† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
39 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupSalt Lake CityUnited States
English27.9%9.5%
German10.2%12.5%
Irish6.2%9.4%
American4.0%5.3%
Scottish3.9%1.3%
Danish3.8%—
Swedish2.6%—
Italian2.5%4.8%
Mexican10.8%11.3%
Salvadoran0.5%0.7%
Spanish0.4%—
Puerto Rican0.4%1.8%
Peruvian0.4%—
Guatemalan0.4%0.5%
Venezuelan0.4%—
Spaniard0.3%—
Chinese0.4%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.9%
Asian Indian0.3%1.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.6%
Navajo0.3%—
Tongan0.3%—
Samoan0.2%—
African American†0.5%9.9%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Salt Lake City
United States
Median age
32.5
39.1
Age 18–24
11.4%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
12.1%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Salt Lake City
United States
Median household income
$95,309
$84,427
Poverty rate
8.6%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
37.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Salt Lake City
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
15.6%
22.3%
Spanish
10.8%
13.6%
Other Indo-European
1.1%
2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
1.0%
1.1%
Religious landscape
Measure
Salt Lake City
United States
Catholic
6.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
2.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
27.7%
51.5%
Latter-day Saints
60.8%
2.0%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Salt Lake City, Utah
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−34.8%
1896
+63.4%
1900
−2.5%
1904
−29.4%
1908
−17.1%
1912
−5.0%
1916
+20.7%
1920
−17.7%
1924
−19.0%
1928
−8.2%
1932
+16.1%
1936
+39.3%
1940
+24.7%
1944
+20.6%
1948
+9.3%
1952
−17.3%
1956
−27.7%
1960
−8.4%
1964
+10.3%
1968
−19.0%
1972
−40.9%
1976
−27.8%
1980
−51.4%
1984
−49.5%
1988
−33.7%
1992
−18.1%
1996
−20.7%
2000
−41.2%
2004
−46.1%
2008
−29.2%
2012
−48.5%
2016
−20.3%
2020
−22.3%
2024
−23.7%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
R
36.8%Harris577,316
60.4%Trump949,416
2.8%
R+23.7
R+1.4
R+22.2
1,570,838
R
36.2%Biden574,864
58.6%Trump929,411
5.2%
R+22.3
R+2.1
R+26.8
1,587,208
R
26.5%Clinton321,864
46.7%Trump568,359
26.8%
R+20.3
D+28.2
R+22.4
1,216,278
R
24.4%Obama265,714
72.8%Romney794,059
2.8%
R+48.5
R+19.2
R+52.3
1,090,298
R
33.9%Obama345,906
63.1%McCain644,274
3.0%
R+29.2
D+16.8
R+36.5
1,020,946
R
25.7%Kerry255,846
71.8%Bush713,681
2.4%
R+46.1
R+4.9
R+43.6
993,838
R
26.1%Gore216,964
67.3%Bush559,236
6.6%
R+41.2
R+20.5
R+41.7
831,424
R
33.3%Clinton240,360
54.0%Dole389,900
12.8%
R+20.7
R+2.6
R+29.2
722,426
R
25.0%Clinton199,561
43.1%Bush344,563
31.9%
R+18.1
D+15.5
R+23.7
799,330
R
32.3%Dukakis224,146
65.9%Bush457,813
1.8%
R+33.7
D+15.9
R+25.9
694,301
R
24.8%Mondale167,531
74.3%Reagan502,333
0.9%
R+49.5
D+1.9
R+31.3
675,753
R
20.9%Carter135,585
72.4%Reagan468,430
6.7%
R+51.4
R+23.6
R+41.7
647,277
R
34.2%Carter198,208
62.0%Ford359,704
3.8%
R+27.8
D+13.1
R+29.9
580,016
R
26.7%McGovern137,119
67.6%Nixon347,543
5.8%
R+40.9
R+22.0
R+17.8
514,328
R
37.2%Humphrey169,757
56.2%Nixon256,269
6.6%
R+19.0
R+29.2
R+18.3
456,260
D
55.1%Johnson240,677
44.9%Goldwater195,819
0.0%
D+10.3
D+18.7
R+12.3
436,496
R
45.8%Kennedy187,985
54.2%Nixon222,426
0.0%
R+8.4
D+19.3
R+8.6
410,511
R
36.2%Stevenson133,649
63.8%Eisenhower235,890
0.0%
R+27.7
R+10.3
R+12.3
369,539
R
41.3%Stevenson151,957
58.7%Eisenhower215,679
0.0%
R+17.3
R+26.7
R+6.6
367,645
D
54.1%Truman167,376
44.8%Dewey138,502
1.2%
D+9.3
R+11.2
D+4.8
309,445
D
60.2%Roosevelt170,290
39.7%Dewey112,162
0.1%
D+20.6
R+4.1
D+13.1
282,799
D
62.3%Roosevelt179,051
37.6%Willkie108,066
0.1%
D+24.7
