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Salt Lake City, Utah

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

Typical abbreviation for Salt Lake City: Salt Lk. City

Salt Lake City is 4,220 feet [1,286.26 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Salt Lake City lies in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of Salt Lake City, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Salt Lake City had a population of 181,743 people<2> (or 20.17% of the total population of Salt Lake County). The population of Salt Lake City represented 8.14% of the total of Utah, making it the state's most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Salt Lake City had a population of 181,698 people.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. Other than 2000, the population counts have been estimated by the Census Bureau. More information can be found on the Census Page for Salt Lake City.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
2008181,698  
2007179,433-1.27% 
2006179,278-1.36%+1.36% since 2005
2005176,869-2.68% 
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2000181,743The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Bountiful    NE 7 mi [11.27 km]44,4737.68% increase
 Cottonwood Heights    SE 12 mi [19.31 km]---
 Draper    S 19 mi [30.58 km]42,31767.79% increase
 Murray    S 9 mi [14.48 km]46,20135.79% increase
 Riverton    S 18 mi [28.97 km]39,75158.93% increase
 Sandy    S 14 mi [22.53 km]96,6609.32% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Salt Lake City.

Websites for Salt Lake City

Official Website:   www.ci.slc.ut.us/
   
Junior League:   www.jlslc.org/

If you know of a history or genealogy society whose interest includes either Salt Lake City or Salt Lake County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




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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.

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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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We have more links which are centered on Salt Lake City? Please visit the Map Page for Salt Lake City.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Salt Lake City - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Salt Lake City.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Salt Lake City and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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