Note: As defined by the US Census Bureau, a city's official boundaries often extend miles beyond the city itself and may even cross county lines. As such, several thousand US cities officially exist in two or more counties (and therefore appear on multiple counties' lists of cities.)
City | Rank | 2024 Pop. | 2020 Pop. | Change | Density (/mi²) | Area (mi²) | Type |
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Salt Lake City | 1 | 212,570 | 200,660 | 1.42% | 1,917 | 110.9 | City |
West Valley City | 2 | 132,635 | 139,973 | -1.36% | 3,702 | 35.8 | City |
West Jordan | 3 | 114,200 | 117,032 | -0.62% | 3,505 | 32.6 | City |
Sandy | 4 | 90,282 | 96,925 | -1.81% | 3,727 | 24.2 | City |
South Jordan | 5 | 86,719 | 77,954 | 2.59% | 3,905 | 22.2 | City |
Millcreek | 6 | 61,716 | 63,670 | -0.79% | 4,786 | 12.9 | City |
Herriman | 7 | 61,328 | 56,212 | 2.13% | 2,654 | 23.1 | City |
Taylorsville | 8 | 56,007 | 60,371 | -1.91% | 5,164 | 10.8 | City |
Murray | 9 | 49,232 | 50,515 | -0.65% | 4,004 | 12.3 | City |
Draper | 10 | 49,127 | 51,027 | -0.96% | 1,733 | 28.3 | City |
Riverton | 11 | 44,709 | 45,289 | -0.32% | 3,547 | 12.6 | City |
Kearns | 12 | 38,111 | 36,734 | 0.91% | 8,228 | 4.6 | Township |
Midvale | 13 | 35,376 | 36,116 | -0.52% | 6,001 | 5.9 | City |
Cottonwood Heights | 14 | 31,766 | 33,518 | -1.36% | 3,445 | 9.2 | City |
Magna | 15 | 30,362 | 29,261 | 0.91% | 1,525 | 19.9 | Township |
Holladay | 16 | 29,775 | 31,865 | -1.73% | 3,500 | 8.5 | City |
South Salt Lake | 17 | 25,925 | 26,713 | -0.75% | 3,735 | 6.9 | City |
White City | 18 | 5,726 | 5,524 | 0.88% | 6,551 | 0.9 | Township |
Emigration Canyon | 19 | 1,519 | 1,465 | 0.86% | 83 | 18.2 | Township |
Copperton | 20 | 860 | 828 | 0.94% | 2,756 | 0.3 | Township |
Granite | 21 | 498 | 800 | -17.14% | 468 | 1.1 | CDP |
Brighton | 22 | 451 | 434 | 0.9% | 29 | 15.8 | Town |
Alta | 23 | 225 | 229 | -0.44% | 50 | 4.5 | Town |
Note: City markers shown outside the county boundary mean that a part of the city extends into this county, but is primarily located in an adjacent county.
Salt Lake City is the largest city in Salt Lake County.
Alta is the smallest city in Salt Lake County.
There are 23 cities in Salt Lake County, Utah.