Salt Lake City has a population of , It is also the county seat of Salt Lake County. Salt Lake City is currently growing at a rate of 1. The median age in Salt Lake City is Salt Lake City is one of only two major urban areas in the Great Basin, along with Reno, Nevada , and it is the largest city in the Intermountain West.
Salt Lake has 6. The city proper is more populated than the surrounding area with a population density of more than 1, people per square mile, or 1, per square kilometer.
For most of its history, Salt Lake has been mostly white. The demographics of Salt Lake City have changed dramatically over the last few decades. Housing costs in the Wasatch Front have been inflated with low housing vacancies and large families.
This means that 1 out of every six people live below the poverty line. This is lower than in the rural areas of Utah.
Like most large cities, there are many ethnic enclaves in Salt Lake City. Hispanic and Latino Americans account for a large percentage of the population in the Glendale and Rose Park areas. There are also new immigrant communities outside the city limits of Nepalies and refugees from Myanmar.
