-ID-NV-WY Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Salt Lake City, UT-CO-ID-NV-WY Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Salt Lake City, UT-CO-ID-NV-WY Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Salt Lake City, UT-CO-ID-NV-WY Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Salt Lake City, UT-CO-ID-NV-WY Market Area