Salt Lake County, Utah

• White (non-Hispanic) 797,051 66.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 246,878 20.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 19,966 1.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 50,316 4.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 53,477 4.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5,407 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 18,193 1.5%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 5,235 0.4%

• Under 18 302,331 25.3%
• 18–24 118,948 9.9%
• 25–44 373,432 31.2%
• 45–64 259,647 21.7%
• 65 and over 142,165 11.9%

Median household income

$99,008

90% interval $96,545–$101,471

+$2,610 vs UT · 7th of 29

Below poverty line

7.9%

90% interval 7.2%–8.6%

−0.5 pp vs UT · 22nd of 29

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

−0.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$153.8B

51.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$80,225

Establishments

67,945

• Education & health services 164,937 20.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 163,632 20.2%
• Professional & business services 143,526 17.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 70,978 8.8%
• Financial activities 65,805 8.1%
• Manufacturing 61,934 7.7%
• Construction 56,405 7.0%
• Public administration 34,271 4.2%
• Information 23,010 2.8%
• Other services 20,122 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 3,818 0.5%
• Unclassified 39 0.0%

Home ownership

66.1%

−4.1 pp vs UT · 28th of 29

Median gross rent

$1,592

+$96 vs UT · 4th of 29

Owner-occupied

281,875

Renter-occupied

144,370

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $135,020/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $33,711/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 273,658 53.7%
• Republican 221,555 43.5%
• Other / third-party 14,279 2.8%

• Spanish 154,595 13.8%
• Chinese 8,776 0.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7,110 0.6%
• Vietnamese 6,159 0.5%
• Arabic 4,250 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 3,735 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3,328 0.3%
• Tagalog 3,106 0.3%
• Korean 2,487 0.2%

Households

426,245

Family households

281,956

66.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

97,015

34.4% of families

Single-mother families

21,462

7.6% of families

Veterans

34,392

3.8% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 646,457 54.5%
• Catholic 107,364 9.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 29,544 2.5%
• Mainline Protestant 8,997 0.8%
• Orthodox 4,463 0.4%
• Black Protestant 1,762 0.1%

Health insured

90.8%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

9.2%

±0.4 pp

13th of 29

With a disability

10.7%

±0.3 pp

23rd of 29

Bachelor's or higher

39.4%

+1.7 pp vs UT · 5th of 29

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.6%

90% interval 9.1%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

3rd Judicial District Court

Judges

33 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal trial jurisdiction); vintage 2026 utcourts.gov directory + Utah Code § 78A-5-101. UT has ~89 District Court judges statewide. Justice Court judges (limited jurisdiction: Class B/C misdemeanors, small civil under $20K) are separately allocated at the city + county level and not counted here. Juvenile Court judges (companion court with same district boundaries) are also separately allocated.)

Court seats

Coalville, Salt Lake City, Tooele

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

73

8.16 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

69