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Salt Lake City, UT
217,783 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 4967000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Salt Lake City ranked #222 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 8 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Salt Lake City and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Little Rock AR, Spokane WA, Salem OR, Eugene OR, Reno NV, Greensboro NC, Vancouver WA, Richmond VA, Madison WI, Stockton CA, Tacoma WA, Des Moines IA, Boise ID · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #222 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #120 | #198 | #153 | #44 | #23 | #88 | #86 | #139 | #128 | #157 | #81 | #67 | #155 | #117 | #73 | #162 | #125 | #141 | #222 | #181 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 180,488 | 182,106 | 183,318 | 184,283 | 185,543 | 186,643 | 188,265 | 190,183 | 192,121 | 191,837 | 192,163 | 194,680 | 200,932 | 200,435 | 200,567 | 200,666 | 201,161 | 208,579 | 211,833 | 217,783 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #275 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -0.3 | +0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.1 | — | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 | -0.4 | -0.1 | +0.2 | +0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -1.2 | -0.8 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #73 of 271 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data | 5.1 | 1.7 | 3.3 | — | — | 1.0 | — | 1.9 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 6.3 | 16.8 | 3.1 | — | 17.4 | — | — | — | — | 5.9 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #101 of 340 cities · 4th of 14 in its peer group | 19.9% | 18.6% | 18.5% | 19.3% | 18.9% | 22.0% | 22.0% | 21.1% | 19.5% | 21.0% | 20.7% | 19.0% | 19.3% | 19.5% | 19.9% | — | 21.5% | 20.9% | 24.5% | 22.4% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #144 of 304 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | 5.0 | 4.4 | 9.3 | 6.5 | 1.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 6.2 | 4.0 | 6.5 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 5.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #170 of 295 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | 59.3 | 74.1 | 72.0 | 2.7 | 41.5 | 47.7 | 36.1 | 43.1 | 51.5 | 55.3 | 58.3 | 81.2 | 64.2 | 52.9 | 53.8 | 82.2 | 100.4 | 86.3 | 65.1 | 78.1 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 212,149 | 213,613 | 219,061 | 223,273 | 218,376 | 222,952 | 227,224 | 214,529 | 218,593 | 221,747 | 230,440 | 237,121 | 239,617 | 243,769 | 252,283 | 271,629 | 281,008 | 288,550 | 295,433 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #172 of 329 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | -0.3 | -3.5 | -1.5 | +0.6 | +3.2 | +0.9 | -0.3 | -7.4 | -2.0 | -1.6 | +0.7 | -0.6 | -1.2 | -1.0 | +0.8 | +9.3 | +0.1 | -1.2 | -0.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 95,654 | 98,901 | 98,729 | 103,042 | 105,923 | 110,322 | 112,009 | 112,685 | 117,876 | — | 121,032 | 129,651 | 122,952 | 130,974 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #221 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.8% | 8.3% | 5.5% | 6.2% | 4.6% | 3.3% | 4.0% | 2.9% | 3.0% | — | 3.9% | 3.0% | 4.2% | 5.6% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #13 of 314 cities with data · 1st of 14 in its peer group | 34% | 37% | 40% | 35% | 31% | 32% | 34% | 32% | 27% | 52% | 53% | 47% | 30% | 25% | 32% | 16% | 30% | 27% | 36% | 46% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #311 of 314 cities with data · 14th of 14 in its peer group | $2,916 | $2,643 | $2,385 | $1,896 | $2,061 | $2,173 | $2,716 | $2,825 | $2,812 | $3,649 | $3,706 | $3,887 | $10,682 | $10,222 | $14,083 | $13,648 | $15,313 | $21,104 | $17,944 | $16,668 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Salt Lake City. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.