Salt Lake County, Utah Demographics

Nationwide Claims to Fame

Salt Lake County is 12th out of 3,143 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Salt Lake County is 33rd out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales

Salt Lake County is 35th out of 3,143 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Salt Lake County is 37th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Salt Lake County is 39th out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

Salt Lake County is 40th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Salt Lake County is 43rd out of 3,143 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Statewide Claims to Fame

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Current population (2012)

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Foreign born residents

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Households

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Housing units

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Race - Asian

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Retail sales

Salt Lake County is 1st in Utah out of 29 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Main Cities Within Salt Lake County, Utah

Salt Lake County, Utah Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Salt Lake County	Rank	Utah	US
Current population (2012)	1,063,842	1st	2,855,287	313,914,040
Size in square miles	742.3	25th	82,169.6	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,387.1	1st	33.6	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Salt Lake County	Rank	Utah	US
Residents younger than 5	8.4%	17th	9.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	28.8%	21st	31.1%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	9.1%	23rd	9.5%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Salt Lake County	Rank	Utah	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.7%	21st	90.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	30.2%	6th	29.6%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Salt Lake County	Rank	Utah	US
Race - White	89.1%	27th	91.8%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.9%	1st	1.3%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	1.3%	14th	1.5%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.6%	1st	2.2%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1.6%	1st	1.0%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.5%	2nd	2.3%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	1st	13.3%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	73.4%	28th	79.9%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Salt Lake County	Rank	Utah	US
Female residents	49.7%	11th	49.7%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	12.1%	1st	8.2%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Salt Lake County	Rank	Utah	US
Housing units	368,781	1st	993,060	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	27.5%	3rd	21.3%	25.9%
Households	339,035	1st	871,358	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	67.7%	26th	70.7%	66.1%
Home median value	$240,900	4th	$221,300	$186,200
People per household	3.0	15th	3.1	2.6
Building permits (last year)	3,511	1st	13,007	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Salt Lake County	Rank	Utah	US
Income per capita	$25,555	5th	$23,650	$27,915
Income per household	$59,168	8th	$57,783	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.1%	17th	11.4%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Salt Lake County	Rank	Utah	US
Non-farm private establishments	28,649	1st	68,747	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	495,829	1st	1,029,103	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	97,576	1st	246,393	27,092,908
Retail sales	$16,758,729	1st	$36,574,240	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$16,718	3rd	$13,730	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,874,594	1st	$3,980,570	$613,795,732