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 (MSA) as comprising two counties: Salt Lake and Tooele. 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.
The metropolitan area is part of the Salt Lake City–Provo–Ogden, UT Combined Statistical Area (CSA), which also includes the Ogden–Clearfield metropolitan area, the Provo–Orem metropolitan area, the Heber City, Utah micropolitan area, and the Brigham 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.
Counties Salt Lake Tooele
Communities
Incorporated places Alta Bluffdale (partial) Cottonwood Heights Draper (partial) Emigration Canyon Erda Grantsville Herriman Holladay Kearns Magna Midvale Millcreek Murray Ophir Riverton Rush Valley Salt Lake City Sandy South Jordan South Salt Lake Stockton Taylorsville Tooele Vernon Wendover West Jordan West Valley City White City
Unincorporated places Copperton (township) Dugway (census-designated place) Granite (census-designated place) Pine Canyon Snowbird Stansbury Park (census-designated place)
Demographics
As of the census 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. CountySeat2025 estimate2020 CensusChangeAreaDensitySalt LakeSalt Lake CityTooeleTooeleTotal
Combined Statistical Area The Salt Lake City–Provo–Orem Combined Statistical Area is made up of ten counties in northern Utah and one county in southern Idaho. The statistical area includes three metropolitan areas and two micropolitan areas.
Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) Salt Lake City MSA (Salt Lake and Tooele counties) Ogden MSA (Davis, Morgan, and Weber counties) Provo–Orem–Lehi MSA (Juab and Utah counties) Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs) Heber µSA (Summit and Wasatch counties) Brigham City µSA (Box Elder County, Utah, and Oneida County, Idaho)
Statistical Area2025 estimate2020 CensusChangeAreaDensitySalt Lake City–Murray, UT Metropolitan Statistical AreaProvo–Orem–Lehi, UT Metropolitan Statistical AreaOgden, UT Metropolitan Statistical AreaHeber, UT Micropolitan Statistical AreaBrigham City, UT-ID Micropolitan Statistical AreaTotal
See also Utah census statistical areas Salt Lake Valley Wasatch Front
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