Salt Lake City

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Salt Lake City

Total population

217,783

Median home value

$620,100

52.9%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$77,186

Salt Lake City$77k

National$74k

Air quality index

54Moderate

Elevation1288 m

Weather78°F · Chance Showers And Thunderstorms

Coordinates40.78°, -111.93°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The population was 199,723 at the 2020 census, while the Salt Lake City metropolitan area has an estimated 1.3 million residents and is the 46th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. It is also part of the larger Salt Lake City–Ogden–Provo combined statistical area, an urban corridor along a 120-mile (190 km) segment of the Wasatch Front with a population of approximately 2.8 million. It is one of the principal urban centers within the Great Basin, along with Reno, Nevada.

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Current forecast

Forecast for Salt Lake City, UT from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

D

David C. Evans

American computer scientist (1924-1998)

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Alan Ashton

American businessman

Cleve Moler

American mathematician specializing in numerical analysis (1939 - 2026)

Kikkan Randall

American female cross-country skier

Z

Zach Lund

American skeleton racer (born 1979)

Chris Cannon

American politician (1950–2024)

Neal Cassady

American writer (1926–1968)

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Steve Nichols

American engineer

H

Hartland Snyder

American physicist

Jeff Louder

American racing cyclist

Paul McCarthy

American performance and installation artist (born 1945)

Lee Barnes

American athletics competitor

Roseanne Barr

American actress and comedian (born 1952)

Cytherea

American pornographic actress and model

Krissy Lynn

American pornographic actress

James V. Hansen

American politician (1932–2018)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Utah

• North Salt Lake
  4.9 mi away · pop. 21,907
• South Salt Lake
  5.2 mi away · pop. 26,777
• Woods Cross
  6.7 mi away
• West Bountiful
  8.7 mi away
• Murray
  9 mi away · pop. 50,637
• Kearns metro township
  9.6 mi away
• Holladay
  9.9 mi away · pop. 31,965
• Emigration Canyon metro township
  10 mi away
• Centerville
  10.6 mi away
• Magna metro township
  13.2 mi away
• White City metro township
  14.8 mi away
• Granite
  15.7 mi away

Browse all places in Utah →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Salt Lake City

Assay office at Salt Lake City, Utah

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Mines and Mining · 1906

An ordinance amending section 3 of an ordinance passed ... Sept. 1, 1927 ...

Salt Lake City (Utah) · 1929

AARP Salt Lake City, Utah

Frommer's Staff · 2012

Public building at Salt Lake City, Utah

United States. Congress. House · 1890

Laws, etc.

Salt Lake City (Utah). · 1893

An ordinance relating to houses of ill-fame and prostitution

Salt Lake City (Utah) · 1877

Salt Lake City, Utah

Frommer's ShortCuts · 2012

Proceedings--Range Economics Symposium and Workshop, August 31-September 2, 1982, Salt Lake City, Utah

Range Economics Symposium and Workshop (1982 Salt Lake City, Utah) · 1983

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Ogden Bay RX Prescribed Fire, Weber, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-04-29 · 32 mi
• South Mountain Wildfire, Tooele, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-06-09 · 33 mi
• Wild Horse Wildfire, Millard, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-05-13 · 92 mi
• Tower Wildfire, Millard, Utah
  Wildfires · 2026-06-07 · 109 mi
• Summit Creek Wildfire, Cassia, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-05-25 · 134 mi
• Egberts Wildfire, Elko, Nevada
  Wildfires · 2026-05-25 · 164 mi
• Black Ridge Wildfire, Lincoln, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-05-25 · 188 mi
• Median Wildfire, Gooding, Idaho
  Wildfires · 2026-06-17 · 202 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Domestic Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

Seen 2026-06-27

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Seen 2026-06-27

Masked Hunter

Reduvius personatus

Seen 2026-06-26

Tule Bluet

Enallagma carunculatum

Seen 2026-06-26

Western Yellowjacket

Vespula pensylvanica

Seen 2026-06-26

Lesser Goldfinch

Spinus psaltria

Seen 2026-06-26

Western Kingbird

Tyrannus verticalis

Seen 2026-06-26

Strawberry Crown Moth

Synanthedon bibionipennis

Seen 2026-06-26

Golden Northern Bumble Bee

Bombus fervidus

Seen 2026-06-26

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Nearest stream gauge

Live readings from USGS NWIS · measured 2026-06-27 14:15 UTC.

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Salt Lake City, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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