Population Centers
| Rank (UT) |
Counties | Census 2010 |
Census 2000 |
Growth 2000s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salt Lake | 1,124,197 | 898,387 | 0568+14.6% |
| 2 | Utah | 516,564 | 368,540 | 0617+40.2% |
| 3 | Davis | 295,332 | 238,994 | 0273+28.2% |
| 4 | Weber | 231,236 | 196,533 | 0273+17.7% |
| 8 | Box Elder | 49,975 | 42,745 | 0273+17.2% |
| Total | 2,133,909 | 1,745,199 | +22.27% | |
Several downtown and commercial districts encompass the Wasatch Front. The largest is Salt Lake City at the middle of the urban area. Utah Valley (south of the Salt Lake area) and the Ogden-Clearfield region (north of Salt Lake) are the other major population centers.
Nearly all of the cities within the region are connected by continuous suburban development. Cumulative population estimates of Brigham City, Weber County, Davis County, Salt Lake County, and Utah County for 2006 show that the Wasatch Front has an estimated population of 2,051,330 residents, or 80% of Utah's estimated 2007 population of 2,645,330
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