Salt Lake County Facts

Census Statistics

	Salt Lake County	Utah
Population, 2003 estimate	924,247	2,351,467
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.9%	5.3%
Population, 2000	898,387	2,233,169
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	23.8%	29.6%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	8.9%	9.4%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	30.5%	32.2%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	8.1%	8.5%
Female persons, percent, 2000	49.6%	49.9%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	86.3%	89.2%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	1.1%	0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	1.3%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	1.2%	0.7%
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	5.4%	4.2%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.6%	2.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	11.9%	9.0%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	80.9%	85.3%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	50.0%	49.3%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	10.4%	7.1%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	16.2%	12.5%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	86.8%	87.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	27.4%	26.1%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	131,045	298,686
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	22.5	21.3?
Housing units, 2002	321,202	808,593
Homeownership rate, 2000	69.0%	71.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	27.7%	22.0%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$157,000	$146,100?
Households, 2000	295,141	701,281
Persons per household, 2000	3.00	3.13
Median household income, 1999	$48,373	$45,726
Per capita money income, 1999	$20,190	$18,185
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	8.0%	9.4%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	26,175	56,851
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	481,260	914,829
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.1%	-0.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	55,595	135,794
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	10,012,161	24,014,379
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	10,139,410	19,964,601
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$12,046	$9,666
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	5.7%	5.1%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.5%	24.8%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	5,604	19,327
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	4,456,987	12,301,970
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	737	82,144
Persons per square mile, 2000	1,218.4	27.2
Metropolitan Area	Salt Lake City-Ogden	?
FIPS Code	035	49

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