Salt Lake County, Utah (UT)

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% of renters here:	31%
State:	28%

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Races in Salt Lake County, Utah:

Median resident age:	28.9 years
Utah median age:	27.1 years

Males: 452,957	(50.4%)
Females: 445,430	(49.6%)

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Salt Lake County:	3.0 people
Utah:	3.1 people

This county:	$56,350
Utah:	$55,109

This county:	$675
State:	$636

Salt Lake County:	$241,700
Utah:	$218,700

Detached houses: $311,470

Here:	$311,470
State:	$285,628

Townhouses or other attached units: $235,766

Here:	$235,766
State:	$215,003

In 2-unit structures: $277,088

Here:	$277,088
State:	$240,721

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $179,848

Here:	$179,848
State:	$172,685

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $177,604

Here:	$177,604
State:	$161,698

Mobile homes: $45,912

Here:	$45,912
State:	$47,459

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $83,900

Here:	$83,900
State:	$47,793

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 4
• Rapes: 112
• Robberies: 90
• Assaults: 352
• Burglaries: 1893
• Thefts: 7705
• Auto thefts: 1087

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 5
• Rapes: 153
• Robberies: 140
• Assaults: 538
• Burglaries: 1890
• Thefts: 10109
• Auto thefts: 1146

Health of residents in Salt Lake County based on 2056 CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2002 to 2004:
General health status score of residents in this county from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) is 3.7. This is about average.
82.6% of residents exercised in the past month. This is more than average.
45.0% of residents had a sunburn in the past 12 months. This is more than average.
33.5% of residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives. This is less than average.
40.4% of residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days. This is less than average.
73.6% of residents visited a dentist within the past year. This is about average.
Average weight of males is 192 pounds. This is about average.
Average weight of females is 153 pounds. This is about average.
38.3% of residents keep firearms around their homes. This is about average.

Salt Lake County:	8.8%
Utah:	9.7%

Area name: Salt Lake City, UT HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Salt Lake County is $572 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $690 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $971 a month.

Cities in this county include: Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Sandy, West Jordan, Taylorsville, Murray, Kearns, Millcreek, South Jordan, Cottonwood Heights.

2005 air pollution in Salt Lake County:

Carbon Monoxide: 4 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Lead: 0.08 µg/m³ (standard limit: 1.5 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.023 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.120 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.086 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) Annual: 37 µg/m³. Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM₁₀) 24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m³): 123 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³): 14.1 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m³): 44 µg/m³. Above U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.003 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.012 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Davis County , Morgan County , Summit County , Tooele County , Utah County , Wasatch County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in Salt Lake County: Box Elder Guard Station (A), Moss Ledge Picnic Ground (B), North Redwood Industrial Park (C), Lake Front Duck Club (D), Latter Day Saints Church Records Storage Area (E), Redman Forest Camp (F), Ephraim Hanks Station Pony Express Marker (G), Maxfield Lodge (H), Church Park Picnic Ground (I), Tanners Flat Campground (J), Little Mountain Summit (K), Bingham Canyon (L), Big Water Trailhead (M), Big Water Recreation Site (N), Utah Duck Club (O), Evergreen Picnic Ground (P), Temple Granite Quarry Historical Monument (Q), Rudy Duck Club (R), Oak Ridge Picnic Ground (S), Camp Grant (T). Display/hide their locations on the map Churches in Salt Lake County include: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (A), Trinity Community Church (B), Saint Pauls United Methodist Church (C), Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (D). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Chandler Cemetery (1), Bingham City Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map Lakes and reservoirs: Desolation, Lake (A), Dog Lake (B), Dry Lake (C), Martha, Lake (D), Red Pine Lake (E), Catherine, Lake (F), Red Butte Reservoir (G), Twin Lakes Reservoir (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Alexander Creek (A), Jordan River (B), Parleys Fork Red Butte Creek (C), Pine Fork (D), Pioneer Fork (E), Porter Fork (F), Bayliss Fork (G), Reservoir Fork (H), Beartrap Fork (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Parks in Salt Lake County include: Yellow Fork Canyon County Park (1), Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area (2), Snowbird Recreation Area (3), Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area (4). Display/hide their locations on the map Beaches: Sunset Beach (A), Silver Sands Beach (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Here:	5.2%
Utah:	5.2%

Current college students: 63,514
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 86.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 27.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 93,276 (31% naturalized citizens)

Salt Lake County:	10.4%
Whole state:	7.1%

Mean travel time to work: 22.5 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 93.8%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 202,040
• One, attached: 14,739
• Two: 13,057
• 3 or 4: 13,869
• 5 to 9: 14,642
• 10 to 19: 16,613
• 20 or more: 28,011
• Mobile homes: 7,840
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 177

Housing units in Salt Lake County with a mortgage: 140,678 (22,314 second mortgage, 16,266 home equity loan, 450 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 37,642

Here:	78.9% with mortgage
State:	75.8% with mortgage

Salt Lake County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Utah state average. It is 1.5 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 80 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 8/11/1999, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 80 people and caused $170 million in damages.

