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Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area

The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area is made up of 2 counties in Utah: Salt Lake and Tooele. About 1,308,377 people lived there on July 1, 2025 (Census estimate), 4.0% more than in April 2020.

Salt Lake County, centralTooele County, outlyingSalt Lake CityMurray
Central Outlying 2 counties in Utah
Population, July 2025
1,308,377 4.0% more than in April 2020
Type
Metropolitan statistical area
Counties
2: 1 central, 1 outlying
Land area
7,793 sq mi (20,184 km²)
Time zone
Mountain TimeUTC-07:00 in January; UTC-06:00 in July
State
Utah
Combined statistical area
Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem, UT-ID
CBSA code
41620
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Counties in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area, largest first

CountyRolePopulation, July 2025Share of the area
Salt Lake CountyCentral1,220,91693.3%
Tooele CountyOutlying87,4616.7%

A central county holds the area’s core, an urban area of at least 50,000 people. An outlying county is in the area because of commuting: at least a quarter of its workers have jobs in the central county, or at least a quarter of the people working there live in them. A county belongs to one metro or micro area at most, and it counts whole, countryside included.

Principal cities, largest first

  1. Salt Lake City208,007 people
  2. Murray50,188 people

OMB names the area after its largest principal cities. A principal city is the area’s largest city, plus any other city that is very large or a big job center, and smaller ones with at least as many jobs as working residents (2020 Census and commuting figures). People counts are American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates.

Part of the Salt Lake City-Provo-Orem, UT-ID combined statistical area

OMB joins neighboring metro and micro areas into a combined statistical area when enough people commute between them. The other 4 areas in this one, largest first:

  1. Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area773,426 people
  2. Ogden, UT Metro Area672,784 people
  3. Heber, UT Micro Area81,655 people
  4. Brigham City, UT-ID Micro Area70,405 people

Bordering metro and micro areas, nearest first

Areas with a county on this area’s edge. Distances are straight lines between the areas’ largest cities.

  1. Ogden, UT Metro Area31 mi north
  2. Heber, UT Micro Area33 mi southeast
  3. Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area40 mi south
  4. Brigham City, UT-ID Micro Area51 mi north
  5. Elko, NV Micro Area201 mi west

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A metro or micro area is a statistical area that OMB draws for federal statistics. It is not a city, a local government or a mailing address, and it is not a measure of urban and rural: whole counties count, rural parts included. Programs that use metro areas, such as housing income limits or wage rates, can use their own version of these lists; check the program’s own list for an address.

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