R+14.6
D+14.7
287,544
D
69.2%Roosevelt173,962
29.9%Landon75,253
0.8%
D+39.3
D+23.2
D+15.0
251,290
D
56.9%Roosevelt136,119
40.8%Hoover97,682
2.3%
D+16.1
D+24.2
R+1.7
239,299
R
45.6%Smith93,449
53.8%Hoover110,198
0.6%
R+8.2
D+10.8
D+9.3
204,811
R
29.9%Davis54,407
48.9%Coolidge88,934
21.2%
R+19.0
R+1.3
D+6.2
181,902
R
38.6%Cox64,800
56.4%Harding94,515
5.0%
R+17.7
R+38.4
D+8.5
167,714
D
58.6%Wilson97,808
37.9%Hughes63,263
3.5%
D+20.7
D+25.7
D+17.6
166,930
R
32.9%Wilson42,926
37.9%Taft49,501
29.2%
R+5.0
D+12.0
R+24.6
130,524
R
39.0%Bryan49,165
56.1%Taft70,654
4.9%
R+17.1
D+12.4
R+7.5
126,014
R
32.5%Parker37,704
61.9%Roosevelt71,793
5.5%
R+29.4
R+26.9
R+9.7
115,904
R
48.2%Bryan51,367
50.8%McKinley54,055
1.0%
R+2.5
R+65.9
D+5.0
106,494
D
81.7%Bryan71,147
18.3%McKinley15,905
0.1%
D+63.4
D+98.2
D+69.5
87,126
O
1.0%Cleveland67
35.8%Harrison2,357
63.2%
Weaver +27.4
—
R+36.4
6,584
voter registration
Registered voters
By party of registration, over time
Party registration · 2026R+38.5
vs
Presidential vote · 2024R+23.7
Registration leans Republican; the presidential vote runs 15 points more Republican.
DemocraticRepublicanUnaffiliatedOther parties
† Some years predate full county coverage; a flagged year sums only the counties reporting it.
Voter registration in Salt Lake City
Year
Total registered
Democratic
Republican
Unaffiliated
Other
2018 (partial)
11,946
374
9,110
2,343
119
2020 (partial)
13,760
564
10,652
2,401
143
2022 (partial)
13,650
508
10,940
2,049
153
2024 (partial)
14,721
531
11,928
2,086
176
2026 (partial)
1,861,586
258,376
974,226
519,632
109,352
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
+3,385 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net +126,284 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Salt Lake City in Salt Lake City: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−1,196
2012
+599
2013
+5,981
2014
−1,489
2015
+5,050
2016
+18,913
2017
+16,657
2018
+14,948
2019
+15,140
2021
+30,481
2022
+14,039
2023
+1,274
2024
+2,502
2025
+3,385
Salt Lake City's media market spans a heavily LDS Intermountain corridor where rapid population growth and an influx of out-of-state migrants have gradually compressed once-dominant Republican margins in key suburban counties.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 63.4 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 51.4 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the market moved 1.4 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 23.7 points.
A population of 3,574,682, a 75% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $95,309 describe the market. The market's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Idaho Falls-Pocatello (Jackson) and Boise.
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In 2024, Salt Lake City, Utah voted Republican by 23.7 points (R+23.7), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 1,570,838 votes cast, 577,316 went Democratic and 949,416 went Republican.
When did Salt Lake City, Utah last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Salt Lake City, Utah voted Democratic was 1964.
How many people live in Salt Lake City, Utah?
Salt Lake City, Utah has a population of 3,574,682 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Salt Lake City, Utah?
Median household income in Salt Lake City, Utah is $95,309 — above the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.
What is the political history of Salt Lake City, Utah?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Salt Lake City, Utah from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 8 went Democratic and 25 went Republican.
