Salt Lake City metropolitan area explained

Official Name:Salt Lake City–Provo–Orem, UT–ID
Combined Statistical Area
Settlement Type:Combined Statistical Area
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1: Utah
Idaho
Subdivision Type2:Largest city
Subdivision Name2: - Salt Lake City
Subdivision Type3:Other principal cities
Subdivision Name3:
Unit Pref:US
Area Total Sq Mi:9977
Population Footnotes:(2020 census)
Population Total: 1,257,936
Population Density Sq Mi:126
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type2:GDP
Demographics2 Footnotes:[1]
Demographics2 Title1:MSA
Demographics2 Info1:$135.4 billion (2022)
Timezone:MST
Utc Offset:−7
Timezone Dst:MDT
Utc Offset Dst:−6

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.

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, 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.

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Unincorporated places

Demographics

As of the census[3] 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 in northern Utah and one county in southern Idaho.[2] The statistical area includes three metropolitan areas and two micropolitan areas.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Total Gross Domestic Product for Salt Lake City, UT (MSA) . fred.stlouisfed.org.
  2. Web site: OMB Bulletin No. 23-01, Revised Delineations of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Micropolitan Statistical Areas, and Combined Statistical Areas, and Guidance on Uses of Delineations of These Areas. United States Office of Management and Budget. July 21, 2023. July 25, 2023.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.