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People QuickFacts |
Salt Lake County |
Utah |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
1,022,651 | 2,736,424 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
13.8% | 22.5% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
898,412 | 2,233,204 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
9.1% | 9.7% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
29.4% | 30.9% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
8.5% | 8.8% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
49.1% | 49.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
91.2% | 93.2% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
1.7% | 1.2% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
1.0% | 1.3% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
3.0% | 2.0% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
1.3% | 0.7% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
1.8% | 1.6% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
15.7% | 11.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
76.5% | 82.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
50.0% | 49.3% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
10.4% | 7.1% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
16.2% | 12.5% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
86.8% | 87.7% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
27.4% | 26.1% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
131,045 | 298,686 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
22.5 | 21.3 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
352,152 | 925,242 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
69.0% | 71.5% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
27.7% | 22.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$157,000 | $146,100 |
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Households, 2000 |
295,141 | 701,281 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
3.00 | 3.13 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$56,378 | $55,220 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$20,190 | $18,185 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
9.0% | 9.8% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Salt Lake County |
Utah |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
29,319 | 68,7541 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
503,611 | 1,039,0951 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
4.7% | 13.3%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
69,930 | 179,455 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
80,650 | 193,003 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.5% | 0.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.4% | 0.6% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
2.2% | 1.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S | 0.2% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
3.5% | 2.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
24.2% | 25.1% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
10,847,204 | 25,104,045 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
15,558,180 | 22,905,100 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
11,441,626 | 23,675,432 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$12,472 | $10,206 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,537,310 | 2,984,632 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
4,556 | 20,292 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
5,512,667 | 17,158,3841 |
