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Salt Lake County

Utah · 1,220,916 residents (2025 est.) · 753 sq mi
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With 1,196,523 people, Salt Lake County is a county in Utah. Few US counties rank higher on income. The median age is 34.0, younger than the US median of 38.9. 298,136 more people live here than in 2000. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $525,700. Density works out to 1,589 people per square mile.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $97,494, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.0
US median: 38.9
More educated
39% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 88%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about Salt Lake County

What changed most since 1990

  • Median home value (2024 dollars)$169,685 → $525,700 (+210%)US over the same years: +67%
  • Population725,956 → 1,196,523 (+65%)US over the same years: +35%
  • White share89.9% → 66.6% (−23.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts

Among the 29 counties in Utah

  • 8th in household income$97,494
  • 5th in share with a bachelor's degree39.4%
  • 6th in home value$525,700
  • 2nd in diversity score63.4
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
1,196,523
+33%since 2000
from 898,387 in 2000
1,220,916 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
1,589 / sq mi
+33%since 2000
from 1,193 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
34.0
+18%since 2000
from 28.9 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
753 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
679K820K961K1.1M1.2M19902000201020202024Salt Lake County
20241.2M
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 56.4%(76,018)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96.9%(83,000)
US avg: 6%
10 to 147.3%(87,894)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 197.3%(87,654)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 247.2%(86,713)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3416.4%(196,644)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4414.8%(176,788)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5411.9%(142,327)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 649.8%(117,320)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 747.4%(88,773)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 843.3%(38,980)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.2%(14,412)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$97,494
+11%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $48,373 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$45,106
+123%since 2000
from $20,190 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
62.5%
+27.2 ptssince 2009
from 35.3% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
8.1%
+0.1 ptssince 2000
from 8.0% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.429
+2%since 2010
from 0.419 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information11.2%
US avg: 10.8%
Retail trade9.9%
US avg: 9.9%
Other services8.7%
US avg: 6.7%
Wholesale trade7.6%
US avg: 6.9%
Public administration6.7%
US avg: 4.8%
Finance & insurance6.1%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical5.4%
US avg: 5.1%
Transportation & warehousing2.3%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.8%
US avg: 1.9%
Education & health services0.7%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.6%
US avg: 1.6%
Manufacturing0.4%
US avg: 0.4%
Construction0.2%
US avg: 1.2%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$525,700
+88%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $153,500 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,592
+37%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $638 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
66.1%
−2.9 ptssince 2000
from 69.0% in 2000
33.9% rent
Vacancy rate
5.2%
−0.8 ptssince 2009
from 6.0% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.77 people
−7%since 2009
from 2.99 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
20.3%
−9.2 ptssince 2009
from 29.6% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
46.8%
+3.2 ptssince 2009
from 43.6% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
5.4
+35%since 2009
from 4.0 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
87
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic80.9%(727,197)
Black0.9%(8,501)
Hispanic / Latino11.9%(106,787)
Asian2.5%(22,716)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic66.6%(797,051)
Black1.7%(19,966)
Hispanic / Latino20.6%(246,878)
Asian4.2%(50,316)
Other6.9%(82,312)
Diversity Score
63
+29%since 2009
from 49 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
34
−6%since 2020
from 36 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican13.9%(166,192)
South American2.7%(32,741)
Central American1.5%(18,319)
Venezuelan0.9%(10,861)
Peruvian0.6%(7,161)
Salvadoran0.6%(7,028)
Guatemalan0.5%(6,302)
Colombian0.5%(6,279)
Puerto Rican0.5%(6,055)
Spaniard0.4%(4,941)
Honduran0.2%(2,732)
Cuban0.2%(2,671)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Chilean0.2%(2,373)
Argentine0.2%(2,346)
Ecuadorian0.2%(1,944)
Dominican0.1%(1,631)
Nicaraguan0.1%(833)
Bolivian0.1%(788)
Panamanian0.1%(775)
Costa Rican0.1%(600)
Uruguayan0%(559)
Paraguayan0%(359)
Asian origin
Asian Indian0.8%(9,482)
Chinese0.8%(9,118)
Vietnamese0.6%(7,101)
Filipino0.4%(4,978)
Korean0.3%(3,212)
Japanese0.2%(2,834)
Nepalese0.2%(2,254)
Laotian0.1%(1,780)
Burmese0.1%(1,718)
Pakistani0.1%(1,578)
Cambodian0.1%(1,353)
Taiwanese0.1%(705)
+ 10 more asian origin groups with data
Kazakh0.1%(697)
Thai0.1%(623)
Hmong0%(461)
Mongolian0%(359)
Indonesian0%(265)
Bhutanese0%(177)
Malaysian0%(147)
Sri Lankan0%(115)
Uzbek0%(94)
Pacific Islander origin
Tongan1%(11,971)
Samoan0.9%(10,399)
Native Hawaiian0.4%(4,410)
Marshallese0.1%(697)
Chamorro0%(589)
Fijian0%(336)
Guamanian0%(172)
Ancestry
English24.5%(293,705)
German10.1%(120,645)
Irish6.4%(76,682)
Scottish3.6%(42,599)
American3.4%(41,031)
Danish3.4%(40,972)
Italian3%(36,221)
Swedish2.8%(33,382)
Norwegian2%(23,596)
