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Salt Lake City, UT MSA Regional Analytics
  -- Population & Components of Change; 2010-15

Components of Change: 7/1/2010-6/30/2015
Natural Change 63,211
  equals Births 94,873
  less Deaths 31,662
Net Migration 16,396
  equals net International Migration 16,580
  plus net Domestic Migration -184

The population of the Salt Lake City, UT MSA changed from 1,091,699 on 2010 to 1,170,266 in 2015 -- a change of 78,567 (7.20%). This report provides a summary of how and why the population has changed during this period and what these factors suggest about future change.

Primary Contributing Factors to Change
The primary contributing factors resulting in population change are 1) natural change (births less deaths) and/or 2) net migration. Eight tables are presented below providing annual data for each component county of the metro and metro summary. The tables provide data on the total population, births, deaths, natural change (births less deaths), international migration, domestic migration and net migration.

From 2010 to 2015 (7/1/2010-6/30/2015), natural change (63,211) exceeded net migration (16,396); natural change has been the primary contributing factor for the total metro population change. Examine the metro by county tables below to learn about how each county contributes to the metro population growth or decline.

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Related Sections
  • Salt Lake City, UT MSA S&O Report
  • State of the States -- all states interactive table
  • Metro S&O Reports -- all metros interactive table
  • CountyTrends 2010-2015 -- all counties interactive table
  • CountyTrends -- multi-sourced county data
  • Regional Data Analytics Main

Table 1. Population          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg 10-15%Chg 10-15
Salt Lake County, UT49035P0000001 1,033,182 1,048,686 1,064,745 1,081,155 1,092,888 1,107,314 74,132 7.18
Tooele County, UT49045P0000001 58,517 59,272 59,864 60,750 61,625 62,952 4,435 7.58
Total P0000001 1,091,699 1,107,958 1,124,609 1,141,905 1,154,513 1,170,266 78,567 7.20
Table 2. Births          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Salt Lake County, UT49035B0000001 19,028 18,003 17,705 18,233 17,857 18,114 89,912 
Tooele County, UT49045B0000001 1,064 998 984 996 985 998 4,961 
Total B0000001 20,092 19,001 18,689 19,229 18,842 19,112 94,873 
Table 3. Deaths          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Salt Lake County, UT49035D0000001 5,652 5,679 6,005 6,189 6,104 6,103 30,080 
Tooele County, UT49045D0000001 396 311 320 349 299 303 1,582 
Total D0000001 6,048 5,990 6,325 6,538 6,403 6,406 31,662 
Table 4. Natural Change          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Salt Lake County, UT49035NC000001 13,376 12,324 11,700 12,044 11,753 12,011 59,832 
Tooele County, UT49045NC000001 668 687 664 647 686 695 3,379 
Total NC000001 14,044 13,011 12,364 12,691 12,439 12,706 63,211 
Table 5. International Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Salt Lake County, UT49035MI000001 2,128 2,949 2,870 3,185 3,671 3,694 16,369 
Tooele County, UT49045MI000001 12 15 58 40 44 54 211 
Total MI000001 2,140 2,964 2,928 3,225 3,715 3,748 16,580 
Table 6. Domestic Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Salt Lake County, UT49035MD000001 -1,016 543 1,538 1,012 -3,106 -985 -998 
Tooele County, UT49045MD000001 496 67 -123 186 141 543 814 
Total MD000001 -520 610 1,415 1,198 -2,965 -442 -184 
Table 7. Net Migration          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Sum11-15 
Salt Lake County, UT49035MN000001 1,112 3,492 4,408 4,197 565 2,709 15,371 
Tooele County, UT49045MN000001 508 82 -65 226 185 597 1,025 
Total MN000001 1,620 3,574 4,343 4,423 750 3,306 16,396 
Table 8. Group Quarters          
Area NameGeoIDItem201020112012201320142015Chg10-15%Chg 10-15
Salt Lake County, UT49035GQ000001 14,018 14,188 14,074 14,271 14,986 15,502 1,484 10.59
Tooele County, UT49045GQ000001 355 355 355 355 355 354 -1 -0.28
Total GQ000001 14,373 14,543 14,429 14,626 15,341 15,856 1,483 10.32

Source: developed by ProximityOne based on Census Bureau and other data.
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