Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area — Elections 1876–2024

2024 presidential election

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

HarrisD+7.0

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How it voted

Share of the 2024 vote

Kamala Harris ✓Democratic	52.1%	283,218
Donald TrumpRepublican	45.1%	245,039
OtherAll other candidates	2.8%	15,386

D+60

R+60

2 counties, each filled by 2024 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

presidential history

Presidential margin, 1876–2024

Democratic minus Republican, by election

Presidential margin over time
Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	No data
1880	No data
1884	No data
1888	No data
1892	No data
1896	+75.3%
1900	−2.7%
1904	−38.3%
1908	−21.5%
1912	−6.7%
1916	+25.5%
1920	−17.0%
1924	−21.3%
1928	−0.8%
1932	+19.0%
1936	+44.2%
1940	+30.9%
1944	+25.3%
1948	+9.2%
1952	−16.2%
1956	−27.8%
1960	−8.3%
1964	+15.0%
1968	−12.1%
1972	−30.5%
1976	−23.3%
1980	−43.4%
1984	−39.2%
1988	−20.0%
1992	−5.3%
1996	−3.4%
2000	−21.2%
2004	−23.2%
2008	−1.3%
2012	−21.7%
2016	+7.0%
2020	+8.2%
2024	+7.0%

DemocraticRepublican

38 presidential elections

Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024).
Year	Won	Democratic	Republican	Other	Margin	Total
2024	D	52.1%Harris283,218	45.1%Trump245,039	2.8%	+7.0%	543,643
2020	D	51.7%Biden298,849	43.5%Trump251,188	4.9%incl. Jorgensen	+8.2%	578,099
2016	D	40.5%Clinton180,436	33.5%Trump149,212	26.0%incl. Johnson	+7.0%	445,735
2012	R	37.3%Obama150,671	59.0%Romney238,079	3.7%	−21.7%	403,516
2008	R	48.0%Obama182,818	49.3%McCain187,690	2.8%	−1.3%	381,086
2004	R	37.0%Kerry140,079	60.2%Bush227,909	2.9%	−23.2%	378,802
2000	R	34.9%Gore111,577	56.1%Bush179,392	9.0%incl. Nader	−21.2%	319,738
1996	R	42.0%Clinton121,943	45.4%Dole131,832	12.6%incl. Perot	−3.4%	290,489
1992	R	31.4%Clinton103,352	36.8%Bush120,923	31.8%incl. Perot	−5.3%	329,002
1988	R	38.9%Dukakis111,619	59.0%Bush169,096	2.1%	−20.0%	286,707
1984	R	29.8%Mondale82,072	69.1%Reagan190,014	1.1%	−39.2%	275,056
1980	R	23.5%Carter61,604	66.8%Reagan175,435	9.7%incl. Anderson	−43.4%	262,547
1976	R	36.7%Carter91,030	60.0%Ford148,757	3.3%	−23.3%	248,028
1972	R	32.6%McGovern71,110	63.1%Nixon137,707	4.3%	−30.5%	218,211
1968	R	41.4%Humphrey81,497	53.5%Nixon105,364	5.1%incl. Wallace	−12.1%	196,930
1964	D	57.5%Johnson109,165	42.5%Goldwater80,629	0.0%	+15.0%	189,794
1960	R	45.9%Kennedy79,533	54.1%Nixon93,861	0.0%	−8.3%	173,401
1956	R	36.1%Stevenson55,721	63.9%Eisenhower98,569	0.0%	−27.8%	154,290
1952	R	41.9%Stevenson62,991	58.1%Eisenhower87,385	0.0%	−16.2%	150,376
1948	D	54.0%Truman65,755	44.8%Dewey54,515	1.3%incl. Thurmond	+9.2%	121,801
1944	D	62.6%Roosevelt68,916	37.3%Dewey41,080	0.1%	+25.3%	110,157
1940	D	65.3%Roosevelt69,943	34.5%Willkie36,903	0.2%	+30.9%	107,034
1936	D	71.7%Roosevelt64,747	27.5%Landon24,848	0.8%	+44.2%	90,328
1932	D	58.3%Roosevelt49,877	39.3%Hoover33,631	2.5%	+19.0%	85,615
1928	R	49.3%Smith35,548	50.1%Hoover36,100	0.6%	−0.8%	72,088
1924	R	25.4%Davis15,527	46.7%Coolidge28,510	27.9%incl. La Follette	−21.3%	61,070
1920	R	37.8%Cox20,165	54.8%Harding29,228	7.4%	−17.0%	53,343
1916	D	60.9%Wilson32,235	35.3%Hughes18,717	3.8%	+25.5%	52,957
1912	R	29.0%Wilson11,114	35.7%Taft13,669	35.4%incl. Roosevelt	−6.7%	38,341
1908	R	36.4%Bryan13,762	57.9%Taft21,911	5.7%	−21.5%	37,833
1904	R	26.7%Parker9,028	65.0%Roosevelt21,954	8.3%	−38.3%	33,777
1900	R	47.6%Bryan13,954	50.4%McKinley14,755	2.0%	−2.7%	29,298
1896	D	87.6%Bryan20,301	12.3%McKinley2,851	0.1%	+75.3%	23,173
1892	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1888	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1884	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1880	—	—	—	—	No data	—
1876	—	—	—	—	No data	—