French1.8%(21,057)
Dutch1.7%(19,756)
Welsh1.4%(17,051)
+ 50 more ancestry groups with data
British1.3%(15,803)
Subsaharan African1.1%(12,599)
Polish0.9%(11,133)
Scotch-Irish0.7%(8,860)
Swiss0.7%(8,215)
Greek0.6%(6,763)
Arab0.4%(5,300)
Russian0.4%(5,214)
Brazilian0.3%(3,691)
Iranian0.2%(2,748)
Hungarian0.2%(2,665)
Canadian0.2%(2,573)
Portuguese0.2%(2,461)
Ukrainian0.2%(2,260)
Czech0.2%(2,250)
Finnish0.2%(2,115)
French Canadian0.2%(1,841)
Somali0.1%(1,753)
Austrian0.1%(1,560)
Armenian0.1%(1,468)
Lebanese0.1%(1,457)
Iraqi0.1%(1,399)
West Indian0.1%(1,282)
Croatian0.1%(1,271)
Romanian0.1%(1,191)
Lithuanian0.1%(995)
Australian0.1%(905)
Belgian0.1%(845)
Nigerian0.1%(830)
Ethiopian0.1%(673)
Serbian0%(537)
Turkish0%(511)
Egyptian0%(495)
Slovak0%(487)
Jamaican0%(479)
Latvian0%(381)
Slovene0%(359)
Kenyan0%(345)
Syrian0%(335)
Haitian0%(266)
Jordanian0%(239)
Israeli0%(148)
Ghanaian0%(140)
Bulgarian0%(117)
Moroccan0%(84)
Guyanese0%(67)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
39.4%
+11.9 ptssince 2000
from 27.4% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
91.9%
+5.1 ptssince 2000
from 86.8% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
14.6%
+5.5 ptssince 2000
from 9.1% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
22.3 min
+60%since 2000
from 14.0 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
64.5%
−11.7 ptssince 2009
from 76.2% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
10.1%
−1.7 ptssince 2009
from 11.9% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
2.1%
−1.5 ptssince 2009
from 3.6% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
19.7%
+15.2 ptssince 2009
from 4.4% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.9%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 2.1% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.5%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 0.7% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
5.5%
+0.3 ptssince 2009
from 5.2% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
3.8%
−2.9 ptssince 2011
from 6.7% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
72.2%
+0.3 ptssince 2011
from 71.9% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
77.9%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 76.1% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
12.3%
+1.0 ptssince 2009
from 11.4% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
44.4%
+10.2 ptssince 2009
from 34.2% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
50.6%
+0.1 ptssince 2009
from 50.5% in 2009
Female
49.4%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 49.5% in 2009
Foreign born
13.5%
+1.8 ptssince 2009
from 11.7% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
3.8%
−3.7 ptssince 2009
from 7.6% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
10.7%
+2.1 ptssince 2012
from 8.6% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
9.2%
−7.0 ptssince 2013
from 16.2% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
93.8%
+10.8 ptssince 2017
from 83.0% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
98.0%
+1.7 ptssince 2020
from 96.3% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
85.9%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 84.2% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
78.5%
−1.1 ptssince 2016
from 79.6% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
13.8%
+0.6 ptssince 2016
from 13.2% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married37.4%(179,396)
Married51.8%(248,098)
Widowed1.7%(8,377)
Divorced9%(43,159)
Women 15+
Never married31.4%(147,923)
Married51.3%(241,346)
Widowed5.7%(26,666)
Divorced11.6%(54,646)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
9.2%
−7.0 ptssince 2013
from 16.2% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
64.2%
−1.0 ptssince 2020
from 65.2% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
14.4%
+0.9 ptssince 2020
from 13.5% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
12.3%
+0.8 ptssince 2020
from 11.5% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
10.4%
+0.4 ptssince 2020
from 10.0% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
1.3%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 1.4% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
77.0%
−0.4 ptssince 2020
from 77.4% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
21.4%
+1.0 ptssince 2020
from 20.4% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)32.6%(11,224)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)24.4%(8,386)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era32%(10,994)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.8%(1,668)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.3%(442)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 34,392 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

Salt Lake County, decade by decade

Salt Lake County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
1990725,956$72,360$169,68523.8%23.5
2000898,387$88,119$279,62427.4%41.1
20101,029,655$83,443$341,66130.1%52.6
20201,185,238$93,482$407,36636.5%62.5
20241,196,523$97,494$525,70039.4%63.4

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in Salt Lake County, Utah?

Salt Lake County, Utah has about 1,196,523 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Salt Lake County, Utah?

The typical household in Salt Lake County, Utah earns about $97,494 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Salt Lake County, Utah expensive?

In Salt Lake County, Utah, the median home is worth about $525,700, and the typical rent is about $1,592 a month.

How educated are people in Salt Lake County, Utah?

About 39.4% of adults age 25 and over in Salt Lake County, Utah hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Salt Lake County, Utah?

About 8.1% of people in Salt Lake County, Utah live below the federal poverty line.

Has Salt Lake County, Utah grown since 1990?

Yes, Salt Lake County, Utah has grown since 1990. The population has added about 470,567 residents, a change of about 65 percent over that period.

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