West Jordan, Utah

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The 2000 Census showed that West Jordan had a population of 68,336 people^<1>. This represents 3.04% of the total population of Utah, making it the state's 7th 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
4	Sandy	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	96,660	9.32% increase
5	Orem	SE	26 mi [41.84 km]	93,250	10.59% increase
6	Ogden	N	43 mi [69.2 km]	82,865	7.3% increase
-7-	West Jordan			104,447	52.84% increase
8	Layton	N	32 mi [51.5 km]	65,514	12.04% increase
9	Taylorsville	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	58,785	2.34% increase
10	Saint George	S	257 mi [413.6 km]	72,718	46.42% increase

West Jordan had 19,597 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that West Jordan has an area^<4> of 30.9 square miles [80 km²].

Using the above population and land area values, West Jordan had a 2000 population density of 2,211 people per square mile [853 people/km²], making it the state's 25th most densely populated area.

Salt Lake County

The city of West Jordan is located in Salt Lake County.

The county had a population of 901,004 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 68,336 people, West Jordan contained 7.58% of the Salt Lake County total.

In addition, where the community of West Jordan has a population density of 2,211 people per square mile [853 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 West Jordan and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on West Jordan. 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 West Jordan. Not only does the QuickFact have details about West Jordan, it also contains a comparison between West Jordan and the state of Utah.

Click here for the West Jordan QuickFact (QF-4982950).

The following communities are nearby West Jordan and also have Census QuickFacts:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	South Jordan	QF-4970850	S	3 mi [4.83 km]	51,131	73.7% increase
	Taylorsville	QF-4975360	NE	4 mi [6.44 km]	58,785	2.34% increase
	West Valley City	QF-4983470	N	5 mi [8.05 km]	123,447	13.36% increase
	Murray	QF-4953230	NE	6 mi [9.66 km]	46,201	35.79% increase
	Sandy	QF-4967440	E	8 mi [12.87 km]	96,660	9.32% increase
	Salt Lake City	QF-4967000	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	181,698	---
	Bountiful	QF-4907690	N	19 mi [30.58 km]	44,473	7.68% increase
	Orem	QF-4957300	SE	26 mi [41.84 km]	93,250	10.59% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for West Jordan.

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 West Jordan:

West Jordan 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 West Jordan.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' has proven to be a useful tool by people who planned 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) West Jordan. 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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