Demographics

Demographic profile

Demographic Profile

Key indicators compared across containing geographies

Demographic Profile. Key indicators compared across containing geographies. ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error. Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.
Indicator	Salt Lake City-Murray, UTMetro area	UtahState	United StatesNation
Race & Ethnicity
White	71.2%	78.8%	61.0%
Black	1.8%	1.2%	12.2%
Asian	4.1%	2.5%	6.0%
Two or more races	11.4%	9.7%	12.6%
Other race	11.6%	7.9%	8.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	15.9%	19.3%
Income & Age
Median household income	$98,059	$95,166	$84,427
Poverty rate	7.9%	8.5%	12.5%
Median age	33.9	32.2	39.1
Age 18–24	10.0%	11.6%	9.2%
Age 65 and older	11.9%	11.8%	17.2%
Education & Language
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)	38.4%	37.9%	35.6%
Speaks a non-English language at home	21.0%	15.9%	22.3%
Spanish	13.5%	10.9%	13.6%
Other Indo-European	1.8%	1.2%	2.0%
Other Asian & Pacific Island	1.6%	1.0%	1.1%
Ancestry
Largest ancestry	English 24.6%	English 28.2%	German 12.5%
2nd-largest ancestry	Mexican 13.8%	Mexican 10.7%	Mexican 11.3%
3rd-largest ancestry	German 10.1%	German 10.0%	English 9.5%
Religion
Catholic	9.0%	6.5%	18.6%
Evangelical Protestant	2.4%	2.0%	16.5%
Unaffiliated or unclaimed	32.3%	26.8%	51.5%
Latter-day Saints	52.0%	62.2%	2.0%

ACS values are survey estimates and may include margins of error.

Religion data may be available only at county or larger geographies. Sub-county values are labeled when inherited, modeled, or contextual.

2024 ACS

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the origins and ancestries reported within it.

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

English

24.6%

German

10.1%

Irish

6.3%

Scottish

3.6%

American

3.5%

Danish

3.4%

Italian

3.0%

Swedish

2.8%

Specific origin · ACS B03001

Mexican

13.8%

Venezuelan

0.8%

Salvadoran

0.6%

Peruvian

0.6%

Spanish

0.6%

Puerto Rican

0.5%

Guatemalan

0.5%

Colombian

0.5%

Tribal grouping · detailed group · ACS B02020 · B02016

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and other single-race responses combined.

Tongan

0.6%

Samoan

0.4%

Navajo

0.2%

Aztec

0.2%

The ACS does not publish subgroup detail for people reporting two or more races.

Detailed group · ACS B02015

Asian Indian

0.8%

Chinese

0.8%

Vietnamese

0.6%

Filipino

0.4%

Korean

0.3%

Japanese

0.2%

Nepalese

0.2%

Reported ancestry · ACS B04006

African American identity is recorded by the ACS race question; the ancestry item enumerates specific African and Caribbean ancestries only.

African

0.3%

Sudanese

0.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Race shares: B02001 · B03003. Subgroup detail: B03001 (Hispanic or Latino specific origin), B02015 (Asian groups), B02020 · B02016 (American Indian/Alaska Native tribes and Pacific Islander groups), B04006 (reported ancestry). Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so group shares can total more than 100%. All subgroup rows are shares of total population; ancestry is self-reported and multiple-response, so rows do not sum to the parent group's share.

2024 ACS

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 33.9 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.5%

85+

0.7%

1.5%

75–84

1.8%

3.6%

65–74

3.8%

4.9%

55–64

4.9%

6.1%

45–54

5.8%

7.6%

35–44

7.2%

8.3%

25–34

7.9%

5.1%

18–24

4.9%

9.9%

5–17

9.3%

3.3%

3.1%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Median household income

Inflation-adjusted dollars

$98,059

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$98,059

Utah$95,166

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

7.9%

Child poverty is below the national average.

Children under 188.3%

Working age (18–64)7.8%

Seniors (65+)8.8%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

2024 ACS

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

79.0%

speak English only

Spanish13.5%

Other Indo-European1.8%

Other Asian & Pacific Island1.6%

Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)0.8%

Other languages0.7%

Russian, Polish, or other Slavic0.6%

Vietnamese0.5%

Arabic0.4%

French (incl. Cajun & Haitian)0.3%

German or other West Germanic0.3%

Tagalog (incl. Filipino)0.3%

Korean0.2%

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

2020 religion census

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Latter-day Saints

52.0%

Catholic

9.0%

Evangelical Protestant

2.4%

Muslim

1.6%

Mainline Protestant

0.8%

Other Christian

0.5%

Orthodox Christian

0.4%

Buddhist

0.4%

Hindu

0.3%

Other faiths

0.2%

Black Protestant

0.1%

Jewish

0.1%

Unaffiliated or not counted32.3%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. The unaffiliated-or-not-counted share is everyone not claimed as an adherent by any reporting body — uncounted congregations as well as the religiously unaffiliated.

Salt Lake City and its Murray corridor have shifted measurably toward competitive margins over the past decade as the metro's educated, younger workforce has grown — making it an outlier within Utah's otherwise reliably Republican statewide map.

Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 75.3 points in 1896 and a Republican high of 43.4 points in 1980. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 1.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 7.0 points.

A population of 1,275,870, a 71% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $98,059 describe the metro.

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Frequently asked questions

How did Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, Utah vote in 2024?

In 2024, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, Utah voted Democratic by 7.0 points (D+7.0), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 543,643 votes cast, 283,218 went Democratic and 245,039 went Republican.

When did Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, Utah last vote Republican?

The most recent presidential election in which Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, Utah voted Republican was 2012.

How many people live in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, Utah?

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, Utah has a population of 1,275,870 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-Murray, UT, Utah?

Median household income in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, Utah is $98,059 — above the national median of $80,734. The Utah state median is $95,166.

What is the political history of Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, Utah?

Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, Utah from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 11 went Democratic and 22 went Republican.

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT delivered D+7.0 in 2024.

Demographics

Demographic Profile

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