The Salt Lake City metropolitan area is the metropolitan area centered on the city of

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, t ...

, Utah. The

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and the United States Census Bureau currently define the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area as comprising two counties: Salt Lake and

Tooele Tooele ( ) is a city in Tooele County in the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 35,742 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Tooele County. Located approximately 30 minutes southwest of Salt Lake City, Tooele is known for Tooele Ar ...

. 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 Ogden-Clearfield, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is an area consisting of four counties in north central Utah, anchored by the cities of Ogden and Clearfield. As of the 201 ...

, the

Provo–Orem metropolitan area The Provo–Orem, UT Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Office of Management and Budget, is an area consisting of two counties in Utah, anchored by the cities of Provo and Orem. As of the 2020 census, the MSA had a ...

, and the Heber City, Utah micropolitan area. Sustained drought in Utah has more recently strained Salt Lake City metropolitan area's water security and caused the Great Salt Lake level drop to record low levels.

Counties

* Salt Lake *

Communities

Incorporated places

* Alta * Bluffdale (partial) * Cottonwood Heights * Draper (partial) * Grantsville * Herriman * Holladay * Midvale * Millcreek *

Murray Murray may refer to: Businesses * Murray (bicycle company), an American manufacturer of low-cost bicycles * Murrays, an Australian bus company * Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trust * D. & W. Murray Limited, an Australian who ...

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* Riverton *

Rush Valley Rush Valley is a long north-trending valley in the southeast of Tooele County, Utah. It lies adjacent to and attached to the south of Tooele Valley; the separation point is the low point of the valley at Rush Lake, and lies at the southeast o ...

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* South Jordan * South Salt Lake * Stockton * Taylorsville *

* Vernon * Wendover *

West Jordan West Jordan is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is a suburb of Salt Lake City and has a mixed economy. According to the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 116,961, placing it as the third most populous in the state. ...

West Valley City West Valley City is a city in Salt Lake County and a suburb of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 140,230 at the 2020 census, making it the second-largest city in Utah. The city incorporated in 1980 from a large, quic ...

Unincorporated places

* Copperton (

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) * Dugway (census-designated place) * Emigration Canyon (township) * Erda (census-designated place) * Granite (census-designated place) * Kearns (township) * Magna (township) * Pine Canyon * Snowbird *

Stansbury Park Stansbury Park is a census-designated place (CDP) in Tooele County, Utah, United States. The population was 5,145 at the 2010 Census; it was 2,385 at the 2000 census; the 1990 census population was 1,049. Stansbury Park is located in the north ...

(census-designated place) *

White City White City may refer to: Places Australia * White City, Perth, an amusement park on the Perth foreshore * White City railway station, a former railway station * White City Stadium (Sydney), a tennis centre in Sydney * White City FC, a football c ...

(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%

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, 0.90% Native American, 2.43% Asian, 1.15%

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, 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

– Provo– Ogden

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is made up of ten counties in northern Utah. The statistical area includes three metropolitan areas and one micropolitan area. *Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) **

MSA ( Salt Lake and

counties) ** Ogden–Clearfield MSA (

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, Davis, Morgan, and

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counties) ** Provo–Orem MSA ( Juab and Utah counties) *Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs) **

Heber City Heber City is a city and county seat of Wasatch County, Utah, United States. The population was 11,362 at the time of the 2010 census. It is located 43 miles southeast of Salt Lake City. History Heber City was first settled in 1859 by Rober ...

( Summit and Wasatch counties)

References

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