Salt Lake County vs. Tooele County

	Salt Lake County (UT)	Tooele County (UT)
Population estimates, July 1, 2019, (V2019)	1,152,633	69,907
Population, percent change - April 1, 2010 (estimates base) to July 1, 2019, (V2019)	12.0%	20.1%
Population estimates base, April 1, 2010, (V2019)	1,029,590	58,218
Population, Census, April 1, 2010	1,029,655	58,218
Persons under 5 years, percent	7.5%	8.1%
Persons under 18 years, percent	27.1%	32.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent	10.9%	9.2%
Female persons, percent	49.8%	49.4%
White alone, percent	87.2%	94.2%
Black or African American alone, percent	2.2%	0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, percent	1.4%	1.3%
Asian alone, percent	4.6%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent	1.7%	0.6%
Two or More Races, percent	2.9%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino, percent	18.6%	12.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent	70.7%	82.9%
Veterans, 2014-2018	41,274	3,888
Foreign born persons, percent, 2014-2018	12.8%	4.1%
Housing units, July 1, 2018, (V2018)	403,666	22,462
Owner-occupied housing unit rate, 2014-2018	66.7%	79.7%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2014-2018	$281,800	$209,700
Median selected monthly owner costs -with a mortgage, 2014-2018	$1,587	$1,368
Median selected monthly owner costs -without a mortgage, 2014-2018	$465	$367
Median gross rent, 2014-2018	$1,068	$900
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2009-2013	27.7%	9.8%
Building permits, 2018	8,030	720
Households, 2014-2018	369,429	19,901
Persons per household, 2014-2018	3.00	3.26
Living in same house 1 year ago, percent of persons age 1 year+, 2014-2018	83.7%	83.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent of persons age 5 years+, 2014-2018	21.0%	7.8%
Households with a computer, percent, 2014-2018	94.4%	93.1%
Households with a broadband Internet subscription, percent, 2014-2018	85.4%	88.1%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	90.4%	91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25 years+, 2014-2018	34.5%	23.0%
With a disability, under age 65 years, percent, 2014-2018	6.7%	8.1%
Persons without health insurance, under age 65 years, percent	11.0%	8.4%
In civilian labor force, total, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	71.2%	68.1%
In civilian labor force, female, percent of population age 16 years+, 2014-2018	64.0%	59.4%
Total accommodation and food services sales, 2012 ($1,000)	2,170,867	46,352
Total health care and social assistance receipts/revenue, 2012 ($1,000)	7,609,177	125,459
Total manufacturers shipments, 2012 ($1,000)	22,060,397	884,305
Total merchant wholesaler sales, 2012 ($1,000)	19,734,868	31,934
Total retail sales, 2012 ($1,000)	17,178,419	496,798
Total retail sales per capita, 2012	$16,148	$8,298
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16 years+, 2014-2018	22.2	28.8
Median household income (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$71,230	$71,020
Per capita income in past 12 months (in 2018 dollars), 2014-2018	$31,648	$25,076
Persons in poverty, percent	9.0%	6.8%
Total employer establishments, 2017	32,360	887
Total employment, 2017	598,271	10,690
Total annual payroll, 2017 ($1,000)	30,377,170	403,406
Total employment, percent change, 2016-2017	3.0%	-0.2%
Total nonemployer establishments, 2017	88,732	3,248
All firms, 2012	100,645	3,141
Men-owned firms, 2012	54,642	1,370
Women-owned firms, 2012	31,113	1,090
Minority-owned firms, 2012	13,055	401
Nonminority-owned firms, 2012	82,852	2,593
Veteran-owned firms, 2012	8,064	141
Nonveteran-owned firms, 2012	86,909	2,748
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.7%	0.0%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007	2.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian- and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007	0.3%	0.0%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007	4.7%	0.0%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007	25.6%	38.3%
Population per square mile, 2010	1,387.1	8.4
Land area in square miles, 2010	742.28	6,941.35

Source: United States Census Bureau

About this page: Side-by-side comparison between Salt Lake county (UT) and Tooele county (UT) using the main population, demographic, and social indicators from the United States Census Bureau.