Salt Lake City, Utah

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The 2000 Census showed that Salt Lake City had a population of 181,743 people^<1>. This represents 8.1% of the total population of Utah, making it the state's most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
-1-	Salt Lake City			181,698	---
2	West Valley City	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	123,447	13.36% increase
3	Provo	SE	39 mi [62.8 km]	118,581	12.76% increase
4	Sandy	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	96,660	9.32% increase
5	Orem	S	35 mi [56.3 km]	93,250	10.59% increase
6	Ogden	N	31 mi [49.89 km]	82,865	7.3% increase
7	West Jordan	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	104,447	52.84% increase

Salt Lake City had 77,054 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that Salt Lake City has a total area of 110.4 square miles [285.9 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 109.1 square miles [282.5 km²]1.29 square miles [3.34 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, Salt Lake City had a 2000 population density of 1,666 people per square mile [643 people/km²], making it the state's 38th most densely populated area.

Salt Lake County

The city of Salt Lake City is located in Salt Lake County and is the county seat.

The county had a population of 901,004 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 181,743 people, Salt Lake City contained 20.17% of the Salt Lake County total.

In addition, where the community of Salt Lake City has a population density of 1,666 people per square mile [643 people/km²], Salt Lake County averages 1,221 people per square mile [471.8 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Salt Lake County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in Salt Lake City and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on Salt Lake City. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they don't create QuickFacts for all communities, they do have one for Salt Lake City. Not only does the QuickFact have details about Salt Lake City, it also contains a comparison between Salt Lake City and the state of Utah.

Click here for the Salt Lake City QuickFact (QF-4967000).

The following communities are nearby Salt Lake City and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Bountiful	QF-4907690	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]	44,473	7.68% increase
	West Valley City	QF-4983470	SW	7 mi [11.27 km]	123,447	13.36% increase
	Taylorsville	QF-4975360	S	8 mi [12.87 km]	58,785	2.34% increase
	Murray	QF-4953230	S	9 mi [14.48 km]	46,201	35.79% increase
	West Jordan	QF-4982950	S	12 mi [19.31 km]	104,447	52.84% increase
	Sandy	QF-4967440	S	14 mi [22.53 km]	96,660	9.32% increase
	South Jordan	QF-4970850	S	15 mi [24.14 km]	51,131	73.7% increase
	Layton	QF-4943660	N	20 mi [32.19 km]	65,514	12.04% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for Salt Lake City.

A Census Quickfact is available for Salt Lake County (QF-49035).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Salt Lake County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Davis	QF-49011	N	295,332	22.91% increase
	Morgan	QF-49029	NE	8,669	21.16% increase
	Summit	QF-49043	E	36,100	20.39% increase
	Tooele	QF-49045	W	56,941	36.83% increase
	Utah	QF-49049	S	530,837	42.84% increase
	Wasatch	QF-49051	SE	21,066	36.65% increase

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to Salt Lake City:

Salt Lake City is located in Census Region #4 (the West Region) and in Division #8 (the Mountain Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for Salt Lake City.

The Commemorative Quarter for Utah<6>

Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Salt Lake City. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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