Salt Lake City, Utah demographics

Salt Lake City, UT demographics: median age 32.9; 51.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Salt Lake City city, Utah · Incorporated city · GEOID 4967000. The survey estimates a population of 208,007 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Salt Lake City is 32.9 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.5 years. There are 92,652 households (±1,381). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	32.9 ±0.5	32.0 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 208,007
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Utah	U.S.
Under 18	34,014 ±1,501	16.4% ±0.7 pp	27.8%	22.0%
18–34	77,503 ±2,127	37.3% ±1.0 pp	26.5%	22.8%
35–64	70,387 ±2,171	33.8% ±1.0 pp	33.9%	38.0%
65 and older	26,103 ±1,268	12.5% ±0.6 pp	11.9%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 208,007
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Utah	U.S.
Male	107,572 ±1,544	51.7% ±0.7 pp	50.7%	49.5%
Female	100,435 ±1,535	48.3% ±0.7 pp	49.3%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 208,007
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Utah	U.S.
White alone	144,611 ±2,712	69.5% ±1.3 pp	78.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	5,385 ±886	2.6% ±0.4 pp	1.2%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	2,383 ±623	1.1% ±0.3 pp	1.0%	0.9%
Asian alone	10,399 ±1,093	5.0% ±0.5 pp	2.4%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	3,231 ±908	1.6% ±0.4 pp	0.9%	0.2%
Some other race alone	18,728 ±2,414	9.0% ±1.2 pp	6.0%	7.1%
Two or more races	23,270 ±1,905	11.2% ±0.9 pp	9.7%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 208,007
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Utah	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	164,806 ±2,356	79.2% ±1.1 pp	84.1%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	43,201 ±2,360	20.8% ±1.1 pp	15.9%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 92,652
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Utah	U.S.
Married-couple family	29,895 ±1,080	32.3% ±1.1 pp	58.9%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	3,971 ±574	4.3% ±0.6 pp	4.8%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	7,121 ±563	7.7% ±0.6 pp	8.9%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	37,587 ±1,652	40.6% ±1.7 pp	20.4%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	14,078 ±879	15.2% ±0.9 pp	7.0%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 92,652
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Utah	U.S.
Households with people under 18	17,434 ±812	18.8% ±0.8 pp	37.8%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	75,218 ±1,866	81.2% ±1.6 pp	62.2%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 92,652
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Utah	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	37,587 ±1,652	40.6% ±1.7 pp	20.4%	28.7%
Two-person households	31,860 ±1,421	34.4% ±1.4 pp	31.6%	33.8%
Three-person households	10,063 ±704	10.9% ±0.7 pp	15.6%	15.3%
Four-person households	7,530 ±610	8.1% ±0.6 pp	14.3%	12.6%
Five-person households	3,066 ±431	3.3% ±0.5 pp	9.3%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,405 ±334	1.5% ±0.4 pp	5.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,141 ±305	1.2% ±0.3 pp	3.5%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 208,007
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Utah	U.S.
Native	176,950 ±1,884	85.1% ±0.9 pp	91.1%	85.9%
Foreign born	31,057 ±1,882	14.9% ±0.9 pp	8.9%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 198,216
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Utah	U.S.
English only	151,644 ±2,711	76.5% ±1.3 pp	84.1%	77.7%
Spanish	28,204 ±1,992	14.2% ±1.0 pp	10.9%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	934 ±284	0.5% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	1,114 ±236	0.6% ±0.1 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,887 ±500	1.0% ±0.3 pp	0.3%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	3,760 ±712	1.9% ±0.4 pp	1.2%	2.0%
Korean	380 ±156	0.2% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	1,967 ±437	1.0% ±0.2 pp	0.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	950 ±377	0.5% ±0.2 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	557 ±221	0.3% ±0.1 pp	0.2%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	4,420 ±1,026	2.2% ±0.5 pp	1.1%	1.1%
Arabic	830 ±575 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	1,569 ±485	0.8% ±0.2 pp	0.5%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 141,514
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Utah	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	11,151 ±1,146	7.9% ±0.8 pp	6.6%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	23,714 ±1,520	16.8% ±1.1 pp	22.3%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	24,318 ±1,347	17.2% ±0.9 pp	23.5%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	9,483 ±870	6.7% ±0.6 pp	9.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	41,149 ±1,631	29.1% ±1.1 pp	24.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	31,699 ±1,524	22.4% ±1.0 pp	13.0%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 205,672
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Utah	U.S.
Same house	162,704 ±2,102	79.1% ±1.0 pp	86.0%	87.7%
Moved within same county	24,515 ±2,072	11.9% ±1.0 pp	7.8%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	5,969 ±794	2.9% ±0.4 pp	2.8%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	10,379 ±995	5.0% ±0.5 pp	2.8%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	2,105 ±543	1.0% ±0.3 pp	0.6%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

10.4% of Salt Lake City residents (±0.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 8.4% in Utah and 8.4% nationally. 91.0% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Salt Lake City	Utah	U.S.	Compared with Utah
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	10.4% ±0.8 pp	8.4%	8.4%	Higher
Households with a broadband subscription Households	91.0% ±1.0 pp	93.4%	91.0%	Lower
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.9% ±0.4 pp	4.6%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Salt Lake City . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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