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Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area Demographics

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area is the 47th most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 1,257,936 residents across 7,793 square miles. That is about 161 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 1,257,936
Land area 7,793 sq mi
Density 161 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
County Salt Lake 1,185,238 742.3 1,597
County Tooele 72,698 6,941.4 10

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