Salt Lake County-area historical earthquake activity is below Utah state average. It is 2% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 3/28/1975 at 02:31:05, a magnitude 6.2 (6.1 MB, 6.0 MS, 6.2 ML, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 98.2 miles away from Salt Lake County center
On 4/17/2003 at 01:04:19, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 MB, 4.4 ML, Depth: 0.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 78.9 miles away from the county center
On 3/16/1992 at 14:42:49, a magnitude 4.4 (4.4 MB, 4.2 ML, Depth: 7.6 mi) earthquake occurred 14.8 miles away from the county center
On 3/7/2000 at 02:16:04, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, 4.2 ML, Depth: 1.1 mi) earthquake occurred 84.6 miles away from Salt Lake County center
On 11/4/1992 at 18:22:09, a magnitude 4.3 (4.3 MB, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 93.1 miles away from the county center
On 8/6/2007 at 08:48:40, a magnitude 4.2 (4.2 MB, 3.9 ML, Depth: 1.0 mi) earthquake occurred 89.9 miles away from Salt Lake County center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS)

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 335,073 (76%) Carpooled: 57,307 (13%) Bus or trolley bus: 12,356 (3%) Streetcar or trolley car: 1,002 (0%) Subway or elevated: 513 (0%) Railroad: 1,336 (0%) Ferryboat: 25 (0%) Taxi: 100 (0%) Motorcycle: 530 (0%) Bicycle: 2,196 (1%) Walked: 8,767 (2%) Other means: 2,474 (1%) Worked at home: 16,948 (4%)

6.01% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($42,230 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.01%
Utah average:	8.03%

0.13% of residents moved from foreign countries ($578 average AGI)

Salt Lake County:	0.13%
Utah average:	0.17%

2.48% relocated from other counties in Utah ($15,539 average AGI)
3.39% relocated from other states ($26,113 average AGI)

Salt Lake County:	3.39%
Utah average:	3.99%

from Utah County, UT	0.78% ($37,416 average AGI)
from Davis County, UT	0.58% ($35,109)
from Los Angeles County, CA	0.20% ($38,615)
from Weber County, UT	0.20% ($32,477)
from Tooele County, UT	0.18% ($36,437)
from Cache County, UT	0.17% ($29,467)
from Maricopa County, AZ	0.15% ($52,336)

5.73% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($43,406 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.73%
Utah average:	7.46%

0.05% of residents moved to foreign countries ($344 average AGI)

Salt Lake County:	0.05%
Utah average:	0.08%

2.53% relocated to other counties in Utah ($18,803 average AGI)
3.15% relocated to other states ($24,259 average AGI)

Salt Lake County:	3.15%
Utah average:	3.49%

to Utah County, UT	0.78% ($42,346 average AGI)
to Davis County, UT	0.72% ($44,626)
to Tooele County, UT	0.22% ($39,144)
to Maricopa County, AZ	0.19% ($45,370)
to Clark County, NV	0.18% ($41,816)
to Washington County, UT	0.18% ($40,255)
to Weber County, UT	0.15% ($32,279)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 19.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 20.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 5.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 5.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.4

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 83,291 (72,189 aged, 11,102 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 779,247 (172,956 male householders, 42,908 female householders)

  175,842 spouses, 319,293 children (293,819 natural, 9,009 adopted, 16,465 stepchildren), 15,683 grandchildren, 9,913 brothers or sisters, 4,636 parents, 18,410 other relatives, 19,606 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 104,731 (38,114 male householders (27,337 living alone)), 41,312 female householders (33,883 living alone)), 25,305 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 14,409 (9,495 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 70,722 2-persons, 45,549 3-persons, 44,611 4-persons, 27,325 5-persons, 15,274 6-persons, 12,383 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 61,220 1-person, 13,659 2-persons, 2,924 3-persons, 1,202 4-persons, 303 5-persons, 85 6-persons, 33 7-or-more-persons.

83.8% of residents of Salt Lake County speak English at home.
9.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (49% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
3.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (69% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $4,793,316,000 ($5125 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $628,114,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $1,447,947,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $613,042,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $14,005,000
Federal grants: $1,494,054,000
Federal procurement contracts: $540,050,000 ($350,251,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $684,217,000 ($166,219,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $4,627,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $1,552,937,000
Federal Government insurance: $129,950,000

Here:	100 per 1000 residents
State:	103 per 1000 residents

Here:	29 per 1000 residents
State:	28 per 1000 residents

Here:	+32 per 1000 residents
State:	+20 per 1000 residents

Here:	-52 per 1000 residents
State:	-14 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 258.39 millions of gallons per day (30% from ground, 70% from surface)

Here:	7.1
State:	7.0

Here:	3.8
State:	4.0

52% of Salt Lake County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 67% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Utah.

Salt Lake County:	52.2%
State average:	51.0%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 548207
• Northeast: 23196
• Midwest: 44246
• South: 35620
• West: 145746

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $153,100

Here:	5.8%
Utah:	4.2%

Here:	5.2%
Utah:	3.9%

Here:	15.2%
Utah:	27.4%

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