Demographic Profiles: Social, Economic & Housing Characteristics
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Salt Lake City, Utah News Briefing June 4, 2002
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census, 1990 and 2000
Residence 5 Years Ago
Percent of population age 5 and over who lived in a different state or abroad.
Utah
2000 1990
15.2 % 13.0 %
Salt Lake County
2000 1990
14.5 % 11.4 %
Salt Lake City
2000 1990
21.5 % 16.7 %
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census, 1990 and 2000
Foreign-born Population
Percent of population foreign-born.
Utah
2000 1990
7.1 % 3.4 %
Salt Lake County
2000 1990
10.4 % 4.5 %
Salt Lake City
2000 1990
18.3 % 8.3 %
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census, 1990 and 2000
Language Spoken at Home
Percent of population age 5 and over who spoke a language other than English at home. 12.5 % 7.8 %
Utah
2000 1990
Salt Lake County
2000 1990
16.2 % 8.9 %
Salt Lake City
2000 1990
25.1 % 14.6 %
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census, 1990 and 2000
Housing Value
Median value of owner-occupied, one-family housing units in 2000 dollars.
Utah
2000 1990 $88,200
$146,100
Salt Lake County
2000 1990
$157,000 $90,900
Salt Lake City
2000 1990
$153,300 $85,900
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census, 1990 and 2000
Household Income
Median household money income in 1999 dollars.
Utah
1999 1989
$45,700 $38,400
Salt Lake County
1999 1989
$48,400 $39,300
Salt Lake City
1999 1989
$36,900 $29,600
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census, 1990 and 2000
Educational Attainment (college)
Percent of population age 25 and over with a bachelor’s degree or more.
Utah
2000 1990
26.1 % 22.3 %
Salt Lake County
2000 1990
27.4 % 23.8 %
Salt Lake City
2000 1990
34.9 % 30.4 %
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census, 1990 and 2000
Educational Attainment (less than high school)
Percent of population age 25 and over without a high school diploma or General Educational Development (G.E.D.) certificate.
Utah
2000 1990
12.3 % 14.9 %
Salt Lake County
2000 1990
13.2 % 14.7 %
Salt Lake City
2000 1990
16.6 % 17.0 %
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census, 1990 and 2000
Grandparents as Caregivers
Grandparents living in a household with one or more of their grandchildren under age 18 – percent of these grandparents currently responsible for most of one or more of these grandchildren’s “basic needs.”*
Utah
2000
40.4 %
Salt Lake County
2000
37.6 %
Salt Lake City
2000
43.3 %
*The 1990 Census did not include a question on grandparents as caregivers.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census, 1990 and 2000
Travel Time to Work
Average (mean) number of minutes to travel from home to work for workers age 16 and over, excluding those who worked at home. Utah 2000 1990 21.3 minutes 18.9 minutes
Salt Lake County
2000 1990
22.5 minutes 20.1 minutes
Salt Lake City
2000 1990
19.2 minutes 17.1 minutes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census, 1990 and 2000
Year Structure Built
Percent of housing units built in the preceding decade.
Utah
2000 1990
25.9 % 24.4 %
Salt Lake County
2000 1990
20.6 % 23.8 %
Salt Lake City
2000 1990
7.3 % 10.5 %
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, decennial census, 1990 and 2000