Is Salt Lake City growing?

How much Salt Lake City, UT has grown or shrunk since 2015, how that compares with the county, the state and the United States, and how the community's age is changing.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

Salt Lake City looks different than it did in 2015.

Population change since 2015: +7.2% — 24,501 residents in 2015 → 26,277 in 2023

Salt Lake City population, 2015 to 2023

• 2015: 24501
• 2023: 26277

Growth since 2015

• Salt Lake City: 7.2
• Salt Lake County: 9.8
• UT: 14.7
• U.S.: 5

Median age: 31.5 — U.S. median: 38.7

What it means

Salt Lake City is growing faster than the country as a whole — +7.2% here versus +5.0% nationally since 2015.

Residents here are younger than the country overall — the median resident is about 7.2 years younger than the U.S. median.

These are estimates, not a head count. ACS 5-year figures average responses collected over five years, so they show direction and scale rather than a single day's population.