Brigadier General James Monroe Williams

The Salt Lake City metropolitan area is the metropolitan area centered on the city of Salt Lake City, Utah. The Office of Management and Budget and the United States Census Bureau currently define the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area as comprising two counties: Salt Lake and Tooele.[2] As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a population of 1,257,936. The Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area and the Ogden-Clearfield Metropolitan Area were a single metropolitan area known as the Salt Lake City-Ogden Metropolitan Area until being separated in 2005.[3]

The metropolitan area is part of the Salt Lake City–Provo–Ogden, UT Combined Statistical Area, which also includes the Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area, the Provo–Orem metropolitan area, and the Heber City, Utah micropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, this CSA had a population of 2,701,129, comprising 82.6 percent of Utah's then 3,271,616 residents.

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Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note
190077,725
1910131,42669.1%
1920159,28221.2%
1930194,10221.9%
1940211,6259.0%
1950274,89529.9%
1960406,57647.9%
1970486,03119.5%
1980655,29734.8%
1990768,07517.2%
2000968,85826.1%
20101,124,19716.0%
20201,257,93611.9%
U.S. Decennial Census[4]

As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 968,858 people, 318,150 households, and 231,606 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 86.63% White, 1.04% African American, 0.90% Native American, 2.43% Asian, 1.15% Pacific Islander, 5.33% from other races, and 2.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.71% of the population.

The median income for a household in the MSA was $53,036, and the median income for a family was $59,139. Males had a median income of $40,683 versus $26,302 for females. The per capita income for the MSA was $23,426.

Combined Statistical Area

The Salt Lake CityProvoOgden Combined Statistical Area is made up of ten counties[2] in northern Utah. The statistical area includes three metropolitan areas and one micropolitan area.

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